Cage v. Harrisonburg Department of Social Services

Opinion

BRAY, J.

Gloria Cage (Cage) appeals from an order terminating her parental rights to her four children. She contends that: (1) the Harrisonburg Department of Social Services (the Department) failed to prove that termination was in the children’s best interests; and (2) notwithstanding the termination of her rights, the circuit court erred in denying her continued contact with the children following adoption.

The court rendered its decision in accordance with Code § 16.1-283(C), which provides, inter alia:

The residual parental rights of a parent ... of a child placed in foster care as a…