In re J.A. (Signed Opinion)
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In this termination of parental rights proceeding the Supreme Court vacated the verbal ruling of the circuit court regarding Parents' rights to A.A. and affirmed the portions of the court's order terminating the parental rights to Z.A., S.A. and J.A.-2, holding that the court erred when it did not perform a best interests analysis with regard to the disposition of Parents' rights to A.A. and by failing to enter a dispositional order that addressed A.A.
The circuit court terminated Parents' parental rights to Z.A, S.A., and J.A.-2 on the basis of physical and educational neglect. As to Parents' two other children, J.A.-1 and A.A., the circuit court made a verbal ruling to leave intact parents' rights but did so without having performed any analysis of these children's best interests. Further, the court failed to enter a dispositional order fo J.A.-1 and A.A. J.A.-1 reached the age of majority during the appeal period and was no longer a subject of the abuse and neglect case. The Supreme Court (1) affirmed the circuit court's termination of parental rights as too Z.A., S.A., and J.A.-2, holding that there was no error on the part of the circuit court; but (2) vacated the ruling leaving intact parents' rights to A.A., holding that remand was required for further proceedings.
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