Fletcher v. Diamondhead Incorporators

How courts have described this case

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

• holding it would be “unnecessarily repetitive” to restate the evidence as it bears on each factor of section 211.447(7)
• neglect found where mother acknowledged that some abuse had occurred and failed to protect child from sexual abuse
• neglect found where mother acknowledged that some abuse had occurred and failed to protect child from sexual abuse
• where mother’s parental rights were terminated when she failed to protect child even though she saw father touch child in an “unfatherly” way and failed to seek immediate medical care for child
• “[T]he trial court must find by clear, cogent, and convincing evidence that one or more grounds for termination exists,” and “the trial court must find that termination is in the best interests of the children.”
• termination of parental rights was in the children’s best interest

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).