In Re Adoption of Syck

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• observing that period between loss of custody and fitness hearing was relevant in determining reasonable degrees of interest, concern, and responsibility
• recognizing in that case that the relevant time period to be considered was from when the respondent gave up custody of the minor until the petition for adoption was filed
• indicating that in a proceeding under the Adoption Act, the trial court does not consider the best interests of the child until after, and only if, the trial court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the parent is unfit
• reversing the trial court’s finding of unfitness after considering, among other things, the obstacles that the mother faced, such as the foster parents’ refusal to enable contact
• trial court is to determine parental unfitness based on evidence relevant to the \particular grounds of unfitness alleged\
• trial court is to determine parental unfitness based on evidence relevant to the “particular grounds of unfitness alleged”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).