Bitz v. A.B.’s Empirical Analysis

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9 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “I do find by clear and convincing evidence that the children are deprived, that the conditions and causes of deprivation are likely to continue or will not be remedied, and that by reason thereof, the children ... will probably suffer serious physical, mental, moral, or emotional harm. This finding is based on my earlier findings above. [The son] was removed from the parental home on 21 January 2015, when he was one month old. [The daughter] was removed from the parental home on at her birth on 06 December 2015. The children ha[ve] been together in continuous foster care ever since. They were previously found to be deprived and placed into the legal care, custody, and control of Grant County Social Services. The removal from the home and earlier adjudication for deprivation were based on the filthy, unhealthy home environment provided by the parents, and the parents’ lack of parenting skills and inability to provide proper parenting. Social Services early on tried to initiate a number of programs to cure the causes of deprivation. Those measures included in-home parent aid[e] services, counseling, psychological and parental capacity evaluations, parenting classes, and supervised visits. In addition, Social Services required the parents to obtain suitable housing. Social Services provided financial assistance in a number of ways to facilitate the parents’ participation in and completion of these programs. Those efforts have been unsuccessful. The evaluations and programs have ”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Interest of A.B.