In re G.S.

Appellant, father of G.S., whose parental rights were terminated by the juvenile court, argues that the Vermont Constitution requires the State to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt before parental rights may be involuntarily terminated. He claims that the termination order must be reversed because the district court applied only a clear and convincing evidence standard. Although appellant did not raise this argument below and thus we will not normally consider it for the first time on appeal, see, e.g., Garrow v. Garrow, 150 Vt. 426, 431, 553 A.2d 569, 572 (1988), he nevertheless…