S.W. v. Department of Children & Family Services

S.W. appeals a final judgment terminating her parental rights. We affirm.

The appellant mother argues that she should be granted a new trial because the appellee Department of Children and Family Services (“the Department”) failed to produce in discovery a letter from the therapist of one of the minor children, V.W. The letter recommended that V.W. have continued visitation with her mother, provided that the visitation would be closely supervised. The letter came to light after the termination trial but before the written judgment was entered.

The trial court found that there had been a…