State ex rel. Douglas County v. Alsup

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• noting that the first such placement by mother, shortly after child’s birth, was with family friends nearby so she could finish high school
• discussing a mother‘s parental fitness in light of ―abandonment and nonsupport‖ in addition to whether termination of the mother‘s parental rights was in a child‘s best interests
• termination not in best interest of child where mother merely wanted to visit with child and had consented to step-mother’s appointment as legal guardian
• evidence that mother had enhanced her ability to parent where she was participating in parenting classes supported denying termination petition

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).