Sardariani v. United States

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that reasonableness of time period for resuming parental responsibilities “must be viewed from the perspective of the needs of the child”
• explaining that reasonableness of time period for resuming parental responsibilities “must be viewed from the perspective of the needs of the child”
• stating that while mental disability, in and of itself, is not ground for terminating parental rights, family court may terminate parental rights based on statutory best interests criteria
• explaining that court is not required to engage in “open-ended inquiry into how the parents might respond to alternative [DCF] services and why those services have not been provided” because the focus is on the needs of the child
• reasonableness of time period for resuming parental responsibilities \must be viewed from the perspective of the needs of the child\
• “The primary concern of the family court, when acting as a juvenile court, is to protect the welfare of the child.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).