Calvin B. v. Brittany B.

OPINION

JOHNSEN, Judge.

¶ 1 We address in this appeal a mother’s petition to terminate a father’s parental rights to their child based on abandonment. We hold that a parent who has persistently and substantially restricted the other parent’s interaction with their child may not prove abandonment based on evidence that the other has had only limited involvement *294with the child. Accordingly, we reverse the superior court’s judgment of termination.1

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶ 2 Calvin B. and Brittany B. were married in October 2006, and their son was born in December 2007. In February 2008,…