Intercounty Construction Corp. v. Kavalikas

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• holding that, where the record supported the trial court’s conclusion that the case was a very close call and supported the trial court’s decision to deny CYF’s goal change motion, there was no abuse of the trial court’s discretion
• holding that statutory criteria of whether child has been in care for fifteen of the prior twenty-two months should not be viewed as a \litmus test\ but rather as merely one of many factors in considering goal change
• providing that in dependency adjudications, an appellate court defers to the trial court’s credibility determinations as long as they are supported by the record
• instructing that this Court should defer to the trial court where a “close call” was made
• holding appellate court required to accept trial court’s findings of fact and credibility determinations when they are supported by the record
• explaining that a “goal change” is a term of art referring to a juvenile court’s statutory duty to (Footnote Continued Next Page

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