Riha v. Crouch

In this proceeding to terminate parental rights, Judith and Richard Riha seek review of an order titled “Performance Plan” (the plan). The plan orders the eventual reunification of two children with Jeffrey Crouch, their natural father. We grant certiorari relief and quash the order.

The Rihas are the maternal aunt and uncle of Jeffrey Crouch’s two daughters, ages eleven and eight. The girls have been living with the Rihas in Massachusetts since Jeffrey Crouch’s arrest in January 1987 for the murder of his wife, the girls’ mother. In mid-1988, the charges against Jeffrey Crouch were dismissed…