1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. P.3d
  4. 425 P.3d
  5. 425 P.3d 1089 (2018)
 

ALMA S. v. DEPT. OF CHILD SAFETY

No. CV-17-0363-PR.

425 P.3d 1089 (2018)

799 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 27

ALMA S., Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SAFETY, J.R., I.R., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Filed September 14, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Clark Jones (argued), Law Office of H. Clark Jones, LLC, Mesa, Attorney for Alma S.

Mark Brnovich , Arizona Attorney General, Dominic E. Draye , Solicitor General, Nicholas Chapman-Hushek (argued), Toni M. Valadez , Assistant Attorneys General, Mesa, Attorneys for Department of Child Safety.

JUSTICE LOPEZ authored the opinion of the Court, in which CHIEF JUSTICE BALES, VICE CHIEF JUSTICE BRUTINEL, and JUSTICES PELANDER, TIMMER, and GOULD joined. JUSTICE BOLICK concurred in the result.

¶ 1 This case concerns the inquiry juvenile courts must make to determine whether parental severance is in the "best interests of the child" for purposes of A.R.S. § 8-533(B). We hold that courts must consider the totality of the circumstances existing at the time of the severance determination, including...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases