Marshall v. Ouachita Hospital

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• finding no error in juvenile court's consideration of father's mental capacity even though that was not identified as a ground for termination in the petition
• juvenile court's finding that father was mentally deficient was \buttressed by the court's own observations of the father's testimony and demeanor at the termination hearing\
• court could consider other allegations not listed in petition where parent had notice and opportunity to present evidence
• where prior proceedings in the case made clear that the father’s mental capacity was an issue, the father could not claim “unfair surprise” when evidence on that issue was introduced at the termination of parental rights hearing

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).