In re William A.

How courts have described this case

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• noting that the first such placement by mother, shortly after child’s birth, was with family friends nearby so she could finish high school
• discussing a mother‘s parental fitness in light of ―abandonment and nonsupport‖ in addition to whether termination of the mother‘s parental rights was in a child‘s best interests
• termination not in best interest of child where mother merely wanted to visit with child and had consented to step-mother’s appointment as legal guardian
• evidence that mother had enhanced her ability to parent where she was participating in parenting classes supported denying termination petition

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In re G.D...
  Utah Supreme Court· 2021-06-10· cited 16×
• In Re Guardianship of E.L.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2006-11-01· cited 15×
• In re Antonio W.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2002-02-05· cited 13×
• In re Sophia-Marie H.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2013-10-01· cited 7×
• In re G. B.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2014-11-07· cited 6×
• In re S.T.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2016-11-29· cited 5×
• In re Jesse F.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1998-12-08· cited 5×
• In re Faith T.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2013-10-16· cited 1×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Santosky v. Kramer
  Supreme Court· 1982-02-22· cited 9,761×
• State v. ROBERT H. ____
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1978-10-30· cited 67×
• In Re Diana P.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1980-12-10· cited 26×
• In re Lisa H.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1991-04-26· cited 14×
• In re Jessie E.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1993-06-30· cited 14×
• In re Angel N.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1996-07-02· cited 13×
• In re Matthew G.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1983-12-30· cited 12×
• In re Sabrina C.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1993-07-23· cited 3×
• In re Taryn D.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1996-10-29· cited 3×