Idaho Department of Health & Welfare v. Doe

J. JONES, Justice.

On November 3, 2011, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (the Department) initiated this action to terminate the parental rights of John Doe. The matter proceeded to trial where the magistrate court found that Doe had neglected and abandoned his minor child, D.C., and that it was in the best interest of the child that Doe’s parental rights be terminated. We affirm.

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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Doe is the biological father of D.C., who was born on January 25, 2008. 1 At the time of D.C.’s birth, Doe was incarcerated at the Idaho State Correctional Institution in…