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· 1/10/2012

Christopher Farrell v. Warren County Department of Social Services

Citations

  • 59 Va. App. 375
  • 719 S.E.2d 329
  • 2012 WL 42207
  • 2012 Va. App. LEXIS 1

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding that Virginia’s statutory scheme “provide[s] parents with ‘fundamentally fair’ procedures under the Due Process Clause” even though “[t]he severity of permanently separating children from their parents is a significant and compelling circumstance”
  • recognizing the adequacy of proof of a substantial future risk
  • “We are not permitted to conduct a trial de novo on appeal to second guess a trial court’s credibility determination.”
  • “We are not permitted to conduct a trial de novo on appeal to second guess a trial court’s credibility determination.”

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Judges: Alston

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