Adoption of Anton

At issue is the fitness of a mother married to a *668level three sex offender who had repeatedly raped his stepdaughter from an earlier marriage. The mother was unwilling or unable to acknowledge her husband’s prior abuse or the risk that he posed to her son, Anton. The mother also used drugs provided by her husband while she was pregnant with another child and had trouble securing adequate housing due in part to her refusal to separate from her husband. Finally, the mother neglected Anton’s dental care, causing serious decay of his baby teeth. The mother appeals, claiming that there was not…