Davidge v. Simmons

How courts have described this case

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

• “Nothing prevents the Department from conducting an investigation if it believes that a parent who has voluntarily terminated parental rights with respect to one child might be mistreating another child_” (Emphasis added).
• “A circuit court has discretion in an abuse and neglect proceeding to accept a proffered voluntary termination of parental rights, or to reject it and proceed to a decision on involuntary termination.”
• “In the context of an abuse and neglect proceeding, a court may accept a parent’s voluntary relinquishment of parental rights . . . provided that the agreement meets the requirements of W. Va. Code § 49–6–7 (1977

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).