· 3/12/1991
Cain v. COM. EX REL. DSS
Citations
- 402 S.E.2d 682
- 12 Va. App. 42
- 7 Va. Law Rep. 1858
- 1991 Va. App. LEXIS 36
How courts have described this case
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- reversing termination of incarcerated mother’s parental rights where termination was presumably based upon sole fact of mother’s incarceration
- reversing termination of incarcerated mother's parental rights where termination was presumably based upon sole fact of mother's incarceration
- reversing termination of parental rights where DSS did not provide services to mother while she was incarcerated pending trial
- reversing termination of parental rights where DSS did not provide services to mother while she was incarcerated pending trial
- reversing the trial court’s termination of parental rights when the department did not contact a parent while she was held in pre-conviction incarceration for most of the time between removal and the department’s change-of-goal to adoption
- evidence did not show that with the services required by statute the mother would not have been able to correct neglect which preceded her incarceration
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Judges: Joseph E. Baker
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