In re A.L.T.

I agree with the majority's conclusions affirming the trial court's adjudication and disposition of both Clara's and Anna's cases with respect to both parents. This case is nonetheless complicated by the array of evidence, some of it not admissible for consideration at adjudication but admissible at the disposition phase, and much of it related to acts committed years before the filing of the juvenile petitions. Accordingly, I write separately to address these issues.

Additional Factual and Procedural Background

On 9 October 2013, CCDSS filed juvenile petitions alleging that Clara, then age 4,…