Ben M. v. State, Department of Health & Social Services, Office of Children's Services

How courts have described this case

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• observing that an expert need not conduct an in-person interview before offering an expert opinion so long as the testimony is based on the facts of the case
• explaining that expert witness had reviewed records and heard parent’s testimony
• stating that trial court's factual findings are reviewed for clear error
• ruling trial court’s findings regarding OCS’s efforts were not clear error
• finding a “demonstrated lack of willingness to participate” when a father was absent and failed to maintain contact with OCS
• finding father’s long absences and failure to maintain contact with OCS showed a “demonstrated lack of willingness to participate” in OCS’s efforts to reunify family

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).