(AP) — The Nebraska Court of Appeals has reversed a Douglas County juvenile court’s decision to terminate the parental rights of a father who spent time in jail for domestic violence against his son’s mother.

The juvenile court terminated the parental rights of the father, referred to only as Jerry S. in the opinion, last year.

A caseworker testified at trial that Jerry should lose his parental rights to his son, a toddler, because of a history of domestic violence, among other things. But the caseworker also testified that Jerry had made several improvements, including taking GED classes, attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and completing anger management classes.

On Tuesday, the appeals court found that there was insufficient evidence to prove that termination of Jerry’s parental rights was in the child’s best interests.