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IN RE J.D.N.

No. 57746.

283 P.3d 842 (2012)

In the Matter of the Parental Rights as to J.D.N., Q.E.T., G.M.T., D.A.T., J.L.T., and J.F.T., Minors. Quiana M.B.; and Arthur L.T., Appellants, v. State of Nevada Department of Family Services, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

August 30, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Schieck , Special Public Defender, and Melissa Elaine Oliver , Deputy Special Public Defender, Clark County, for Appellant Quiana M.B.

Mills & Mills Law Group and Gregory S. Mills and Daniel W. Anderson , Las Vegas, for Appellant Arthur L.T.

Steven B. Wolfson , District Attorney, and Ronald L. Cordes and Jennifer I. Kuhlman , Deputy District Attorneys, Clark County, for Respondent.

Before DOUGLAS, GIBBONS and PARRAGUIRRE, JJ.

OPINION

By the Court, GIBBONS, J.:

In this appeal, we address several issues relating to a termination-of-parental-rights proceeding. First, we determine whether an objection to the admission of the entire juvenile file ("J" file) as hearsay preserved the issue for appeal.1 Next, we consider the applicable burden of proof imposed upon a parent in order to rebut the parental-fault and child's-best-interest presumptions...

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