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T ERMINATION OF P ARENT -C HILD R ELATIONSHIP

PJC 218.2

PJC 218.2 Termination of Parent-Child Relationship— Inability to Care for Child PJC 218.2A Termination of Parent-Child Relationship— Inability to Care for Child—Instruction

[Include instructions at PJC 218.1A.]

PJC 218.2B Termination of Parent-Child Relationship— Inability to Care for Child—Question

[The following series of questions illustrates the submission of termination issues in a case concerning one parent and one child. See the comment entitled “If more than one child or parent” below.] QUESTION 1 Do you find by clear and convincing evidence that— 1. PARENT A has a mental or emotional illness or a mental deficiency that renders PARENT A unable to provide for the physical, emotional, and mental needs of CHILD A ? Answer “Yes” or “No.” Answer: _______________ 2. the illness or deficiency, in all reasonable probability, will continue to render PARENT A unable to provide for CHILD A ’s needs until CHILD A ’s eighteenth birthday?

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