In Re: S.H.
West Virginia Supreme Court
1DissentLoughry, Justice
I concur with the majority’s conclusion that the circuit court correctly adjudicated S.H. as an abused child at the hands of her grandmother, the petitioner M.H. However, by reversing the termination of guardianship and reinstating the petitioner’s post-adjudicatory improvement period, the majority has cavalierly disregarded the petitioner’s abusive conduct and criminal conviction. This Court on appeal “may not overturn a finding simply because it would have decided the case differently[.J” Syl. Pt. 1, in part, In Interest of Tiffany Marie S., 196 W.Va. 223, 470 S.E.2d 177 (1996). Because the…
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- In Interest of Tiffany Marie S.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1996
- In re Charity H.West Virginia Supreme Court · 2004
- In Re M.M., B.M., C.Z., and C.SWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2015
- In the Interest of Carlita B.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1991
- In Re B.H. and S.SWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2014
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