In re B.R.W. & B.G.W.

Summary

The court affirmed the award of guardianship of the children to their paternal grandmother. It held that the trial court's findings, viewed cumulatively, supported the conclusion that the mother had acted inconsistently with her constitutionally protected parental status by leaving the children in the grandmother's care for several years with minimal contact and without taking steps to regain custody. Because that threshold determination was supported, the trial court properly applied the children's best-interests standard and found that guardianship with the grandmother was appropriate.