In the Matter of the WELFARE OF the CHILD OF R.D.L. and J.W., Parents

OPINION

GILDEA, Chief Justice.

The question presented in this case is whether Minn. Stat. § 260C.301, subd. 1(b)(4) (2012), which provides that parents who previously have had their parental rights to children involuiitarily terminated are presumed to be palpably unfit to parent other children, violates the equal protection provisions of the United States and Minnesota Constitutions. The juvenile court and the court of appeals found that the statute does not violate either cohstitu-tional provision. Because we conclude that the presumption is narrowly tailored to serve a compelling government…