In re Doris G.’s Empirical Analysis

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29 state decisions

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1. “Department's compliance with its rehabilitation and reunification duties as outlined in section 4041 does not constitute a discrete element requiring proof in termination proceedings, nor does the failure of the Department to comply with section 4041 preclude findings of parental unfitness.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Heather W.

2. “Only when the Department failed to develop a formal reunification plan, and the parent's rights were nevertheless terminated for failure to comply with specific reunification obligations never communicated to that parent, have we vacated a judgment terminating parental rights.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Child of Rebecca J.

3. “failure to satisfy [this] obligation[ ] does not preclude a termination of parental rights,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Children of Corey W.