In re E.Y.R.

Justice Ingrid Gustafson delivered the Opinion of the Court.

***519¶1 M.R. (Father) appeals from the termination of his parental rights issued December 7, 2018, by the Eleventh Judicial District Court, Flathead County. We reverse and remand for the Department to conduct initial preliminary assessment of Father as the first placement option for E.Y.R. (Child) consistent with its policies and this opinion.

¶2 We restate the issue on appeal as follows:

Whether Father's due process rights were infringed by ineffective assistance of counsel resulting in his parental rights being inappropriately…