Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Commonwealth of Kentucky v. D.W.

RENDERED: DECEMBER 14, 2023 TO BE PUBLISHED Supreme Court of Kentucky 2022-SC-0521-DGE CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY APPELLANT SERVICES, COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY ON REVIEW FROM COURT OF APPEALS NO. 2021-CA-1011 V. JEFFERSON FAMILY COURT NO. 20-AD-500234 D.W.; N.W.W., A CHILD; AND T.A., APPELLEES NATURAL MOTHER OPINION OF THE COURT BY JUSTICE CONLEY REVERSING This case comes before the Court on review from the Court of Appeals’ decision reversing the termination of D.W.’s parental rights. Critically, the Court of Appeals only reached that substantive issue after concluding that statutory law…