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· 12/1/2014

Wheeler v. Falk

Citations

  • 135 S. Ct. 719
  • 190 L. Ed. 2d 449
  • 83 U.S.L.W. 3327
  • 2014 U.S. LEXIS 8055

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that court has discretion to stay termination order and allow continued contact pending appeal
  • noting that continued visitation after termination may be harmful to child; decision whether to permit such visitation is discretionary
  • concluding same where trial court stated it “ ‘was convinced beyond any reasonable doubt’ ” that father was unfit parent and that evidence “ ‘overwhelmingly’ ” indicated that father was incapable of parenting either child
  • allowing a new hearing on remand “[b]ecause of the passage of time since the original disposition hearing”
  • allowing a new hearing on remand “[bjecause of the passage of time since the original disposition hearing”
  • reversing termination order and remanding matter for new disposition hearing for court to consider current circumstances after lengthy passage of time since original disposition hearing

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