May 7, 2008, BY MITCH SHERMAN, WORLD-HERALD BUREAU
Lincoln
The morning of April 3 began like most for Brandon and Tiffany Verzal.
Something about that day, though, felt special.
The Verzals, former Nebraskans working in the Texas A&M athletic department, enjoyed extra time at breakfast.
They sang and laughed on the drive to drop their daughter, 14-month-old Alexis, at her [...]

Filed on Tuesday February 26th, 2008
Unpublished Memorandum Opinion and Judgment on AppealA-07-878
SUMMARY: Affirming the juvenile court’s termination of parental rights, the Court held that the multiple rib fractures and two subdural hematomas of differing ages in the infant child which all would have required a significant amount of force to occur supported the factor required [...]

Filed on July 7 2007
Nebraska Court of AppealsNo. A-06-1371
SUMMARY: The Court of Appeals upheld the termination of a mother’s parental rights where continued alcohol abuse prevented her from providing “necessary parental care and protection” and caused her conduct to be “seriously detrimental to the health, morals, or well-being of” her children. Further, termination was [...]

Filed on April 25 2007
Nebraska Supreme Court 273 Neb. 612
SUMMARY: While “expert opinion testimony” regarding the credibility of witness statements should be excluded, in this case, the officer’s statement, “read in context,” was not to vouch for the credibility of a witness, but simply explained her departure from the standard interview form, and thus was [...]

Filed on September 29, 2006
272 Neb. 370, 721 N.W.2d 651
SUMMARY: Under § 43-285, the juvenile court has the authority to remove a case manager, “when after nearly a year of limited progress” the court ordered DHHS to “reassign th[e] case to an experienced case manager with demonstrated knowledge of incest cases and the needed treatment [...]