In re Kristopher E.’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
November 2012
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 196 W. Va. 223 - In Interest of Tiffany Marie S. · In re James G.
Most-quoted passages
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“A circuit court has discretion in an abuse and neglect proceeding to accept a proffered voluntary termination of parental rights, or to reject it and proceed to a decision on involuntary termination. Such discretion must be exercised after an independent review of all relevant factors, and the court is not obliged to adopt any position advocated by the Department of Health and Human Resources.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re T.W.
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