In Re Adoption of M.L. J.H. v. J.L. and C.L.

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• holding that the adoption statutes and the termination statutes provide similar balances between parental rights and the best interests of the children
• holding that the adoption statutes and the termination statutes provide similar balances between parental rights and the best interests of the children
• holding that the adoption statutes and the termination statutes provide similar balances between parental rights and the best interests of the children; also holding that termination cases provide “useful guidance as to what makes a parent ‘unfit’”
• holding trial court’s judgment as to parent’s unfitness was not clearly erroneous and rejecting the parent’s arguments as a request to “reweigh the evidence”
• holding trial court’s judgment as to parent’s unfitness was not clearly erroneous and rejecting the parent’s arguments as a request to “reweigh the evidence”
• concluding father unfit as parent due to continued substance abuse and instability; and concluding adoption was in child’s best interests because she was thriving in adoptive parents’ care

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