In re J.S., V.S., & E.D.

Summary

The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia affirmed the termination of petitioner mother H.G.'s parental rights to J.S., V.S., and E.D. The court held that the circuit court properly denied a post-adjudicatory improvement period because the mother failed to acknowledge the physical abuse and ongoing substance-abuse conditions underlying the abuse and neglect proceedings. The decision is a per curiam memorandum decision issued under Rule 21.

Holdings

1. The circuit court did not err in denying Mother's motion for a post-adjudicatory improvement period because she failed to acknowledge the conditions of abuse and neglect and failed to establish that she would fully participate in the improvement period.
2. The circuit court did not clearly err in finding that Mother's explanations for V.S.'s injuries lacked credibility and that the injuries resulted from abuse rather than self-injury or another cause.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the circuit court erred by denying Mother's motion for a post-adjudicatory improvement period.
2. Whether the evidence supported the circuit court's determination that Mother failed to acknowledge the conditions of abuse and neglect and could not establish that she would fully participate in a new improvement period.

Disposition

affirmed