Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Dente

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• holding that a child being adoptable is sufficient to find termination of parental rights is in the child’s best interests
• holding that mother’s failure to challenge one of the grounds for termination constituted waiver and abandonment of any contention that the juvenile court erred by terminating her parental rights on that ground
• explaining that a party’s failure to challenge the time-in-care ground constitutes waiver and abandonment of the claim
• recognizing “it is generally not our role to sua sponte address issues not raised by the appellant”
• explaining that failing to challenge the statutory grounds for termination constitutes waiver of the claim
• clarifying that if clear and convincing evidence supports any one ground for severance, appellate court need not address claims pertaining to other grounds

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