Long v. Division of Family Services

HOLLAND, Justice:

The respondent-appellant, Justine Long (the “Mother”), appeals from a final judgment of the Family Court that terminated her parental rights in her now three-year-old son (the “Child”). The Mother raises two arguments on appeal. First, she contends that the Family Court erred, by shifting the burden of proof from the Division of Family Services (“DFS”) to her, at the termination of parental rights hearing. Second, the Mother contends the Family Court’s factual determination that the Mother failed to plan for the Child was clearly erroneous and not sufficiently supported by…