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Parental rights are terminated only for “grave and weighty reasons” and “when the evidence clearly mandates such a result.” (quotation omitted)

“[T]he nature of the services which constitute ‘reasonable efforts’ depends on the problem presented.” ( ).

8 (requiring the district court to make specific findings on the issue of reasonable efforts “[i]n any proceeding under this section” (emphasis added)); d 886, 892 (Minn. 1996) (“[I]t is clear that provision of reasonable efforts must be evaluated by the court in every case.”).

-94 (Minn. 1996) (reviewing parent’s mental-health and chemical-abuse history); see also Minn. Stat. § 260C.301, subd.

Appellate courts “exercise[] great caution in termination proceedings, finding such action proper only whe n the evidence clearly mandates such a result.”

See , d 886, 892 (Minn. 1996) (stating that mental- health services should be “tailored to the problem that prevented [mother] from being able to parent”).

(noting that if a parent wi ll be able to care for a child within a foreseeable time, the district court should establish a supervised plan to give custody to the parent and declin e to terminate rights).

d 886, 892 (Minn. 1996).

d 886, 892 (Minn. 1996).

Appellate courts exercise “great caution in termination proceedings, finding such action proper only when the evidence clearly mandates such a result.”

The determination should not rely primar ily on past history, but rather “upon the projected permanency of the parent’s inability to care for his or her child.” (quotation omitted).

(noting that in an action for termination of parental rights, the district court relies “not primarily on past history, but to a great extent upon the projected permanency of the parent’s inability to care for his or her child”) (quotation omitted).

(stating that the reasonablene ss of the efforts depends on the problems presented).

Finally, father argues that if evidence “indicates that within a foreseeable time, the parent will be able to care for the child, then the district court should decline to terminate parental rights and should establish a supervised plan to give custody to the parent with whatever counseling and assistance is appropriate.” d 886, 892 (Minn. 1996).

(“When considering termination of parental rights, the court relies not primarily on past history, but to a great extent upon the projected permanency of the parent’s inability to care for his or her child.”) (quotations omitted).

The persistent history of instability in the children’s lives supports the district court’s finding “that prompt, permanent placement is in the best interests of the children.” (“[T]he best interests of a child are not served by delay that precludes the establishment of parental bonds with the child by either the natural parent or adoptive parents within the foreseeable future.”).

An appellate court “exercises great caution in termination proceedings, finding such action proper only when the evidence clearly mandates such a result.”

(reviewing parent’s mental-health and chemical-abuse history); see also Minn. Stat. § 260C.301, subd.

(stating that the reasonableness of the efforts depends on the problems presented).

The decision should rely “to 7 a great extent upon the projected permanency of the parent’s inability to care for his or her child.” (quotation omitted).

( “When considering termination of parental rights, the court relies not primarily on past history, but to a great extent upon the projected permanency of the parent’s inability to care for his or her child.” (quotations omitted)).

5 proceedings, finding such action proper only when the evidence clearly mandates such a result.”

“When considering 7 termination of parental rights, the court relies not primarily on past history, but to a great extent upon the projected permanency of the parent’s inability to care for his or her child.” (quotations omitted).

An appellate court “exercises great caution in termination proceedings, finding such action proper only when the evidence clearly mandates such a result.”

see also T.R., d at 661 (reaffirming that mental illness alone is not enough).