In re Oreoluwa O.

Summary

The court held that the Department of Children and Families failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence that it made reasonable efforts to reunify the respondent father with his medically fragile child before seeking termination of parental rights. The department improperly relied on the respondent's inability to travel to the United States without obtaining updated information about the child's ability to travel to Nigeria, the medical care available there, or services that could facilitate reunification. The court reversed the Appellate Court and remanded for reversal of the termination judgment as to the father and further proceedings. No separate opinions were provided.