Maier v. Township of Union

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• concluding that “the trial court failed to hold a proper, independent termination hearing” where DSS called no witnesses and the court relied “solely on the written reports of DSS and the guardian ad litem, prior court orders, and oral arguments by the attorneys”
• reversing a termination of parental rights order that was based “solely on the written reports of DSS and the guardian ad litem, prior court orders, and oral arguments by the attorneys involved in the case”
• reversing a termination of parental rights order that was based “solely on the written reports of DSS and the guardian ad litem, prior court orders, and oral arguments by the attorneys involved in the case”
• \The key to a valid termination of parental rights on neglect grounds where a prior adjudication of neglect is considered is that the court must make an independent determination of whether neglect authorizing the termination of parental rights existed at the time of the hearing.\
• “The key to a valid termination of parental rights on neglect grounds where a prior adjudication of neglect is considered is that the court must make an independent determination of whether neglect authorizing the termination of parental rights existed at the time of the hearing.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).