RS v. Dept. of Children and Families

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the ultimate outcome is not impacted by reversal on one ground when another ground supports termination
• holding that it is a denial of due process to terminate parental rights based on a statutory ground not pled in the petition, not raised during opening statements, and not tried by consent
• reversing order of termination entered on unpled grounds because adequate notice and meaningful hearing were required
• trial court erred in basing termination of parental rights on a ground not alleged in the Department’s petition for termination of parental rights and not requested “under this ground during its opening statement or by amendment of the petition”
• trial court erred in basing termination of parental rights on a ground not alleged in the Department's petition for termination of parental rights and not requested \under this ground during its opening statement or by amendment of the petition\

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