In re Christopher S.

How courts have described this case

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

• “[E]ven though parental unfitness and a child’s best interest are separate elements of a termination case, the court's findings that bear on parental unfitness may also be relevant to the question of whether termination is in the child’s best interest.”
• “Once a court determines that a parent is unfit, it USCA11 Case: 24-10139 Document: 59-1 Date Filed: 04/23/2025 Page: 77 of 111 24-10139 Opinion of the Court 77 must determine whether termination of the parental rights is in the child’s best interest.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In re Children of Benjamin W.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2019-09-17· cited 4×
• In re Child of Katherine C.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2019-09-17· cited 4×
• In re Child of Shem A.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2020-05-12· cited 2×
• In re Children of Anthony L.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2019-04-30· cited 2×
• In re Child of Scott L.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2019-07-02· cited 1×
• In re Child of Scott A.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2019-07-30· cited 1×
• In re Children of James B .
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2020-01-30· cited 1×
• In re Child of Angela S.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2020-05-12· cited 1×
• In re Child Peter T.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2019-04-16· cited 1×
• In re Children of Anthony N.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2019-05-02· cited 1×
• In re Children of Brandon D.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2020-06-04
• Bruce Henry v. Sheriff of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
  Eleventh Circuit· 2025-04-23

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• In re Thomas H.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2005-12-14· cited 140×
• Adoption of Isabelle T.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2017-11-30· cited 28×
• In Re Ashley A.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1996-06-21· cited 23×
• In re Children of Corey W.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2019-01-10· cited 10×
• In re Child of Mercedes D.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2018-11-13· cited 9×
• In re Child of Domenick B.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2018-12-06· cited 8×
• In re Domenick B.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2018-12-06· cited 8×
• In re Child of Jonathan D.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2019-01-24· cited 7×
• In re Jonathan D.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2019-01-24· cited 6×