In re Shane M.
Annotate this CaseAfter a trial, the trial court terminated Respondent’s parental rights to his minor child and appointed the Commissioner of Children and Families as the child’s statutory parent. The Appellate Court affirmed. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) Respondent had notice of all the steps court-ordered specific steps with which he was required to comply, and the trial court did not rely on conduct not within the scope of the steps when concluding that Respondent failed to rehabilitate; (2) there was sufficient evidence to support a finding that Respondent had failed to achieve sufficient rehabilitation to be able to parent his son within a reasonable amount of time; and (3) the trial court properly drew an adverse inference from Respondent’s refusal to submit to a drug test.
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