In re S.C.

¶1 S.Z. (Father) and D.C. (Mother) appeal from the order entered by the Eighth Judicial District Court, Cascade County, granting the Department of Public Health and Human Services (the Department) permanent legal custody, and terminating both parents’ rights in their two minor children. We affirm.

¶2 The following issues are dispositive on appeal:

¶3 Did the District Court abuse its discretion in granting the Department’s motion for a protective order against Mother’s discovery requests?

¶4 Did the District Court err in failing to bifurcate the adjudicatory and dispositional hearings?

¶5 Did…