HAKIM ABDULLAH v. SAINT JOHN MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the parent bears the burden to comply with the service plan
• noting that in a bench trial, the judge “weighs the evidence, assesses the credibility of witnesses and resolves conflicts and inconsistencies”
• holding a child’s “young age[] render[s] [her] vulnerable if left in the custody of a parent who is unable or unwilling to protect [her] or attend to [her] needs”
• “This court considers a parent’s conduct before and after the Department’s removal of the children.”
• “This court considers a parent’s conduct before and after the Department’s removal of the children.”
• “The need for permanence is the paramount consideration for the child’s present and future physical and emotional needs.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).