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But the findings need not “go into great detail.”

(rejecting parent’s best -interests argument when parent had a 30 -year history of chemical dependency and relapses, and guardian ad litem testified that parent should be sober at least two years before the family could be reunited)

(rejecting assertion that after a 30-year history of substance abuse, a parent’s ability to stay drug -free for a three-month period in a structured environment was sufficient to rebut presumption of unfitness).

8 D E C I S I O N “[P]arental rights may be terminated only for grave and weighty reasons.”

Father appeals.3 D E C I S I O N Parental rights may be terminated “only for grave and weighty reasons.”

DECISION Parental rights may be terminated “only for grave and weighty reasons.”

“[T]he court must balance three factors: (1) the child’s interest in preserving the parent-child relationship; (2) the parent’s interest in preserving the parent-child relationship; and (3) any competing interest of the child.”

“[T]he court must balance three factors: (1) the child’s interest in preserving the parent-child relationship; (2) the parent’s interest in preserving the parent-child relationship; and (3) any competing interest of the child.” (citation omitted).

But the findings need not “go into great detail.”

(affirming a district court’s finding that a parent failed to rebut the presumption, despite the parent completing treatment programs, because of the parent’s long history of substance abuse).

“[T]he court must balance three factors: (1) the child’s interest in preserving the parent- child relationship; (2) the parent’s interest in preserving the parent-child relationship; and (3) any competing interest of the child.” d 703, 711 (Minn. App. 2004) (citation omitted).

DECISION “[P]arental rights may be terminated only for grave and weighty reasons.”

But the district court’s findings need 6 not “go into great detail.”

“When this is established, it is the parent’s burden to prove fitness to be a parent and the absence of other reasons to terminate parental rights is not sufficient to overcome the presumption of unfitness.”

DECISION Parental rights may be terminated “only for grave and weighty reasons.”

The parents appeal.1 DECISION “[P]arental rights may be terminated only for grave and weighty reasons.”

DECISION “[P]arental rights may be terminated only for grave and weighty reasons.”

“[C]ircumstances that justify involuntary termination do not necessarily justify voluntary termination.” (citing J.D.N., d at 56).

“[P]arental rights may be terminated only for grave and weighty reasons.”

DECISION “[P]arental rights may be terminated only for grave and weighty reasons.”

DECISION Parental rights may be terminated “only for grave and weighty reasons.”

DECISION “[P]arental rights may be terminated only for grave and weighty reasons.”

(affirming finding that child’s best interest 10 supported termination where the child had an immediate need for permanency and stable, drug-free, nurturing caregivers).