In re Ashton M.’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 196 W. Va. 223 - In Interest of Tiffany Marie S. · 163 W. Va. 719 - State Ex Rel . Preissler v. Dostert · 200 W. Va. 555 - State Ex Rel. Diva P. v. Kaufman · 210 W. Va. 621 - In Re Edward B. · 226 W. Va. 17 - In the Interest of Jessica G.
Most-quoted passages
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“After reviewing the circuit court’s order terminating the Appellant’s parental and custodial rights, as well as a review of the transcript of the dispositional hearing, we find that the circuit court failed to adequately explain why Jessica G.’s, who was thirteen years old at the time of the dispositional hearing (and is now fourteen years old), was not “otherwise of an age of discretion,” Id., and why her wishes were not factored into whether termination of the Appellant’s parental rights, and the concomitant bond between Jessica G. and her father, might be contrary to Jessica G.’s best interest and emotional well-being.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re T.W.
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.