Gladstone v. May

How courts have described this case

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• holding that trial court properly found infant child to be dependent where child’s father was previously found criminally responsible for the death of a prior child, and mother had failed to complete drug and alcohol and parenting classes
• noting that judges will not experiment with placing children in the home of the natural parents to determine whether they are able to care for children
• stating that “[i]t is unclear what facts taken at what proceeding from the previous adjudications, dispositions, and reviews, the [trial court] judge used in determining dependency in this case.”
• concluding, “a finding of dependency can be made on prognostic evidence.”
• affirming dependency adjudication of an infant where the adjudication was based solely on prognostic evidence concerning Mother’s prior abuse and neglect of her other children
• affirming dependency adjudication of an infant where the adjudication was based solely on prognostic evidence concerning Mother’s prior abuse and neglect of her other children

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