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· 4/27/1960

Courington v. Courington

Citations

  • 120 So. 2d 64
  • 1960 Fla. App. LEXIS 2513

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that a child should not be placed in foster care indefinitely “just because an incarcerated parent ... shows interest in the his child[.]”
  • terminating parental rights because mother’s repeated incarcerations indicated she did not have capacity to parent due to “inability to remain present in [child’s] life”
  • terminating parental rights because mother's repeated incarcerations indicated she did not have capacity to parent due to \inability to remain present in [child's] life\
  • terminating parental rights of incarcerated mother after examining her pre-incarcerated parenting and determining that her repeated incarcerations indicated she did not have the capacity to parent
  • terminating parental rights of incarcerated mother after examining her pre- incarcerated parenting and determining that her repeated incarcerations indicated she did not have the capacity to parent
  • terminating parental rights of incarcerated mother after examining her pre- incarcerated parenting and determining that her repeated incarcerations indicated she did not have the capacity to parent

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Judges: Allen, Kanner, Shannon

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