Mealey's (August 8, 2022, 10:53 AM EDT) -- HELENA, Mont. — A five-justice panel of the Supreme Court of Montana on Aug. 2 affirmed the judgment of a state judge terminating the parental rights of a mother and father because of the parents’ drug abuse and other instances of inadequate parenting, finding that the district court did not abuse its discretion in determining that the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (PHHS) made reasonable efforts at reunifying the children with their parents even though one aspect of the parents’ treatment employed “virtual” parenting via videoconferencing during the COVID-19 pandemic....