In the sad, ongoing saga in Webster County of the consequences of people using methamphetamine ("meth"), the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on Monday upheld the termination of a mother's parental rights due to meth addiction.
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| Above: How long term meth use makes you look. Nice, isn't it? |
Child Protective Services ("CPS") filed this case in December, 2011, after the parents were taken by ambulance to the hospital after using meth. Further investigation revealed drug paraphernalia within the reach of the parents' children at their residence.
The mother was granted a one year rehabilitation period, with the requirement that she complete the inpatient rehabilitation. She left the program early and tested positive for meth on the day of one of her court hearings.
Because she did not complete the rehabilitation and because she tested positive for meth late in the case, CPS asked the judge to terminate her parental rights. CPS was joined in the request by the children's Guardian ad Litem, Joyce Morton. The mother had claimed she left rehab to see her dying mother, even though she admitted that she had little contact with her mother prior thereto.
The Supreme Court upheld the Circuit Court's termination of parental rights. The Supreme Court said that "there was no reasonable likelihood that the conditions of abuse and neglect could be substantially corrected in the near future and that termination was necessary for the children’s welfare."
To read the full opinion by the Court, please click on this link:
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