IN RE WELFARE OF CHILD OF R.D.L.

No. A13-1820.

853 N.W.2d 127 (2014)

In the Matter of the WELFARE OF the CHILD OF R.D.L. and J.W., Parents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

September 10, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Ward , Chief Hennepin County Public Defender, James A. Kamin , Assistant Public Defender, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant.

Michael O. Freeman , Hennepin County Attorney, Cory A. Carlson , Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, MN, for respondent.

Bruce Jones , Lariss Jude , Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, Minneapolis, MN; and Shirley Reider , Saint Paul, MN, for Guardian Ad Litem.


OPINION

GILDEA, Chief Justice.

The question presented in this case is whether Minn. Stat. § 260C.301, subd. 1(b)(4) (2012), which provides that parents who previously have had their parental rights to children involuntarily terminated are presumed to be palpably unfit to parent other children, violates the equal protection provisions of the United States and Minnesota Constitutions. The juvenile court and the court of appeals found that the statute...

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