In re Addilyn R.’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “1-A. Rebuttable presumption. The court may presume that the parent is unwilling or unable to protect the child from jeopardy and these circumstances are unlikely to change within a time which is reasonably calculated to meet the child's needs if: A. The parent has acted toward a child in a manner that is heinous or abhorrent to society .... B. The victim of any of the following crimes was a child for whom the parent was responsible or the victim was a child who was a member of the household lived in or frequented by the parent and the parent has been convicted of: .... (8) Sexual abuse of minors.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Child of Gustavus E. · In re Children of Anthony L.

2. “place[ ] the burden of proof entirely on the Department and [may] not require or expect the [parent] to meet any evidentiary burden.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Child of Gustavus E. · In re Children of Anthony L.

3. “is analogous to a permissive inference in criminal cases, where the fact-finder is entitled to reach a certain conclusion based on a specified factual predicate.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Child of Gustavus E.