Helen & Robert W. v. Fairfax County Department of Human Development

Opinion

KEENAN, J.

Helen W. (mother) and Robert W. (father) appeal the trial court’s order terminating their residual parental rights to their daughter, Sarah, and granting custody of Sarah to the Fairfax County Department of Human Development (Department). The parents raise five issues on appeal: (1) whether the termination order violated their fourteenth amendment rights to both substantive and procedural due process and equal protection; (2) whether the trial court erred in finding that they did not make reasonable efforts to remedy the conditions which led to the placement of Sarah in…