In the Interest of J.F.C.

The Court states the issue in this case as “whether there is legally sufficient evidence to support the trial court’s express or deemed finding that termination is in the best interest of the children.” This statement of the issue will come as a surprise to the parties and the court of appeals, as no one has raised, briefed, or addressed this issue at any stage of these proceedings. In this parental-rights-termination case the State asked us to decide whether due process requires a court of appeals to review alleged errors in the charge when the parents did not object to those errors at…