Richmond Department of Social Services v. L.P.

CLEMENTS, Judge.

The Richmond Department of Social Services (Department) appeals the order of the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond denying the Department’s petition to terminate the residual parental rights of L .P. (mother) to her son, J., pursuant to Code § 16.1-283(C)(2). The trial court concluded that, although the evidence clearly supported termination of the mother’s residual parental rights in all other respects, the mother’s mental deficiency, which prevented her from properly caring for her child, constituted “good cause” under Code § 16.1-283(C)(2) for her inability to timely…