Greene County Juvenile Office v. M.E.G.

M.E.G. (“Mother”) appeals the termination of her parental rights to and over her young child, X.D.G. (“Child”). The judgment entered by the Juvenile Division of the Circuit Court (“the trial court”) terminated Mother’s parental rights on the grounds of abuse and/or neglect and a failure to rectify the conditions that caused Child to come into alternative care (“failure to rectify”).

Because the trial court’s abuse/neglect and failure to rectify findings were not supported by substantial evidence of a convincing link between Mother’s past behavior, her conduct at the time of the termination…