Mary Ellen C. v. Arizona Department of Economic Security

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that the state fails to make “a concerted effort to preserve the parent-child relationship when it neglects to offer the very services that its consulting expert recommends”
• noting the State fails to make reasonable efforts to rehabilitate a parent \when it neglects to offer the very services that its consulting expert recommends\
• discussing 4 BRANDEN M. v. DCS, et al. Decision of the Court reasonable efforts for termination cases
• reversing termination based on the State’s failure to make efforts to preserve the family, while acknowledging there was “abundant” evidence that termination would serve the child’s best interests
• stating DCS must show it made “all reasonable efforts to preserve the family relationship”
• termination of parental rights pursuant to § 8-533(B)(3) requires finding of reasonable effort to preserve family

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).