Adoption of Willamina

On appeal from a decree terminating her parental rights, Willamina’s mother challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the judge’s conclusion that she is unfit to *231parent Willamina.2 Specifically, the mother contends that the judge relied too heavily on opinions expressed by an expert witness who diagnosed the mother with factitious disorder by proxy (FDP),3 essentially adopting the expert’s ultimate conclusion as to her unfitness, rather than conducting a detailed analysis of the evidence of the mother’s actual behavior and care for the child. Viewed without the lens of the FDP…