Cc v. Dept. of Children & Family Services

How courts have described this case

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

• ruling that the “trial court must determine whether substance abuse will affect a parent’s ability to provide the care and support the children need in the future”
• holding that full and accurate fact finding is essential on both questions of whether DCF has authority to terminate parental rights and on question of whether it is in the child’s best interest to do so
• stating that a parent's substance abuse alone does not establish prospective neglect
• explaining that trial court erred in terminating parental rights pursuant to section 39.806(1)(e
• stating that a parent’s substance abuse alone does not establish prospective neglect
• remanding for reconsideration because fact findings in order under review were erroneous and incomplete

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).