In re Welfare of J.W.

OPINION

JOHNSON, Chief Judge.

Kandiyohi County petitioned to terminate J.W.’s parental rights to a newborn daughter, K.W., on the ground that J.W. is palpably unfit to be a party to a parent-child relationship. At trial, the county relied primarily on the statutory presumption that a parent is palpably unfit if his or her parental rights to one or more other children previously were involuntary terminated. J.W. introduced the testimony of 15 witnesses, including her own testimony, in an attempt to show that her parenting skills have improved such that she no longer is palpably unfit. But the…