Brown County v. Shannon R.

¶ 106. (dissenting). The majority opinion overturns the termination of Shannon R.'s parental rights to Darell and Daniel, both of whom have been out of her home for more than three years. The majority bases its decision on an evidentiary ruling that prevented Shannon from obtaining one answer to one question from one person over the course of a three-day jury trial. In order to achieve a reversal, the majority converts the eviden-tiary question that was presented into a constitutional issue. Majority op., ¶¶ 65-66. It does so by constructing a rationale that was never presented to the circuit…