In re Adoption of Yoshi

After a trial, a Juvenile Court judge found the mother and father of Yoshi and Adam unfit, and dispensed with the need for the parents' consent to adoption. The mother appealed and now argues that the judge incorrectly placed the burden on her at trial, that the judge's comments after the first day of trial demonstrated a lack of impartiality and undermined the mother's right to a fair trial, and that the judge gave undue weight to the children's existing placement with the preadoptive family.3 We affirm.

Background. The trial judge issued an extensive decision that included 411 factual…