N.W. v. Department of Children & Families

LUCAS, Judge.

N.W. appeals the dependency court’s judgment terminating her parental rights to her daughters, S.W. and A.W. Although thorough and considered in its evidentiary findings, we are compelled to reverse the dependency court’s judgment because it erroneously applied a statutory amendment retroactively to those findings.

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This case revolves around a long and violent history between N.W. and her longtime girlfriend, T.H. The couple resided together for several years along with S.W. and A.W., as well as T.H.’s daughter (whom we will refer to as T.K.H. for the sake of clarity). Sadly, it…