Grazzini-Rucki v. Rucki

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that father’s past circumstances, including his incarceration, had affected parent-child relationship and were relevant to whether father could resume a caregiving role
• recognizing that most important statutory factor is likelihood that parent can resume parental duties within reasonable period of time
• recognizing that most important statutory factor is likelihood that parent can resume parental duties within reasonable time
• recognizing that if the “court has made findings sufficient to support its [termination] decision, and those findings are supported by the record, we will affirm”
• recognizing that court “must consider the parent’s prospective ability to parent the child,” rather than “beg[ging] the question by concluding that a reasonable period of time ended years before the termination-of-parental-rights hearing”
• stating that critical inquiry as to whether parent will be able to resume parental duties within reasonable period of time is “forward-looking”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).