Adler v. Kansas City, Springfield & Memphis Railroad

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• concluding due process does not require an incarcerated parent’s physical presence at the termination hearing “provided the parent is otherwise afforded procedural due process at the hearing”
• reasoning that “due process does not absolutely require an incarcerated parent’s physical presence at a parental rights termination hearing,” but concluding that mother’s rights were violated by informal procedures involving telephone connection
• holding parent was denied “a fair opportunity to participate” in a termination proceeding after they experienced repeated technical 6 IN RE TERM OF PARENTAL RIGHTS AS TO B.K. Decision of the Court difficulties
• finding the incarcerated father's inability to hear the proceedings via telephone \increased the risk of an erroneous determination\
• finding the incarcerated 10 father’s inability to hear the proceedings via telephone “increased the risk of an erroneous determination”
• remanding due to incarcerated parent’s inability to hear proceedings via telephone connection

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