In Re the Welfare of S.Z.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a long history of actions stemming from mental illness may be an indication that a person lacks the present and future ability to care for a child
• holding “[t]he nature of the services which constitute ‘reasonable efforts’ depends on the problem presented”
• stating that “reasonable efforts” did not require services that were unlikely to “bring about lasting parental adjustment enabling the placement of [the child] with [the parent] within a reasonable period of time”
• noting that for termination based on palpable unfitness to parent, the parent’s inability “for the reasonably foreseeable future to meet the ongoing physical, mental, and emotional needs of” the child supported termination
• stating that “reasonable efforts” did not 7 require services that were unlikely to “bring about lasting parental adjustment enabling the placement of [the child] with [the parent] within a reasonable period of time”
• stating that, although the evidence supporting TPR must address conditions existing at the time of the hearing, the district court considers current conditions in the context of the history and patterns of the parent’s conduct

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).