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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Adams finds the lower court properly terminated the parental rights of a mother to her minor child. The child was removed from mother’s care when the juvenile court found the mother’s marijuana abuse, mental health issues and environment proved a substantial risk of harm to the child. The mother argues that her due process rights were violated when her parental rights were terminated, because the juvenile court was not required to consider her potential to change, as she, at the age of 17, is a teenager. The instant court finds no error by the lower court, as the record shows that the mother failed to comply with the reunification plan, her right to due process was not violated, and the decision is one where the needs of the child were placed as the priority. Affirmed.