State ex rel. Board of Commissioners for Lake Borgne Levee District v. Trist

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• holding that “reasonable factual specificity” in support of the theory “warranting an adjudication of dependency” is required to comport with due process
• “It is well settled that parents’ interest in care and custody of their children is secured by the Fourteenth Amendment.” (cleaned up)
• parenthetically explaining “notice which is confusing, misleading, or inaccurate is insufficient to meet procedural due process requirements, because such notice does not adequately safeguard the right to a meaningful hearing”
• “Although by design juvenile proceedings are characterized by a degree of informality and flexibility, where constitutionally protected interests are at stake, the Due Process Clauses of the United States Constitution impose a requirement of fundamental fairness.”

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