Holden v. People

How courts have described this case

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• noting that sufficiency of the intervenor’s interest requires consideration of the surrounding facts and circumstances with a focus on the child’s best interests
• finding potential intervenors who were not suitable caretakers did not have a legal right directly affected by the litigation
• affirming denial of former foster parents’ request to intervene as “other suitable person” for guardianship after termination
• finding another factor against intervention was the delay of filing the application over two years from removal of the child
• finding potential intervenors who were not suitable caretakers did not have a legal right directly affected by the litigation as required by the rule of civil procedure
• noting “we are to liberally construe the rule of intervention” but “must be certain that the applicant has asserted a legal right or liability that will be directly affected by the litigation”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).