IN RE A.W.

No. 13-375.

94 A.3d 1161 (2014)

2014 VT 32

In re A.W., Juvenile.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

April 11, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew F. Valerio , Defender General, and Rebecca Turner , Appellate Defender, Montpelier, for Appellant Mother.

Michael Rose , St. Albans, for Appellant Father.

William H. Sorrell , Attorney General, and Bridget C. Asay , Assistant Attorney General, Montpelier, and Jody Racht , Assistant Attorney General, Waterbury, for Appellee.

Present: REIBER, C.J., DOOLEY, SKOGLUND and ROBINSON, JJ., and BURGESS, J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.


DOOLEY, J.

¶ 1. Mother and father appeal from a family court order adjudicating the minor A.W. to be a Child in Need of Care and Supervision (CHINS). They contend: (1) the court lacked jurisdiction under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA); and (2) the evidence did not support the trial court's finding that the child was without proper parental care. We affirm.

¶ 2. The rather tangled background to this dispute may...

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