In Re Daniel D.’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “"(a) The court shall, upon a petition duly filed by a governmental child placement agency or licensed child placement agency after notice to the parent and a hearing on the petition, terminate any and all legal rights of the parent to the child, including the right to notice of any subsequent adoption proceedings involving the child, if the court finds as a fact by clear and convincing evidence that: [[Image here]] "(2) The parent is unfit by reason of conduct or conditions seriously detrimental to the child; such as, but not limited to, the following: [[Image here]] "(ii) Conduct toward any child of a cruel or abusive nature; [[Image here]] "(v) The parent has subjected the child to aggravated circumstances, which circumstances shall be abandonment, torture, chronic abuse and sexual abuse; [[Image here]] "(3) The child has been placed in the legal custody or care of the department for children, youth, and families for at least twelve (12) months, and the parents were offered or received services to correct the situation which led to the child being placed; provided, that there is not a substantial probability that the child will be able to return safely to the parents' care within a reasonable period of time considering the child’s age and the need for a permanent home; or "(4) The parent has abandoned or deserted the child.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Rita F.

2. “We emphasize that the trial justice hears the testimony from the vantage point of his [or her] front-row seat in the courtroom. * * * For this reason, we defer to the trial justice's findings.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Angela Luis v. Kevin Gaugler.