In re the Guardianship & Custody of Paul C.

OPINION OF THE COURT

W. Dennis Duggan, J.

Holding

The court finds: (1) that the respondent has severely abused his son by killing his son’s mother; (2) that the Department for Children, Youth and Families (the Department) should not be required to exercise reasonable efforts to return the child to the father’s home because such efforts would be contrary to the child’s best interest and would not likely result in the reunification of the child with the parent in the foreseeable future; (3) that the Department should not be required to exercise diligent efforts to strengthen the parent-child…