Arizona Department of Economic Security v. Oscar O.

OPINION

ESPINOSA, J.

¶ 1 In this appeal, the Arizona Department of Economic Security (ADES) and two children contend the juvenile court erred by denying ADES’s motion to terminate the father’s parental rights, despite the existence of a statutory ground for severance and the immediate availability of a suitable adoptive placement for the children, based solely on the court’s finding that terminating the father’s rights is not in the children’s best interests. Because the record contains no reasonable evidence to support such a finding but, rather, establishes the children’s lengthy out-of-home…