Alma S., Appellant v. Department of Child Safety, J.r., I.r., Appellees.

Summary

The court held that a juvenile court determining the best interests of a child after finding a statutory ground for severance must consider the totality of the circumstances existing at the time of the decision, including the child's adoptability and the parent's rehabilitation. It concluded that sufficient evidence supported the juvenile court's finding that severance was in the children's best interests and that the court of appeals improperly reweighed the evidence. The court vacated the court of appeals' opinion and affirmed the termination judgment.