Through the Eyes of the Child Initiative

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 [...]

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 [...]