People v. Danielle L.

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• concluding that the respondents conceded unfitness where they challenged only one ground upon which the trial court based its unfitness finding and remaining unchallenged grounds could independently support the finding of unfitness
• finding that the respondent parents’ failure to challenge one ground upon which the trial court determined that they were unfit amounted to a concession that they were unfit on that unchallenged ground
• finding the respondents’ failure to challenge one of the several grounds upon which they were found unfit amounted to a concession that they were unfit on that unchallenged ground and that it was unnecessary to address their remaining arguments
• “Santosky did not hold, as respondents argue, that the State prove that termination of parental rights is in the best interests of the child by clear and convincing evidence”
• such evidence is a \crucial consideration\ at the best-interests hearing
• such evidence is a “crucial consideration” at the best-interests hearing

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