Folsom v. Manchester

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• observing that bond between child and mother weighed against termination even when child “has a good albeit very limited relationship with [m]other” (internal quo- tation marks omitted)
• noting that a permanent guardianship may only be vacated on the court’s own motion or on the motion of a party other than a parent, and then only in the child’s best interests
• noting that in some cases, “the availability of another permanency plan that will advance the child’s best interest, such as a perma- nent guardianship, may be a factor in a court’s decision”
• discussing the similarities between termination of parental rights and permanent guardianship, and that both require a finding that it is in the best interest of the child that the parents never have physical custody
• discussing the similarities between termi- nation of parental rights and permanent guardianship, and that both require a finding that it is in the best interest of the child that the parents never have physical custody
• adoption is not the only option for achieving permanency for the child of an unfit parent

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).