Cooley v. Division of Child & Family Services of The Nevada State Department of Human Resources

I have had occasion to file dissents in termination of parental rights cases five times in the past fourteen months.1 In these dissents I have noted what appears to be a new public policy instituted by the State in these matters. The State’s policy appears to have led to an escalating number of termination cases brought by the State, particularly with respect to parents who are poor or disabled. What strikes me as being most troublesome about the State’s new policy is that termination of parental rights in each of the five mentioned cases in which I have dissented has been unnecessary and…