Duval v. Lewis State Bank

How courts have described this case

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• holding that Section 2511(b) does not require a formal bonding evaluation and that caseworkers may offer their opinions and evaluations on whether a bond exists
• concluding that post-abandonment contact must be steady, consistent, and contribute to the psychological health of the child
• holding that parental obligation is a positive duty which requires affirmative performance
• holding court may terminate parental rights, even where parent has never had custody, if placement with natural parent would risk physical or mental harm to child
• stating that a parent’s “efforts may be insufficient to remedy parental incapacity under [Section 2511(a)(2)]” (citation omitted)
• noting that a parent’s vow to cooperate after a long period of uncooperativeness may be rejected as untimely or disingenuous

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).