In re Interest of Nicole M.
Annotate this CaseNicole and Sandra were removed from their family home in 2011 due to its unsanitary condition. The children were later adjudicated and moved to a foster placement. The Department of Health and Human Services’ case plans focused on the unsanitary home condition, as well as Mother and Father’s parenting skills and abuse allegations. In 2013, after a trial, the county court entered an order terminating Mother’s and Father’s parental rights. The Supreme Court (1) affirmed the county court’s order terminating Mother’s parental rights, as the State rebutted the presumption that Mother was a fit parent and that it was in the children’s best interests for Mother’s rights to remain intact; but (2) reversed the order terminating Father’s parental rights, as the State did not rebut the presumption that Father was a fit parent.
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