MATTER OF WELFARE OF CHILD OF H.G.D.

A20-1182.

962 N.W.2d 861 (2021)

In the MATTER OF the WELFARE OF the CHILD OF: H.G.D. and J.R.Q., Parents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Filed: August 4, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Fossum , Rice County Attorney, Terence Swihart , Chief Assistant Rice County Attorney, Faribault, Minnesota, for appellant Rice County Social Services.

Mallory K. Stoll , Blahnik, Prchal, & Stoll, PLLC, Prior Lake, Minnesota; and Brooke Beskau Warg , Mitchell Hamline School of Law Child Protection Clinic, Saint Paul, Minnesota, for respondent H.G.D.

Christos Jensen , Assistant Ramsey County Attorney, Saint Paul, Minnesota, and Lisa Michelle Thompson , Assistant Anoka County Attorney, Anoka, Minnesota, for amicus curiae Minnesota County Attorneys Association.

Anne Carlson , Saint Paul, Minnesota, and Emily Wall , New York, New York, for amicus curiae Center for Family Representation.


OPINION

This appeal presents two legal questions related to juvenile protection proceedings: (1) whether a district court may consider the allegations in a petition to be deemed admitted if a parent fails to appear at a noticed hearing on the petition; and, (2) whether a petition must be entered into evidence to be considered...

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