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“Whether a parent’s due-process rights have been violated in a TPR proceeding is a question of law, which we review de novo.”

See In re Welfare of 10 Children of D.F ., (reviewing credibility determinations).

d 88, 95 (Minn. App. 2008).

“[P]rejudice as a result of [an] alleged violation is an essential component of the due process analysis.”

(reviewing credibility determinations).

(stating that an involuntarily termination of parental rights can be affirmed if (1) at least one statutory ground alleged in 9 the petition is supported by clear and convincing evidence and (2) termination of parental rights is in the child’s best interests)

(“Because the district court is in a superior position to observe th e witnesses during trial, its assessment of witness credibility is accorded deference on appeal.”).

10 (stating that, absent prejudice, error is not ground for reversal); (applying harmless-error analysis in a juvenile protection appeal).

(refusing to reverse a termination of parental rights for harmless error); In re Welfare of D.J.N.

d 88, 98 (Minn. App. 2008) (denying reversal of termination of parental rights where alleged error was harmless).

(explaining that this court will not reverse due to harmless error).

(applying har mless-error test to TPR cases).

d 88, 95 (Minn. App. 2008).

(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); (upholding vacation of conditional stay of voluntary termination of parental rights, based on parent’s failure to take steps to address issue of illegal drug use).

(ignoring harmless error).

“Due process requires reasonable notice, a timely opportunity for a hearing, the right to counsel, the opportunity to present evidence, the right to an impartial decision-maker, and the right to a reasonable decision based solely on the record.”

“We review a district court’s ultimate determination that termination is in a child’s best interest for an abuse of discretion.” d at 905 (), review denied (Minn. Jan.

But the weight given to testimony is “ultimately the province of the fact-finder.” (quotation omitted).

(stating standard of review of court’s best interest analysis in a termination-of-parental- rights case).

DECISION “The parent-child relationship is among the fundamental rights protected by the constitutional guarantees of due process.” d 88, 97 (Minn. App. 2008); see Troxel v. Granville, 530 U.S. 57, 65, 120 S. Ct. 2054, 2060 (2000) (“The liberty interest at issue in this case—the interest of parents in the care, custody, and control of their children—is perhaps the oldest of the fundamental liberty interests recognized by this Court.”).

are the province of the district court.”

(stating that this court will not reverse for harmless error).