Department of Social & Health Services v. Dabbagh

¶1 — Ibtissam Nakalji and Mohammed Dabbagh appeal the termination of their parental rights. Nakalji argues that the trial court denied her due process by excluding her from the courtroom while her son testified. We hold that the trial court adequately protected Nakalji’s due process rights by allowing her attorney and guardian ad litem to remain in the courtroom during the testimony and granting a recess to confer with her before cross-examination. We affirm the trial court’s decision to termi*449nate her parental rights because substantial evidence supported its findings.

¶2 Dabbagh challenges…