Covarrubias v. Mcghee-Pane

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that mother's lack of engagement with child during visit contributed to lack of bonding
• \Evidence of parents' refusal to cooperate with the department . . . is relevant to the determination of unfitness\
• bond between child and preadoptive parents must be assessed in context of harm to child from removal and biological parent's ability to address that harm
• expert testimony may be necessary where inability of parents to meet needs of children, resulting from separation from foster parents, was decisive factor in finding of unfitness
• child's custody preferences \not dispositive\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).