In the MATTER OF the WELFARE OF the CHILDREN OF: N.L., S.C., O.O., and S.M. (Deceased), Parents

SPECIAL TERM OPINION

CLEARY, Chief Judge

In April 2016, Mower County Health and Human Services (the county) filed petitions to terminate N.L.’s parental rights to her four children, J.C., O.L., C.L., and B.L. S.C. is the father of J.C., and O.O. is the father of O.L. The father of C.L. is deceased, and the father of B.L. is unknown. The district court appointed counsel for the children J.C. and O.L., who intervened as parties as a matter of right under Minn. R. Juv. Prot. P. 23.01, subd. 1.

After a trial in September 2016, the district court’s order was filed on October 13, 2016, terminating…