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IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & WELFARE v. DOE

No. 40246.

296 P.3d 381 (2013)

In the Matter of the Termination of the Parental Rights of John (2012-06) Doe. IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & WELFARE, Petitioner-Respondent, v. John (2012-06) DOE, Respondent-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Idaho, Boise, December 2012 Term.

February 22, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel G. Cooper , Coeur d'Alene, for appellant.

Stacia Crocker Hagerty , Coeur d'Alene, for Mother, as Amicus Curiae.

Honorable Lawrence G. Wasden , Attorney General, Boise, for respondent.

J. JONES, Justice.

On November 3, 2011, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (the Department) initiated this action to terminate the parental rights of John Doe. The matter proceeded to trial where the magistrate court found that Doe had neglected and abandoned his minor child, D.C., and that it was in the best interest of the child that Doe's parental rights be terminated. We affirm.

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Doe is the biological...

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