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Sandra R., et al. v. Arizona Department of Child Safety

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division One, No. 1 CA-JV 18-0147 · judgment January 29, 2019

Certiorari denied · March 2, 2020

Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether, in order to terminate a parent’s parental rights to their child, the Due Process Clause of the United States constitution requires that a State must allege and prove, by clear and convincing evidence, that a parent is unfit?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Kristina Beth Reeves
GillespieShields

For respondent
Autumn L. Spritzer
Office of the Arizona Attorney General

Case

Subject area
Due Process (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
19A471

Order
Order list, March 2, 2020 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

Mar 02 2020
Petition DENIED.
Feb 12 2020
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/28/2020.
Jan 31 2020
Waiver of right of respondent Arizona Department of Child Safe to respond filed.
Jan 02 2020
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 5, 2020)
Oct 30 2019
Application (19A471) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until January 4, 2020.
Oct 24 2019
Application (19A471) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 25, 2019 to January 4, 2020, submitted to Justice Kagan.
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