In re Adoption Vanessa

The father appeals from a decree issued by a Juvenile Court judge terminating his parental rights to his daughter, placing the child into the care of the Department of Children and Families (DCF), and approving a plan for adoption of the child.3 The father argues that the judge erred in finding clear and convincing evidence of parental unfitness because (1) the evidence was stale; (2) certain of the judge's findings were erroneous; and (3) the judge erred in finding reasonable efforts on the part of DCF to reunify the father and the child. We affirm.

1. Standard of review. "To terminate…