Care & Protection of Frank

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• operating under the influence conviction relevant to, although generally not 3 There was no evidence that the children were in the car at the time of this offense. 3 dispositive of, unfitness determination
• police seized powdery substance from mother that they believed was cocaine but that laboratory tests proved was another substance
• police seized powdery substance from mother that they believed was cocaine but that laboratory tests proved was another substance
• convictions of operating under the influence and possession of marijuana are evidence of drug and alcohol abuse, which is relevant to a mother’s parental fitness
• testimony of a police officer and a police report detailing observations of mother's conduct properly admitted even though one of two criminal charges was dismissed
• \evidence of prior convictions may be properly weighed in the balance [of parental fitness]\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).