E.B. v. Department of Children & Families

The father, E.B., appeals an award of long-term custody of his child, A.B., to the child’s maternal grandmother. E.B. contends that he was not given the opportunity to present evidence during the hearing leading to the award and that the unpre-sented evidence would show his efforts to comply with the case plan designed to reunify him with A.B.

A.B. and a slightly older sibling, S.B., were born during a relationship between E.B. and the children’s mother. E.B. was badly injured in an auto accident shortly after AB.’s birth and spent five weeks in a hospital. Released from the hospital, he found…