Idaho Dep't of Health & Welfare v. John Doe (In re Doe)

HORTON, Justice.

*939The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (the Department), the guardian ad litem, a minor child (L.P.), and the Idaho County prosecuting attorney appeal several orders entered by the magistrate court in a post-termination Child Protection Act (CPA) case. Following termination of the parents' rights to L.P. and his younger half-sister, E.P., the court appointed the Department as the children's guardian. The Department placed the children with Jane Doe, E.P.'s paternal grandmother, and her husband. After the latest permanency hearing, the magistrate court refused to allow the…