In re Sabrina C.

The respondent appeals the order of the Merrimack County Probate Court (Cushing, J.), terminating her parental rights over her daughter, Sabrina. She argues that the finding of abandonment was unsupported by the evidence; that the probate court did not have authority to rule on the termination petition because of a prior, outstanding visitation order of the superior court; and that the delay between the filing of the termination petition and the termination order violated due process. We affirm.

Sabrina was born on February 7, 1982. Her father, the petitioner, and her mother, the respondent,…