In re the Child of A.S.

OPINION

STONEBURNER, Judge.

In this consolidated appeal, a mother and father challenge the termination of their parental rights, asserting that the district court erred by applying the presumption of palpable unfitness in Minn. Stat. § 260C.301, subd. 1(b)(4) (2004), to each of them. Mother and father also argue that the record as a whole rebuts any presumption of unfitness. Father also challenges venue in Koochiching County. Because (1) the district court did not apply the presumption of palpable unfitness to father and did not err in applying the presumption to mother; (2) the record does not…