In Re Corryn B.

OPINION

Justice SUTTELL,

for the Court.

In 1995, the respondent, Michael B., was found guilty by a jury of assault with a dangerous weapon (his hands) upon his five-week-old son. In 2003, the Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) learned that the respondent was about to become a father again. Having determined that his history of violence against children merited preemptive measures, DCYF dispatched letters to all area hospitals requesting notification if and when the respondent’s wife gave birth. Shortly after her birth on December 1, 2003, Corryn was removed from her parents’ care…