Viola v. Zickefoose

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that although time had expired for filing appeal, cause could be transferred for such appeal to avoid injustice
• stating that superior court “sits as a higher court of probate, considering the case anew as if no prior proceeding had occurred in the probate court”
• invoking 4 V.S.A. § 2(b) to reinstate lost appeal rights in superior court in probate action to avoid unduly harsh result
• transferring appeal of probate court’s decision whether to terminate parental rights in children’s best interests “to avoid an unduly harsh result”
• invoking 4 V.S. A. § 2(b) to reinstate lost appeal rights in superior court in probate action to avoid unduly harsh result
• assessing evidence of parents’ exercise of responsibilities during six months prior to termination petition

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).