Knapp v. Colorado River Water Conservation District

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• stating the length of the parent’s sentence is a factor in the services to be provided
• setting forth factors for consideration in determining reasonableness of services, including “the physical location of the child and the parent”
• finding a parent’s incarceration does not “absolve[] the department of its statutory mandate to provide reunification services under all circumstances”
• stating the court should take into consideration the limitations of the institution and setting for visitation
• affirming termination of parental rights because child could not be returned to the custody of his incarcerated father
• noting immediate reunification between parent and child is impossible when the parent remains incarcerated at the time of the termination hearing

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).