James and Susanne Scholz v. Wayne \Ross\ Schenk and Stacy Michelle Schenk

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• holding that court \must consider the designated length of the sentence and may consider the possibility of early release\
• noting that when a court addresses the incarceration ground for termination of parental rights, the court is not required to presume an early release
• recognizing a court may consider circumstances that could delay reunification after release, such as release conditions and the time needed for a parent to complete services after release
• noting that the court “may consider the possibility of early release”
• “Nothing in this Opinion should be taken to mean that a sentence of 2.5 years, as a matter of law, will suffice to support severance pursuant to § 8– 533(B)(4).”
• affirming a juvenile court’s severance order, although father was released from prison at the time of the appeal, and calculating the time of incarceration pursuant to § 8-533(B)(4) as the entire time of incarceration, not just the time after DCS filed a severance petition

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