In Re the Welfare of the Children of T.R.

OPINION

PAGE, Justice.

This case involves the termination of the parental rights of a noncustodial father, T.M., to his daughter, J.M. On September 17, 2005, J.M., then nine years old, called 911 to report that her mother, T.R., was fighting with her then-boyfriend, B.H. Due to the filthy conditions of T.R.’s house, the responding police officers removed J.M., and T.R.’s other two children, from the home. The district court adjudicated all three of the children to be in need of protection and services under Minn.Stat. § 260C.007, subd. 6 (2006). The court ordered a case plan that required both…