STATE EX REL. D.R.A.

No. 20100878-CA.

266 P.3d 844 (2011)

2011 UT App 397

STATE of Utah, in the interest of D.R.A., a person under eighteen years of age. A.A., Appellant, v. State of Utah, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Utah.

November 25, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Colleen K. Coebergh , Salt Lake City, for Appellant.

Mark L. Shurtleff and John M. Peterson , Salt Lake City, for Appellee.

Martha Pierce , Salt Lake City, Guardian ad Litem.

Before Judges DAVIS, ORME, and VOROS.


OPINION

VOROS, Judge:

¶ 1 Appellant A.A. (Mother) challenges the juvenile court's termination of her parental rights. Mother candidly concedes that she is an unfit parent, but nevertheless contends that, on the facts of this case, the State failed to establish, by clear and convincing evidence, that termination was in the best interest of her now thirteen-year-old daughter. We agree and reverse.

BACKGROUND

¶ 2 On October 18, 2010...

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