Sherman B. v. State, Dept. of Health & Social Services, Office of Children's Services

How courts have described this case

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• noting that the reasonableness of OCS’s efforts is viewed in light of the entire history of OCS’s services to the family
• noting that the question of whether OCS made reasonable efforts involves looking at the parent’s level of cooperation
• finding reasonable efforts despite reunification efforts taking place over a short time and reduced visitation “partly because of OCS’s limitations”
• affirming a finding of abandonment when father largely maintained regular visitation (continued...
• “In evaluating whether OCS has made reasonable efforts, the court should ‘look at . . . the parent’s level of cooperation with OCS’s efforts.’ ” (alteration in original
• “A failure to comply with a case plan may constitute a failure to remedy.” (citing Maisy W. v. State, Dep’t of Health & Soc. Servs., Office of Children’s Servs., 175 P.3d 1263, 1268 (Alaska 2008))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).