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  • In re Interest of Cornelius K.

    Filed on July 23, 2010
    280 Neb. 291, 785 N.W.2d 849
    SUMMARY: An adjudication and permanency plan must be established before the juvenile court can accept a voluntary relinquishment from the parent.
    Cornelius, DOB 5/93, was adopted by Laura in 2003. Laura moved and left Cornelius with a relative in August 2008, and on August 19, 2009, [...]

  • In re Interest of Chance J.

    Filed on December 31, 2009
    279 Neb. 81, 776 N.W.2d 519
    SUMMARY: A difference in physical appearance between the parent and child or a suspicion based on infidelity are not just causes for abandonment of a child born in wedlock.  
    Chance, DOB 4/17/06, was removed from the mother’s care in June 2007. On February 6, 2002, [...]

  • In re Interest of Andrea J.

    Filed on February 24, 2009
    Not designated for permanent publication
    A-08-914
    SUMMARY: Termination of the father’s parental rights was proper given the length of time in foster care and the absence of the father from the majority of the child’s life.  
    The child, Andrea J. (DOB 8/13/95), was removed from the mother’s home in August 2003. Andre [...]

  • In re Interest of Jacob T.

    Filed on November 4, 2008
    Not designated for permanent publication
    A-08-422
    SUMMARY: Although the father had not had contact with the child six months prior to the filing of the termination petition, he did not abandon the child as he was not included in the case for 4 years, received information he did not fully understand and was [...]

  • In re Adoption of Rylee R.

    Filed on November 4, 2008
    Not designated for permanent publication
    A-08-210
    SUMMARY: The finding of abandonment, and the resulting consent to adoption, was improper because the petitioners did not provide clear and convincing evidence to establish the father’s intent to rid himself of parenting obligations in the 6-month period prior to filing the petition.  
    Rylee R., DOB 3/29/01, [...]

  • In re Interest of Jagger L.

    Filed on January 13, 2006
    270 Neb. 828, 708 N.W.2d 802
    SUMMARY: Adjudication was proper in a case involving a father who knew about the juvenile court proceedings involving his son for nearly two years, but “failed to put himself in a position to safely assume the parental care, support or protection of” his son. Termination was [...]

  • In re Interest of L.V.

    Filed on April 3, 1992
    240 Neb. 404, 482 N.W.2d 250
    SUMMARY: The physical presence of a parent at the hearing to terminate parental rights is unnecessary so long as the parent has been provided procedural due process. Parental incarceration may be considered in reference to abandonment as a basis for termination of parental rights under [...]