Lourcey v. Lourcey

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that parental termination cases are in the same category as criminal cases for purposes of ineffective assistance of counsel analysis
• recognizing that parental termination cases are in the same category as criminal cases for purposes of ineffective assistance of counsel analysis
• recognizing that parental termination cases are in the same category as criminal cases for purposes of ineffective assistance of counsel analysis
• recognizing that money damages awarded in a civil malpractice do not “provide an apt remedy in the context of a termination case, where the effect of counsel’s deficiencies may result in the irrevocable loss of the parent-child relationship”
• noting that State has interest in ensuring termination proceedings are not unreasonably delayed to avoid “prolonged uncertainty” for child
• holding that hearing requirement is mandatory

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).