Genis v. Powers

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that court did not err in terminating father’s parental rights at initial disposition where father failed to ameliorate circumstances that led to CHINS petition despite availability of supports and having “significant amount of time” to do so
• reaffirming that “termination at initial disposition should be rare because it bars all hope of family reunion” (quotation omitted)
• rejecting father’s argument that parental rights may be terminated at initial disposition only in cases involving egregious abuse
• Supreme Court will not reverse superior court’s decision even if one or more finding is erroneous as long as findings are not material to court’s decision

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).