State, Division of Child & Family Services v. J.N.

(dissenting):-

The majority reverses the juvenile court’s determination that the state did not meet its burden to prove that the non-custodial father’s parental rights should be terminated. The majority does so on what it characterizes as the juvenile court’s allegedly erroneous determination that DCFS prematurely terminated reunification services to Father. I disagree with the majority’s characterization of the juvenile court’s decision. The majority ignores crucial findings of fact made by the juvenile court, the deferential standard of review properly applicable to termination proceedings,…