Adoption of Carlos

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding that mother had made “significant progress” by no longer denying that her child had been sexually abused
• emphasizing that mother had made “ ‘significant progress’ with respect to her critical area of potential unfitness, namely her denial that her child had been sexually abused”
• declining to terminate parental rights where judge found mother's parental unfitness could be resolved with additional time
• “A judge may properly be guided by evidence demonstrating reason to believe that a parent will correct a condition or weakness”
• \The natural bond between parent and child should not be permanently severed unless the child's present or future welfare demands\ termination [emphasis added]
• inquiry into future parental fitness is appropriate when determining whether to terminate parental rights

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).