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· 2/18/1988

In Re the Appeal in Maricopa County Juvenile Action No. JS-6520

Citations

  • 756 P.2d 335
  • 157 Ariz. 238
  • 2 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 32
  • 1988 Ariz. App. LEXIS 37

How courts have described this case

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  • comparing A.R.S. § 8-533(B)(8)(a)’s predecessor, A.R.S. § 8-533(B)(6)(a) (one-year out-of-home placement ground), with A.R.S. § 8-533(B)(8)(c)’s predecessor, A.R.S. § 8-533(B)(6)(b) (two-year out-of-home placement ground)
  • stating children had \adjusted to long term foster care\ and their chances for adoption were \described as 'slim' \
  • explaining the grounds of out-of-home placement were not intended to allow termination when the court “know[s] full well that the child is unadoptable,” but then addressing “whether the evidence will support termination on the remaining ground”
  • best interests of child in foster-adoptive home favored severance so child could be freed for adoption
  • “[T]he parents’ inability to care for the child must show a danger to the child’s welfare.”
  • “termination of parental rights ... must serve more than a casework goal”

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Judges: Grant, Shelley, Kleinschmidt

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