Legal Opinion
In re the Welfare of H.Q.
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided July 22, 2014No. 44649-9-IIPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Penoyar, J.*
¶1 C.Q. appeals the involuntary termination of his parental rights. C.Q. is the father of H.Q., a girl born in 2008.1 C.Q. has a good relationship with H.Q. but is unable to parent her because of disabilities caused by a head injury when he was a child. As a result, C.Q. was faced with termination of his parental rights.
¶2 C.Q. sought to voluntarily relinquish his rights in order to enter into an open-communication adoption agreement with H.Q.’s prospective adoptive parents because that was the only way for him to have an enforceable right to continue a relationship with H.Q.…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Troxel v. GranvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Smith v. Stillwell-SmithWashington Supreme Court · 1998
- In Re Parentage of CAMAWashington Supreme Court · 2005
- Appel v. AppelWashington Supreme Court · 2005
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- In re the Welfare of A.D.R.Court of Appeals of Washington · 2014
- In Re Dependency Of: Z.f.s., Marie Smith v. DshsCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2017
- In Re The Dependency Of: L.j.s. Amy Sweet, App. v. State Of Wa., Dshs, Res.Court of Appeals of Washington · 2018
- In Re The Termination Of: M. H. W. P.Court of Appeals of Washington · 2018
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