Baby Daddy Issues
When a fit non-custodial parent who has grasped his opportunity interest requests placement at the disposition hearing, the government must show by clear and convincing evidence that placement with that parent is not in the child’s best interests.
What is In re D.S., 52 A.3d 887 (D.C. 2012)?
This order is the final order from which an appeal of a neglect finding may be taken; not the findings of fact and conclusions of law.
What is the disposition order? In re A.B., 486 A.2d 1167 (D.C. 1984).
It is not enough for a parent to simply go through the motions of a plan, as participation does not equal progress; rather, the parent must meaningfully progress toward remedying , in order to ensure that reunification would be safe and healthy for the child
What are the conditions that led to removal? What is In re K.C. 200 A.3d 1216(D.C. 2019).
The evidentiary standard required to terminate parental rights.
What is clear and convincing? In re Tw.P.756 A.2d 402 (D.C. 2000)
The fact that the Agency’s case plan is or that it fails to assign responsibility to the tasks therein “did not render the case plan for achieving reunification unreasonable or inadequate.”
What is not signed? In re J.M. 193 A.3d 773 (D.C. 2018)?
Ending an relationship, by itself, is not grounds for a finding of neglect.
What is in loco parentis? In re Fuller v. Fuller, 247 A.2d 767 (D.C. 1968); In re K.J. 11 A.3d 273 (D.C. 2011).
What is the authority that states that within 30 days after entry of a magistrate judge order, a party may file a motion for review by an Associate Judge.
What is Family Rule D?
There is “no law or precedent of which we are aware that requires [direct referrals for services], and it may well be that the of a parent to other referral agencies is quite appropriate if those agencies are most familiar with available resources."
What is Agency's referral? What is In re J.M., 193 A.3d 773(D.C. 2018).
A grant of adoption over a natural parent's is the “functional equivalent” of an involuntary termination of parental rights.
What is objection? In re S.M. 985 A.2d 413 (D.C. 2009).
Ta.L. is applicable to requests to change from concurrent permanency goals of reunification and adoption to .
What is a sole goal of adoption? In re J.M., 193 A.3d 773 (D.C. 2018).
A by one parent does not divest the court of jurisdiction to make a finding of neglect with regard to a second parent.
What is stipulation? In re J.W., 837 A.2d 40 (D.C. 2003).
Court “must give great deference to the trial court’s factual findings and may not set them aside unless they are plainly wrong or without evidentiary foundation”—in other words, unless they are .
What is clearly erroneous? In re Baby Boy C., 630 A.2d 670 (D.C. 1993).
A parent the issue of whether CFSA made reasonable efforts towards reunification when the parent repeatedly failed to object to the court’s reasonable efforts findings at every level of the review and permanency hearings.
What is forfeited? In re D.T., 222 A.3d 593 (D.C. 2019).
This case holds once a parent is found unfit, their preference is weighed equally with all other evidence, and the court must decide which placement is in the child’s best interest.
What is In re Petition of J.B.S. & V.S.S. (September 2020)?
The fact that the judge presides over the Ta.L. hearing is not, by itself, enough to establish a lack of impartiality or fundamental fairness when the judge presides over .
What is an adoption trial? In re P.D.J.K. 182 A.3d 1234 (D.C. 2018).
For a finding of abandonment at a neglect trial, it is sufficient to show that the parent made no reasonable effort to maintain a relationship with the child for at least months.
What is four? In re Je.A., 793 A.2d 447 (D.C. 2002).
The Court of Appeals has ruled that in contested adoption cases, the matter is not fully and finally resolved until entry of the final .
What is the final adoption decree? In re S.J., 772 A.2d 247 (D.C. 2001).
Under , efforts at reunification will be considered reasonable in child neglect case where Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA) has made diligent efforts to encourage participation in the recommended services.
What is the Adoption and Safe Families Act? In re A.I., 211 A.3d 1116 (D.C. 2019); D.C. Code Sections 4-1301.02(3)(B), 4-1301.09(b).
refers to the parent’s intention and ability over time to provide for a child’s wellbeing and meet the child’s needs.
What is fitness? In re S.L.G., 110 A.3d 1275 (D.C. 2015).
The trial court is prohibited from making this finding about a parent when considering whether to change the goal to adoption.
What is an unfitness finding? In re Ta.L. 149 A.3d. 1060 (D.C. 2016).
In order to develop a custodial relationship, what interest must a noncustodial parent have developed “early on, and continually" to show that he has "done all that he reasonably could have been expected to do under the circumstances to pursue that interest.”
What is opportunity interest? In re H.R., 581 A.2d 1141 (D.C. 1990)?
If you fail to below, the Court of Appeals can only review for “plain error,” which is a much more difficult hurdle to overcome.
What is to object? In re T.L., 859 A.2d 1087 (D.C. 2004).
If the court makes this finding, the Agency is not required to make reasonable efforts to reunify that parent.
What is aggravated circumstances? D.C. Code Section 4-1301.09a
Daily Double - Name 2 aggravated circumstances.
In addition to the District, this party may also file a TPR.
Who is the guardian ad litem? D.C. Code Section 16-2354(a).
This quote comes from what case: "[W]hile permanency hearings in which goal changes are considered [i.e. Ta.L. hearings], now involve formal elements, such as sworn testimony and the creation of transcripts – elements that are typically absent in other kinds of hearings in a neglect case – there appears to be no inherent need or logic that mandates excluding hearsay,".
What is the concurring opinion by Judge Glickman from In re Z.W? 214 A.3d 1023, 1051 (D.C. 2019).