In re the Welfare of A.D.R.

¶1 In a series of decisions, our courts have held that a trial court abuses its discretion if, in refusing a parent’s request to continue a parental rights termination trial, it prejudicially denies a parent’s fundamental liberty interest in the relationship with his or her child. In this case, Montez Minor asks us to find that the trial court abused its discretion when it denied his request to continue trial so that he could pursue the possibility of an open adoption of his two daughters.

Siddoway, C.J.

¶2 Mr. Minor’s request for a continuance is distinguishable from the cases on which he…