State ex rel. A.V.

HUGHES, J.,

additionally concurs and assigns reasons.

hi concur with the result reached by the majority. I write additionally to point out that the State bears the burden of proof when it seeks to terminate parental rights, in order to address footnote 5 of the appellate opinion (stating, “In the instant matter, the trial court erroneously placed the burden on the state to prove that termination of parental rights was in the children’s best interests and therefore erroneously found that the state did not meet its burden.”).

In this case, the suit was filed under LSA-Ch.C. art. 1004.1, and the…