In re J.B.
Annotate this CaseFather and Mother took Child, who was only a few weeks old at the time, shoplifting at a department store. The shoplifting turned into a robbery. Thereafter, the district court granted the petition of the Department of Public Health and Human Services to adjudicate Child as a youth in need of care. Father was later sentenced to twenty years with eighteen years suspended for the offenses. Upon the finding that Father’s treatment plan had not been successful, the district court terminated Father’s parental rights to Child. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the termination of Father’s parental rights was not an abuse of discretion where the district court did not commit clear error in finding that the treatment plan was unsuccessful.
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