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MATTER OF PARENTAL RIGHTS AS TO J.L.N.

No. 38100.

55 P.3d 955 (2002)

In the Matter of the PARENTAL RIGHTS as to J.L.N. Diana L. N., Appellant, v. The State of Nevada, Department of Human Resources, Division of Child and Family Services, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

October 18, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Amesbury & Schutt and John P. Parris, Las Vegas, for Appellant.

Frankie Sue Del Papa, Attorney General, and Brigid J. Duffy, Deputy Attorney General, Carson City, for Respondent.

BEFORE SHEARING, LEAVITT and BECKER, JJ.

OPINION

PER CURIAM.

Appellant Diana N. contends that the district court erred in terminating her parental rights when there was no clear and convincing evidence that termination would serve her child's best interests or that there was parental fault. We agree. The record does not include substantial evidence that termination is in the child's best interests, and Diana overcame the statutory presumption that her child's best interests would be served...

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