In re J.A.C...

Summary

The court held that it could review the mother's timely appeal from the post-remand termination order, even though her first appeal was untimely and the intermediate appellate court's jurisdiction had not been expressly resolved. Finality foreclosed later challenges to the earlier jurisdictional defect and to alleged errors occurring before the first appeal, limiting review to post-remand issues. Applying deferential review, the court affirmed the determination that termination was strictly necessary to serve the children's best interests because the mother did not show that the findings were against the clear weight of the evidence.