In re Child of Barni A.

Summary

The Court vacated the termination of Barni A.'s parental rights because the trial court did not determine whether she could protect the child from jeopardy and take responsibility for him with the full-time skilled nursing care the child was legally entitled to receive. The record also did not establish by clear and convincing evidence that the mother was unfit after accounting for her substantial progress and the Department's inadequate reunification efforts. The Court remanded for findings concerning the mother's possible intellectual disability, her fitness with legally required nursing care, and alternatives to termination.