In Re Adoption of S.E.G.

OPINION

Justice BAER.

We granted allowance of appeal in this case to review the Superior Court’s determination that a state agency may file a petition to terminate parental rights prior to the issuance of a court order changing the goal of a child’s permanency plan from reunification to adoption. We conclude that a court-*570ordered goal change is not a condition precedent to the filing of a petition to terminate parental rights, and accordingly, affirm the order of the Superior Court.

Initially, we emphasize that our limited grant of review in this case does not encompass an evaluation of the…