In Re Ariel N.’s Empirical Analysis

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20 state decisions

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1. “[t]his Court reviews termination of parental rights rulings by examining the record to establish whether the [Family Court] justice's findings are supported by legal and competent evidence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Dayvon G. · In Re Jose Luis RH

2. “are clearly wrong or the trial justice overlooked or misconceived material evidence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Dayvon G. · In Re Jose Luis RH

3. ““unfit by reason of conduct or conditions seriously detrimental to the child, in that the child has been placed in the legal custody or care of the Department of Children, Youth & Families; * * * and the father’s prognosis indicates that the child will not be able to return to the custody of the father within a reasonable period of time, considering the child’s age and need for a permanent home. [[Image here]] “This Court finds also that the Department exercised all reasonable care and made all reasonable efforts here to reunite this father and child. The testimony is that, at the present time, this child is ready to be released from this group home, that there is a preadoptive home waiting for him. The child indicates that that is his desire. “For all of the foregoing reasons, the Court finds the father unfit; further finds that, in the opinion of this Court, it’s in the best interest of this child that the father’s rights be terminated, and they are hereby terminated.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Pricillion R.