In re the Adoption of S.G.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “when a natural parent’s parental rights and interests are completely severed by the termination of parental rights, the rights and interests of the natural parent’s relatives are also completely severed”
• stating that, if a respondent does not file a timely notice of appeal, the “reviewing court lacks jurisdiction over the appeal and must dismiss it”
• order denying grandparents leave to intervene in adoption proceeding filed by foster parents was final judgment, as order “fixed and disposed of the [grandparents’] rights in the [foster parents’] action”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).