DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERV. v. Headden

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that failure to visit must be wilful, which is defined as a “conscious indifference to the rights of the child”
• holding that termination requires both proof of one of the statutory grounds and demonstration that the action is in the best interest of the child
• holding that the statutory grounds for termination must be proved by clear and convincing evidence
• declining to address a statutory ground for TPR after concluding clear and convincing evidence supported another ground
• stating an appellate court does not need to address a TPR ground if it finds clear and convincing evidence supports another TPR ground
• stating an appellate court does not need to address a TPR ground if it finds clear and convincing evidence supports another TPR ground

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).