In re M.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, although parent had recently made “some progress,” the trial court had properly “elevate[d] the best interests of the dependent child” where parent’s progress was “insufficient . . . and [the] ability to act independently is many months away”
• stating that most important statutory factor is likelihood of parent resuming parental duties within reasonable time
• noting that “the changed circumstances test is met when the findings in the case are replete with facts sufficient to meet the required standard” (quotation omitted)
• requiring two-step analysis examining changed circumstances and children’s best interests in determining whether to terminate parental rights
• upholding finding that mother’s progress toward reunification had stagnated, despite “some improvement,” where it was insufficient and her ability to independently parent the child was months away
• upholding finding that mother’s progress toward reunification had stagnated, despite “some improvement,” where it was insufficient and her ability to independently parent the child was months away

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

22 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• In re A.F.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1993-03-19· cited 150×
• In re B.M.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1996-07-05· cited 101×
• In re J.B.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1998-04-27· cited 93×
• In re B.W.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1994-07-01· cited 79×
• In re B.S.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1997-03-28· cited 62×
• In re J.T.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1997-01-10· cited 53×
• In re T.T.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2005-02-22· cited 28×
• Abbiati v. Buttura & Sons, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1994-01-31· cited 22×
• In re C.H.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2000-01-14· cited 19×
• In re F.P.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1995-08-11· cited 10×
• In re Cr.M.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1995-05-12· cited 9×
• In re A.W.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1995-12-08· cited 7×
• In re S.M.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1994-12-30· cited 5×
• In Re MM
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1993-01-15
• In Re BW
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1994-07-01
• In Re JB
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1998-04-27
• In Re AF
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1993-03-19
• In Re JT
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1997-01-10
• In Re BS
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1997-03-28
• In Re BM
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1996-07-05

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Santosky v. Kramer
  Supreme Court· 1982-02-22· cited 9,761×
• In re J.R.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1989-11-03· cited 64×
• In re H.A.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1990-01-26· cited 55×
• In re L.A.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1990-03-30· cited 32×
• In re C.L. & H.L.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1989-04-14· cited 31×
• In re J.H.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1991-02-01· cited 17×
• In re R.W.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1990-02-26· cited 11×