Bois v. Bradley

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding despite lack of express statement that trial court applied correct standard where it stated “it was ‘convinced’ ” that mother would be unable to resume parenting within a reasonable time
• noting that we may examine decision as whole to determine if court applied proper standard, and holding that court’s finding that it was “convinced” of mother’s inability to resume parental responsibilities was sufficient
• explaining that court is not required to explicitly state standard of proof
• reiterating that “changes occurring prior to the most recent court order could not be used as the sole basis for a finding of changed circumstances, but that the previous time period could be used in conjunction with the more recent one to make such a determination”
• Court will uphold judgment in absence of explicit findings on enumerated statutory factors when record shows that family court considered requisite factors in terminating parental rights
• Court will uphold judgment in absence of explicit findings on enumerated statutory factors when record shows that family court considered requisite factors in terminating parental rights

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).