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In Re Doe

Citations

  • 123 N.H. 634
  • 465 A.2d 924
  • 1983 N.H. LEXIS 327

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  • holding that one parent’s conduct will not be imputed to other parent “merely because of the marital relation,” but finding termination to be proper if parent cannot provide safe home for child
  • noting that fundamental liberty interests prohibit imputing one parent’s conduct to terminate the parental rights of the other parent
  • explaining that, in the context of the termination of parental rights, the statute must “not only give fair notice of what conduct is prohibited, but also provide an ascertainable standard by which it is applied to proscribe conduct”
  • applying Parker v. Levy, 417 U.S. 733, 755-56 (1974)
  • termination of each parent’s rights independent
  • authoritative construction can cure vagueness

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Judges: Batchelder

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