78 So. 3d 436 - L.R. v. C.G.’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. ““ ‘[W]e note that we have previously rejected [maintenance of the status quo as a viable alternative] when grounds for termination exist and the situation is such that, in the foreseeable future, reunification will not be possible. See K.A.P. v. D.P., 11 So.3d 812, 820 (Ala.Civ.App.2008) (rejecting maintenance of the status quo when it appeared that potential reunification would be at least 10 years in the future and commenting that, in order to achieve stability and continuity for children, “appellate courts generally hold that maintaining an indefinite custody arrangement with a third party is not in the best interest of the child”); B.J.C. v. D.E., 874 So.2d 1109, 1118 (Ala.Civ.App.2003), overruled on other grounds, F.G. v. State Dep’t of Human Res., 988 So.2d 555 (Ala.Civ.App.2007) (rejecting the father’s argument that “maintaining the situation the children had been in for the six years before the termination hearing by leaving them to be raised by family members” was a viable alternative to termination when the father had failed to consistently support or visit with the children and his situation was unlikely to change in the foreseeable future); A.N.S. v. K.C., 628 So.2d 734, 735 (Ala.Civ.App.1993) (rejecting the maintenance of the status quo as an alternative to termination and noting that the father was expecting to be released from prison in seven years but that “[t]he maternal aunt and uncle were willing to adopt the children to give them a feeling of permanency an”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 116 So. 3d 220 - L.M.W. v. D.J.

2. ““In a case such as this one, where the child[ ] ha[s] been placed in the permanent custody of a relative, we are not concerned with ‘an indefinite custody arrangement with a third party’ or a lack of stability for the child[ ]. The child[ ] [is] in a stable and loving placement. However, the evidence is clear that the child[ ] and the mother have a relationship that both the child[ ] and the mother desire to preserve .... In addition, the [grandfather] testified [that it was important for the child to have continued contact ‘to an extent’ with the mother], indicating that [he], too, desires to maintain for the child[ ] some connection to the mother.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 116 So. 3d 220 - L.M.W. v. D.J.