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IN RE WELFARE OF A.B.

No. 44868-8-II.

323 P.3d 1062 (2014)

In re the WELFARE OF A.B., State of Washington, Department of Health & Social Services, Respondent, v. E.I., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

Publication Ordered May 6, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Everett Kay , Office of the Attorney General, Tacoma, WA, for Respondent.

Lise Ellner , Attorney at Law, Vashon, WA, Maureen Marie Cyr , Seattle, WA, for Appellant.

OPINION

JOHANSON, J.

¶ 1 E.I. is the mother of A.B. The juvenile court terminated E.I.'s parental rights to A.B. based on a finding that E.I. had cognitive impairments that would never allow her to parent A.B. on her own. We agree with E.I. that cognitive impairments alone are not parenting deficiencies, and that the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) failed to meet its burden to prove that E.I. is currently unfit to parent A.B. We reverse...

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