Curtis v. Hennequin

How courts have described this case

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

• holding CYS has duty to promote reunification by providing assistance to parents but has no obligation to guarantee success of parent’s efforts
• recognizing that a child’s bond with his parent is “unique and irreplaceable” where the parent has nurtured the relationship, providing for the child’s basic, physical needs, as well as his emotional - 22 - J-S12002-22 development
• stating additionally the Court “will not mandate that an attorney convey highly sensitive, significant, and potentially emotionally damaging information to a child”
• declining to find waiver on procedural grounds where issue was raised and considered in trial court and it is in the best interests of the child to reach the merits of the claim
• declining to find waiver on procedural grounds where issue was raised and considered in trial court, and it is in the best interests of the child to reach the merits of the claim
• “The custody, care, nurture, and instruction of children resides first in the children’s natural parents, as a constitutionally recognized fundamental right.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).