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Articles tagged with: best interest

  • In re Interest of Gabriel N. et al.

    Filed on February 24, 2009
    Not designated for permanent publication
    A-08-915 through A-08-918
    SUMMARY: Termination was in the children’s best interests because the mother did not make significant progress toward rehabilitation and reunification and the children need safety and permanency that the mother cannot provide.  
    The children, Jesse (DOB 9/23/96), Gabriel (DOB 9/29/98), Seth (DOB 3/29/00) and [...]

  • In re Interest of Ashantay H.

    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 [...]

  • In re Interest of Dakota W., et al

    Filed on June 10, 2008
    Memorandum opinion, not designated for permanent publication
    A-08-050
    SUMMARY: A father who voluntary relinquished his parental rights has no standing to request supervised visitation with the children. His request for visitation with a child whose parental rights he still retains was properly denied due to the fact that the serious nature of the [...]

  • In re Interest of Madison S.

    Filed on May 6, 2008
    Not designated for permanent publication, A-07-1259
    SUMMARY: Termination was in the children’s best interests because the mother did not substantially comply with the rehabilitation plan in the 20 months the children were out of the home, as she made minimal progress in addressing her parenting issues, did not undergo random drug testing, [...]

  • In re Interest of Stephanie G.

    Filed on August 29, 2006
    Not designated for permanent publication
    Nebraska Court of Appeals, A-06-194
    SUMMARY: Even though the mother was “not at fault for her present situation and that she very much desire[d] [her daughter’s] return” the court recognized that “when a parent is unable or unwilling to rehabilitate himself or herself within a reasonable time, the [...]

  • In re Interest of Jesse B. & Gracie B.

    Filed on August 22, 2006
    Not designated for permanent publication
    Nebraska Court of Appeals, A-06-127
    SUMMARY: The court upheld the juvenile court’s order terminating a father’s parental rights to both children where the child who suffered the alleged abuse was under the father’s care when the alleged abuse occurred.  The injuries were of a type that would not [...]