In Re Kayla N.

OPINION

Introduction

Justice ROBINSON

for the Court.

This is an appeal from a Family Court judgment terminating the parental rights of the respondents Dawn and Irving N. with respect to their child, Kayla N., and denying a petition for an open adoption of the child by the respondent Sandra N., who is the child’s paternal aunt. For the reasons set forth herein, we affirm the judgment of the Family Court.

Facts and Travel

The involvement of Dawn and Irving N. with the Department of Children, Youth and Famihes (DCYF) began even before the birth of their daughter, Kayla. Both parents are cognitively…