Filed on October 28, 2008
Not designated for permanent publication
A-08-280
SUMMARY: Evidence showing that the father spanked or hit his child on the buttocks, thighs and legs to the extent that deep redness was visible two days after the incident and that the father has been warned by DHHS repeatedly for inappropriate discipline was sufficient for adjudication [...]

Filed on October 28, 2008
Not designted for permanent publication
A-08-445
SUMMARY: Once a parent’s rights are terminated, the grandparent no longer has a legal interest in the court proceedings.
The children, Crystal, Joshua and Jacob, were adjudicated under 43-247(3)(a) in June 2003. On August 18, 2005, the maternal grandmother, Carol, intervened in the proceedings. On March [...]

By TIMBERLY ROSS / The Associated Press
Thursday, Oct 23, 2008
OMAHA — Court documents say an Omaha woman failed to provide adequate care for her teenage daughter, who sought help for herself and her baby under Nebraska’s unique safe-haven law.
The 16-year-old girl, who was escorted by an aunt, sought help Friday at Immanuel Medical Center. [...]

By JORDAN DOUGLASS
The Fulton Sun
JEFFERSON CITY - The 13th Judicial Circuit, which represents Callaway and Boone counties, was honored Oct. 1st with the Permanency Award for extraordinary success in holding timely child abuse and neglect hearings.
The award was given to the 13th Circuit for “holding 100 percent of their abuse and neglect cases in a [...]

By ED WHITE / The Associated Press
Friday, Oct 17, 2008 - 07:36:02 pm CDT
PONTIAC, Mich. — The state of Michigan was granted temporary custody Friday of four suburban Detroit children after one of them was abandoned in Nebraska under that state’s safe haven law.
An Oakland County juvenile court referee scolded Teri Martin for dropping her [...]

By ED WHITE / The Associated Press
Friday, Oct 17, 2008
PONTIAC, Mich. — The state of Michigan was granted temporary custody Friday of four suburban Detroit children after one of them was abandoned in Nebraska under that state’s safe haven law.
An Oakland County juvenile court referee scolded Teri Martin for dropping her 13-year-old adopted son [...]

Filed on October 14, 2008
Not designated for permanent publication
A-08-049
SUMMARY: The statutory ground for termination where the child must be out of the home 15 of the most recent 22 months requires “clear and convincing evidence of circumstances as compelling and pertinent to a child’s best interests as to those enumerated in the other subsections”, given [...]

Sunday, September 28, 2008
Profiles:
September 1:
Who: 14-year-old boy
City: Omaha
Reason: unknown
Who used law: mother
An Omaha woman left her 14-year-old son at the Omaha Police Department, mistakenly thinking it qualified as a “safe haven.” She said she did not want to care for him any more, court files say, and he was placed in foster care. She didn’t [...]

by North Platte Bulletin Staff - 9/25/2008
The Department of Health and Human Services is letting Nebraskans know that leaving a child at a hospital does not terminate parental rights.
Fourteen children and youth have been abandoned at hospitals under LB 157 since the bill became law in July, with all instances occurring this month.
Legislative [...]

Filed on September 23, 2008
Not designated for permanent publication
A-08-137
SUMMARY: The termination of a guardianship was properly denied because there was clear and convincing evidence of continuing parental unfitness, including an unstable marital relationship, frequent changes in residences and schools, and ongoing fear of the mother of the father.
Andrew (DOB 1/2002) is the child of Amanda [...]