Jeffrey P. v. Department of Child Safety

OPINION

JOHNSEN, Judge:

¶ 1 We reaffirm in this case the principle that in considering whether to terminate a parent’s rights due to incarceration, the superior court may but need not presume the parent will be released from prison before completing his or her full term.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶ 2 Jeffrey P. (“Father”) is the parent of a child (“Child”) born in 2013. Child was born substance-exposed because of methamphetamine use by her mother. Within a month after Child’s birth, the Department of Child Safety (“DCS”) filed a dependency petition alleging her parents failed to participate…