Hennepin County Welfare Department v. Staat

How courts have described this case

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• holding that incarceration of parent, standing alone, does not constitute intentional abandonment but noting that fact of imprisonment may combine with other factors, such as parental neglect and withholding of parental affection, to support a finding of abandonment
• holding that incarceration of parent, standing alone, does not constitute intentional abandonment but noting that fact of imprisonment may combine with other factors, such as parental neglect and withholding of parental affection, to support a finding of abandonment
• concluding that imprisonment per se is not sufficient to constitute abandonment
• holding that incarceration does not constitute abandonment per se
• stating that termination is unwarranted for incarcerated parent who maintains parenting role while in prison
• explaining that fact of imprisonment may combine with other factors, such as parental neglect and withholding of parental affection, so as to lend support to abandonment finding

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