In re Alysha
In re Alysha
Opinion of the Court
ORDER
This matter came before the court pursuant to an order directing all parties to appear and to show cause why the issues raised in this appeal should not be summarily decided. In this case the respondenffmother has appealed from a Family Court decision terminating her parental rights to her children Alysha (d.o.b. 6/23/90) and Dawn (d.o.b. 7/13/91). After reviewing the memoranda submitted by the parties and after hearing their counsel in oral argument, the court concludes that cause has not been shown.
The respondent raises two issues on appeal. In the first issue she contends that the trial justice erred in finding that the children’s integration into her home was improb
In the second issue raised, respondent contends that the trial justice erroneously found that the Department of Children, Youth and Families had made reasonable efforts to reunify her with her children.
The trial justice’s conclusion that the conditions that prevent reunification are not likely to change in the foreseeable future are adequately supported by the evidence. A trial justice’s findings of fact will not be disturbed unless they are clearly wrong or unless the justice overlooked or misconceived material evidence. In re Kristina L., 520 A.2d 574, 580 (R.I. 1987); In re Kenneth, 439 A.2d 1366, 1369 (R.I. 1982). This record as a whole clearly indicates that the respondent has been unfit for the obligations of parenthood and that this condition is unlikely to change.
For these reasons the appeal is denied and dismissed, the decision from the Family Court appealed from is affirmed and the papers of the case are remanded to the Family Court.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- In re ALYSHA and Dawn M.
- Status
- Published