Legal Opinion
In re the Welfare of A.T.
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided November 21, 2001No. 25624-0-IIPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQuinn-Brintnall, J.
— A.T. is a two-and-a-half-year old girl who was exposed to cocaine in útero. The trial court terminated her mother’s parental rights by default when she failed to appear at the termination hearing. A.T.’s father, M.C., was in prison when the baby was bom. After he realized he might be the father, he had himself tested and established paternity. Because of a prior rape convic*712tion, the trial court found aggravated circumstances existed under former RCW 13.34.130 (1998)1 such that reasonable efforts to reunify A. T. and M.C. were not required. The court summarily concluded that all six factors…
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