In re J.H.

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that where mother was party to initial disposition hearing and stipulated to State custody, she could not complain at eighteen-month review hearing “that no finding of unfitness was made regarding her”
• “The parental unfitness test must be met before [state] can initially be awarded custody of a child.”
• “The parental unfitness test must be met before [DCF] can initially be awarded custody of a child.”
• mother bound to stipulation giving custody to SRS that was made at initial disposition hearing
• parental unfitness test must be met before SRS can be awarded custody of a child; where mother had stipulated to SRS custody, she could not later complain that she had never been found to be unfit
• parental unfitness test must be met before SRS can be awarded custody of a child; where mother had stipulated to SRS custody, she could not later complain that she had never been found to be unfit

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In re M.M.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1993-01-15· cited 35×
• In re D.C., Juvenile
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2012-12-21· cited 31×
• In re E.B.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1992-01-03· cited 29×
• In Re Dependency of Df-M.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2010-08-02· cited 24×
• Fabian-Miller v. Department of Social & Health Services
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2010-08-02· cited 22×
• In re A.G.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2004-12-23· cited 20×
• In re C.H.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2000-01-14· cited 19×
• In re Cr.M.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1995-05-12· cited 9×
• ADOPTION OF KNOX.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2023-01-06· cited 9×
• In re A.W.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1995-12-08· cited 7×
• In re L.S. & K.S.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2001-03-01· cited 7×
• In Re MM
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1993-01-15
• In Re CH
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2000-01-14
• In Re JH
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1991-02-01
• In Re LS
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2001-03-01
• In Re EB
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1992-01-03

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• In re M.C.P.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1989-12-08· cited 119×
• In re M. B.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1986-03-28· cited 51×
• In re R.F.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1977-06-07· cited 14×
• In re A. C.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1976-04-06· cited 7×