In re Annessa J.

Summary

The court affirmed the rejection of the mother's constitutional challenges to conducting the termination trial remotely, holding that the state constitution does not guarantee an in-person termination trial and that the record was inadequate to review the unpreserved federal confrontation claim. The court also held that posttermination visitation is governed by the statutory "necessary or appropriate" standard, not a separate best-interest standard, and that the trial court applied the correct standard. The judgment was reversed insofar as the intermediate appellate court ordered further proceedings on visitation and remanded with directions to affirm the trial court in full.