In re Adoption Osma

After a four-day trial in July and August, 2016, a Juvenile Court judge found the mother and father unfit3 to parent the child, and ordered the entry of decrees terminating their parental rights. The mother appeals, arguing that the absence of a recording of the parents' testimony on one day of trial was a structural error that requires reversal, and that the trial judge abused her discretion and committed an error of law by not ordering posttermination visitation and sibling visitation. The father also appeals, arguing that the evidence does not support the finding that he was unfit by the…