L.G. v. Amherst County Department of Social Services

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• mother possessed innate ability to improve her parenting skills, albeit beyond the twelve-month period contemplated by the statute
• “The [12]-month time limit established by Code § 16.1-283(C)(2) was designed to prevent an indeterminate state of foster care ‘drift’ and to encourage timeliness by the courts and social services in addressing the circumstances that resulted in the foster care placement.”

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