Termination of Parental Rights

82.10.f Grounds for Termination-Failure to Establish Paternity 7B-1111(a)(5)

In Re E.J.R., COA05-668, Richard Croutharmel for appellant-father
DSS was required to show that the father had failed to do any of the four listed items in the statute by clear, cogent, and convincing evidence, not that he had merely failed to do two or three of them.
COA Opinion

In Re B.C., COA07-1487, Duncan McCormick for appellant-father
The trial court erred when it failed to inquire of DHHS as to whether the father had filed an affidavit of paternity.
COA Opinion

In Re A.C.V., COA09-1199, Mercedes Chut for appellant-father
The trial court erred when it failed to consider that the father was a minor who lacked capacity to establish paternity without a GAL.
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