State v. PENNY J.’s Empirical Analysis

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10 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “B. The court shall terminate parental rights with respect to a child when: (2) the child has been a neglected or abused child as defined in the Abuse and Neglect Act [this article] and the court finds that the conditions and causes of the neglect and abuse are unlikely to change in the foreseeable future despite reasonable efforts by the department or other appropriate agency to assist the parent in adjusting the conditions which render the parent unable to properly care for the child; provided, the court may find in some cases that efforts by the department or another agency would be unnecessary, when there is a clear showing that the efforts would be futile____”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Matter of Termination of Parental Rights · State v. Eventyr J.

2. “There is little that can be as detrimental to a child's sound development as uncertainty over whether he is to remain in his current `home,' under the care of his parents or foster parents, especially when such uncertainty is prolonged.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Matter of Termination of Parental Rights