| 2024-0686 |
N.H. |
2025-09-04 |
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In re K.O.
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… 520, 525 (2011) (quotation omitted). [¶17] “Once a statutory ground for termination of parental rights is established, the court must then consider whether termination, or some alternative dispositional order, is in the child’s best …
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| 2024-0680 |
N.H. |
2025-05-29 |
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In re Guardianship of K.C.
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| 2024-0287 |
N.H. |
2024-12-20 |
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In re J.M.
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… SA 169-C:3, XIX(a). Cf. In re H.J., 171 N.H. 605, 606, 609-11 (2018) (affirming termination of parental rights on grounds of abandonment when father left child in mother’s care without communication for at least six months and, among other …
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| 2023-0151 |
N.H. |
2024-11-08 |
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Petition of K.S.
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… ial treatment program and changed K.S.’s permanency plan from “adoption through termination of parental rights or surrender” to “another planned permanent living arrangement (APPLA).” Therefore, because the June 2023 permanency order is no …
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| 2024-0229 |
N.H. |
2024-11-08 |
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In re J.B.
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… doption become the permanency plan for the children and directed DCYF to file a termination of parental rights petition against the respondent. In September 2023, DCYF filed petitions to terminate the respondent’s parental rights. The respo …
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| 2022-0537 |
N.H. |
2024-08-30 |
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Doe v. Manchester Sch. Dist.
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… intrusions on the most basic rights to the care and custody of a child, such as termination of parental rights, withholding of custody from a parent, and the granting of guardianship or custodial rights to a non-parent over a parent’s objec …
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| 2023-0523 |
N.H. |
2024-08-29 |
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In re C.M.
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… nes that, if we were to recognize a right to effective assistance of counsel in termination of parental rights cases and apply the same standard of review, she would be required to establish both that her counsel’s performance was constitut …
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| 2023-0069 |
N.H. |
2024-07-24 |
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In the Matter of Sutton & Sutton
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… 7, 457 (Tenn. 2023). Tennessee law applies the clear and convincing standard in termination of parental rights cases — a person seeking to terminate parental rights must prove both the existence of one of the statutory grounds for terminati …
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| 2022-0533 |
N.H. |
2023-11-14 |
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In re J.H.
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… r the transfer of legal custody or guardianship except guardianship pursuant to termination of parental rights, including, but not limited to, right of visitation, consent to adoption, right to determine religious affiliation and responsibi …
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| 2022-0257 |
N.H. |
2023-11-14 |
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In re H.C.
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… st. This appeal followed. II. Analysis Before a court may order the termination of parental rights, the petitioning party must prove a statutory ground beyond a reasonable doubt. In re S.T., 169 N.H. 441, 448 (2016). RSA 170-C:5 …
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| 2021-0587 |
N.H. |
2023-09-19 |
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In the Matter of Brianna Kauble and William Kauble
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… or to or contemporaneous with the divorce, death, relinquishment or termination of parental rights, or other cause of the absence of a nuclear family. RSA 461-A:13, I (emphasis added). “We have construed this statute to a …
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| 2022-0543, 2022-0546 |
N.H. |
2023-06-29 |
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In re E.R.; In re H.R.
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… Analysis RSA chapter 170-C sets forth the statutory framework governing termination of parental rights. We have long recognized that the right to raise and care for one’s children is a fundamental liberty interest protected by the S …
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| 2022-0098 |
N.H. |
2023-05-02 |
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Town of Conway v. Scott Kudrick
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… In re Doe, 123 N.H. 634, 641-43 (1983) (explaining that, in the context of the termination of parental rights, the statute must “not only give fair notice of what conduct is prohibited, but also provide an ascertainable standard by which i …
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| 2022-0228 |
N.H. |
2023-01-20 |
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In re G.F.
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… orted by sufficient evidence. II. Analysis When reviewing an appeal of termination of parental rights, we will not disturb the trial court’s findings unless they are unsupported by the evidence or plainly erroneous as a matter of l …
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| 2021-0294 |
N.H. |
2022-11-16 |
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In the Matter of Gina DeSantis and Troy Cowell
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… ence of a nuclear family, whether divorce, death, relinquishment or termination of parental rights, or other cause. (f) The recommendation regarding visitation made by any guardian ad litem appointed for the chil …
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| 2021-0437 |
N.H. |
2022-07-20 |
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In re N.T.
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… .H. at 381 (holding that we will enforce the mandatory time limit applicable to termination of parental rights proceedings by entertaining complaints against non-compliant trial courts unless “non-compliance is de minimis”). Here, Mother ar …
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| 2021-0285 |
N.H. |
2022-04-20 |
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In re J.D. In re A.D.
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… . II In reviewing an appeal of termination of parental rights (TPR), we will not disturb the trial court’s findings unless they are unsupported by the evidence or plainly erroneous as a matte …
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| 2020-0544, 2020-0554 |
N.H. |
2021-10-20 |
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In re G.B.
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… ification 3 as the primary goal and termination of parental rights and adoption as the concurrent plan. At the hearing, G.B.’s GAL stated that, in her opinion, G.B. had adjusted well to her foster …
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| 2020-0125 |
N.H. |
2021-10-19 |
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In the Matter of Alli Morris and Dustin Morris
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… either RSA chapter 169-C (abuse and neglect proceedings) or RSA chapter 170- C (termination of parental rights).” Id. It was against this constitutional backdrop that we considered RSA 461- A:6, V in Bordalo to ultimately conclude t …
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| 2020-0436 |
N.H. |
2021-07-02 |
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In re R.H.
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… doption, directed DCYF to cease reunification efforts, and ordered DCYF to file termination of parental rights petitions against both parents. See RSA 169-C:24-a, I(a) (2014). On March 2, DCYF filed a petition for termination of Fat …
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| 2020-0528, 2020-0546, 2020-0548 |
N.H. |
2021-06-18 |
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In re S.A. & a.
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… 06-833, 156 N.H. at 487 (quotation omitted). Once a statutory ground for termination of parental rights is established, the court must then consider whether termination, or some alternative dispositional order, is in the child’s best …
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| 2020-0467 |
N.H. |
2021-06-02 |
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In re M.M.
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… at procedural change allowing probate court to order psychiatric evaluations in termination of parental rights cases properly applied retrospectively even though amendment could potentially affect State’s ability to meet its burden). …
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| 2020-0409 |
N.H. |
2021-04-06 |
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In the Matter of Richard McMenamon and Eileen Rispoli
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… -C:8 (2014) (requiring appointment of GAL to represent child’s interests in all termination of parental rights cases); RSA 170- C:13 (2014) (requiring judicial council to pay cost of GAL in all termination of parental rights cases brought b …
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| 2019-0369 |
N.H. |
2020-02-13 |
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In re D.O.
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… if this were the case. See In re Robyn W., 124 N.H. 377, 381 (1983) (discussing termination of parental rights proceedings); see also Smith, 138 N.H. at 551. To the extent that the legislature, in other contexts, has an interest in m …
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| 2018-0145 |
N.H. |
2019-04-03 |
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In the Matter of Jessika Greene and Curtis Billups
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| 2018-0269 |
N.H. |
2019-02-01 |
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In re C.O. In re G.L.
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… s to G.L. and neglect as to both children. See RSA 170- C:5, III (providing for termination of parental rights where the parent, “subsequent to a finding of child neglect or abuse under RSA 169-C, ha[s] failed to correct the conditions lead …
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| 2018-0440 |
N.H. |
2018-12-21 |
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In re H.J.
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… on M., 146 N.H. at 25. 5 A termination of parental rights “petition may be granted where the court finds that one or more” of the listed statutory grounds exist. RSA 170-C:5 (emphasis add …
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| 2017-0626 |
N.H. |
2018-10-23 |
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In re O.D. In re B.D. In re G.D.
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… ase plan services to work towards the proposed goal of reunification prior to a termination of parental rights trial being conducted.” The court also found that the parents could not “demonstrate that the children would not be endangered in …
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| 2017-0482 |
N.H. |
2018-07-03 |
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In re Y.L.
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… See RSA 170-B:5 (2014); RSA 170-B:7, II, V (2014). Such a surrender or termination of parental rights is not required, by contrast, in the adoption of an adult. See RSA 170-B:7, IV (2014). This is presumably because the adoptee is, …
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| 2017-0498 |
N.H. |
2018-03-15 |
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Petition of New Hampshire Division for Children, Youth and Families
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… ange in the permanency plan from reunification to adoption and that DCYF file a termination of parental rights petition under RSA chapter 170-C to enable adoption to occur. In October 2016, a hearing was held on DCYF’s petition for …
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| 2017-0179 |
N.H. |
2017-10-13 |
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In the Matter of Sandra W. Hair and Sandra L. Hair & a.
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| 2016-0398 |
N.H. |
2017-09-28 |
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Daniel Barry v. New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services & a.
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… otential adverse impact on the public interest, to apply collateral estoppel in termination of parental rights proceeding); State v. Cassady, 140 N.H. 46, 49 (1995) (declining to give collateral estoppel effect to findings of administrative …
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| 2017-0075 |
N.H. |
2017-06-26 |
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In re Guardianship of M.R.; In the Matter of Tammy Desilets & a. and Natasha Duby & a.
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… either RSA chapter 169-C (abuse and neglect proceedings) or RSA chapter 170-C (termination of parental rights).” In the Matter of Bordalo, 164 N.H. at 314. The petitioners do not allege that the mother has been found unfit pursuant to RSA …
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| 2016-0079 |
N.H. |
2017-05-12 |
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Petition of Eric Willeke and Regina Willeke
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… or to or contemporaneous with the divorce, death, relinquishment or termination of parental rights, or other cause of the absence of a nuclear family. RSA 458:17-d, I; Laws 1989, 314:2. When the legislature passed RSA 458 …
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| 2016-0160 |
N.H. |
2016-11-29 |
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In re S.T.
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… 4 The court ordered DCYF to file a termination of parental rights (TPR) petition against the mother within 30 days. It also ordered that “DCYF is no longer required to provide reasonable efforts …
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