Through the Eyes of the Child Initiative

Filed on July 27, 2010
Nebraska Court of Appeals
Not designated for permanent publication
SUMMARY: Holding the adjudication hearing 8 months after the petition was filed where the child is 17 years of age and the abuser already sentenced for sexual assault is hardly ideal but not grounds for reversal. Evidence establishing that the interpreter at the therapy [...]

Filed on May 18, 2010
Not designated for permanent publication, A-09-1056
SUMMARY: Where the mother continued to have contact with the father who had committed acts of extreme domestic violence against her in the past and failed to comply with the case plan, termination of parental rights was proper. 
Bianca, DOB 2/03, and Eternity, DOB 12/04, were removed [...]

Filed on May 18, 2010
Not designated for permanent publication, A-09-1060
SUMMARY: Serious emotional or physical damage under ICWA was likely to result if the child was returned home given the degree of domestic violence committed by the father against the mother and failure to address the issues. Termination of the parental rights of both [...]

Filed on March 30, 2010
Not designated for permanent publication, A-09-801
SUMMARY: Given the father’s positive actions in turning his life around since he learned that the child had been removed from the mother, it was not error for the court to deny the petition to terminate his parental rights.  
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Filed on May 26, 2009
Not designated for permanent publication
A-08-1217
SUMMARY: The court lacked jurisdiction to terminate parental rights because, after learning of another state’s order establishing the father’s paternity and custody rights, it did not follow the UCCJEA requirements of (1) specifying in the order a period of time allowing the person to seek an order [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]