Care & Protection of Robert

How courts have described this case

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

• acknowledging that temporary custody order entered after seventy-two hour hearing may determine child’s custody for one year or more
• noting that where custody is transferred to the department, a hearing must be held within seventy-two hours
• discussing child’s interests in familial integrity and in freedom from neglectful or abusive conditions
• “While parents have a constitutionally recognized interest in maintaining the family unit, a ‘child’s interest in freedom from neglect or abuse is absolute’ ”
• due process requires balancing individual’s interests, risk of erroneous deprivation of those interests, and government’s interest in efficient and economic resolution of litigation
• “reasonable cause” serves a “threshold function” and means “known or suspected instances of child abuse and neglect”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).