Jeff AC, Jr. v. State

I join in the court’s judgment and agree with the result reached on all of the issues; but I disagree with its rationale in deciding the issue of procedural due process. Specifically, I disagree with the court’s suggestion that Jeffs right to due process could be met without adjudicating the state’s allegation that his conduct since being identified as Jasmine’s father amounted to abandonment and neglect of Jasmine; I would decline to say, as the court does, “that Jeff did not have an absolute right to participate in an adjudication hearing” on these CINA allegations.1 I find no occasion to…