Paul v. Moody

How courts have described this case

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• noting that presumption that it is in child’s best interest to remain with parent is part of Holley analysis
• noting that “some excuse” will generally suffice to show the defendant’s failure to answer was not conscious disregard
• noting that a “strong presumption” exists favoring keeping a child with its parents
• nothing that a “strong presumption” exists in keeping a child with its parents
• defendant believed she would have been appointed counsel
• defendant believed she would have been appointed counsel

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).