In re B.M.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that court did not err in terminating father’s parental rights at initial disposition where father failed to ameliorate circumstances that led to CHINS petition despite availability of supports and having “significant amount of time” to do so
• reaffirming that “termination at initial disposition should be rare because it bars all hope of family reunion” (quotation omitted)
• rejecting father’s argument that parental rights may be terminated at initial disposition only in cases involving egregious abuse
• Supreme Court will not reverse superior court’s decision even if one or more finding is erroneous as long as findings are not material to court’s decision

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In re B.M.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1996-07-05· cited 101×
• In re J.T.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1997-01-10· cited 53×
• In re D.D.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2013-09-13· cited 43×
• In re N.L., Juvenile
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2019-02-08· cited 32×
• In re D.C., Juvenile
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2012-12-21· cited 31×
• In re J.S. & S.S.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1998-06-17· cited 20×
• In re C.L.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2005-03-15· cited 19×
• Coates v. Coates
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2000-07-07· cited 18×
• In re K.M.M.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2011-03-04· cited 12×
• In Re KMM
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2011-03-04· cited 8×
• In re M.P., Juvenile
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2019-09-17· cited 8×
• In re W.L.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2009-04-15· cited 7×
• In re T.L.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1999-01-29· cited 5×
• In re D.A.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2001-04-13· cited 2×
• In Re CL
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2005-03-15
• In Re JT
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1997-01-10
• In Re BM
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1996-07-05
• In Re TL
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1999-01-29

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• In re A.F.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1993-03-19· cited 150×
• In re M.C.P.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1989-12-08· cited 119×
• In re J.R.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1989-11-03· cited 64×
• In re D. R.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1978-09-29· cited 28×
• In re R. S.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1983-11-01· cited 25×
• In re C.M.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1991-06-21· cited 18×
• In Re Interest of SR
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1984-06-01· cited 13×
• In re B. J. K.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1978-09-12· cited 13×
• Strong v. Strong
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1984-01-13· cited 8×
• In the Interest of D.L.S.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1989-07-25· cited 5×
• In re D.C.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1995-04-14· cited 4×