McKinney v. Martinez

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that “stagnation may be shown by the passage of time with no improvement in parental capacity to care properly for the child” (quotation omitted)
• explaining that change is circumstances is most often found when parent’s ability to care for child has “stagnated or deteriorated” (quotation omitted)
• explaining that change in circumstances is “most often found when the parent’s ability to care properly for the child has either stagnated or deteriorated over the passage of time” (quotation omitted)
• stating that court’s findings will withstand review “unless they are clearly erroneous”
• applying \clearly erroneous\ standard of review to trial court finding that clear and convincing evidence supported termination of custody rights
• applying “clearly erroneous” standard of review to trial court finding that clear and convincing evidence supported termination of custody rights

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).