In Re Leona W.

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that an error in the admission of evidence does not require a reversal unless the error appears to have affected the outcome of the trial
• noting that a trial court’s ruling on the admissibility of evidence will not be reversed on appeal absent an abuse of discretion
• “Appealing a dispositional order is the proper vehicle for challenging a finding of abuse or neglect.”
• in an appeal from a judgment terminating parental rights, the appellate court lacked jurisdiction to consider alleged errors in the adjudicatory and dispositional processes
• “The threshold for finding an abuse of discretion [on an evidentiary ruling] is high.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).