In re Gelvin B.

Syllabus

The respondent mother appealed from a decree of the Family Court terminating her parental rights to her son, Gelvin. In terminating her rights, the trial justice determined that (1) mother was an unfit parent and Gelvin's safe return to her within a reasonable time was improbable (2) DCYF met its burden to show that it made reasonable efforts to achieve reunification between mother and her son and (3) it was in Gelvin's best interest for mother's parental rights to be terminated. Before the Supreme Court, mother argued that these findings were in error. However, the Court held that the trial justice's findings were supported by clear and convincing, legally competent evidence and affirmed the decree of the Family Court.