Investor Presentaiton

Idaho Supreme Court Findings (Procedural issues) - The Court booted the challenge to the constitutionality of Idaho's definition of "neglect" and the due process argument she made. The Court found that while it recognized a fundamental right is at stake in all termination proceedings, this does not relieve an appellant of his or her obligation to raise issues first before the trial court. Since Mother did not specifically challenge the constitutionality of 16-2003(3) (b) at the trial court, it declined to consider it in the appeal. Key in this decision was the Court's extension of the holding in In re Doe, 156 Idaho 682, 330 P.3d 1040 (2014), which notes that even when a question before the Court involves fundamental error, civil cases have a different standard than their criminal or quasi- criminal counterparts. The fundamental error doctrine is not applicable.

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