Peterson v. Woods

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “inherent in the Juvenile Court Act’s right to counsel is the right that such counsel be effective”
• addressing whether the Strickland standard should apply to claims that counsel in a termination proceeding was ineffective
• addressing whether the Strickland standard should apply to claims that counsel in a termination proceeding was ineffective
• the party alleging ineffective assistance bears a heavy burden to overcome the strong presumption that counsel acted reasonably in light of the totality of the circumstances

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).