In re Xarina

Following a trial in the Juvenile Court, a judge found the mother unfit to parent her daughter Xarina, terminated her parental rights, and approved the plan of the Department of Children and Families (department). On appeal, the mother argues that in the circumstances of this case, it was error for the judge to terminate her parental rights when the father's rights were not terminated.2 She also claims it was error for the judge to approve the plan proposed by the department. We affirm.

1. Background. Xarina was born in September, 2006. The mother and the father divorced in 2009. Following the…