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· 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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