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  • In re Interest of DeNasjha P.

    Filed on January 3, 2012
    Not designated for permanent publication, A-10-1233, A-10-1234
    SUMMARY: The mother’s bond with the children does not overcome the substantial evidence supporting termination of parental rights in an child injury case. 
    Kavasea S., DOB 4/02, Dominique S., DOB 1/03, Josezier H., DOB 5/05, Onyashy A., DOB 10/07 were removed from the mother’s home on [...]

  • In re Interest of Kenyetta C.

    Filed on November 29, 2011
    Not designated for permanent publication, A-11-356
    SUMMARY: A preponderance of the evidence established that keeping the newborn with the mother in a prison nursery is contrary to the child’s welfare based on the mother’s past criminal and child welfare history. 
    Kenyetta, DOB 3/11, was removed from the mother, Crystalynn, immediately after birth after [...]

  • In re Interest of Jamyia M.

    Filed on November 30, 2010
    18 Neb. App. 679, 791 N.W.2d 343
    SUMMARY: There is no exception to making “active efforts” as there is for reasonable efforts under the aggravated circumstances exception of N.R.S. 43-283.01
    On September 30, 2008, Jamyia M., was removed from the home at 2 months of age after being hospitalized for a serious, non-accidental [...]

  • In re Interest of Arica S. et al.

    Filed on September 21, 2010
    Not designated for permanent publication, A-10-117
    SUMMARY: Evidence establishing the mother’s repeated substance use, subsequent drug treatment programs and ongoing failure to provide stability for the children showed that termination was in the children’s best interests regardless of the loving relationship she had with them. The judge’s statements at the disposition [...]

  • In re Interest of Gabriela H.

    Filed on July 23, 2010
    280 Neb. 284, 785 N.W.2d 843
    SUMMARY: Where a child has been adjudicated pursuant to N.R.S. 43-247(3)(a) and a permanency objective of adoption has been established, a juvenile court has authority under the juvenile code to order DHHS to accept a tendered relinquishment of parental rights.
    Gabriela H., DOB 9/97, was left at [...]

  • State v. Archie

    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 [...]

  • In re Interest of Chloe L. & Ethan L

    Filed on April 11, 2006
    14 Neb. App. 663, 712 N.W.2d 289
    SUMMARY: In examining the testimony of numerous medical experts disputing the explanations offered by the parents of their son’s multiple fractures, and given the rule that actual injury or physical harm is not required for the court to take protective steps, the Court of Appeals [...]

  • 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 Constance G.

    Filed on March 24, 1995
    247 Neb. 629, 529 N.W.2d 534
    SUMMARY: Adjudication of the child pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. section 43-247(3)(a) is contingent only upon the situation in which the child finds him or herself; the fault of the parent is not the issue. Prior to ordering a rehabilitation plan, the court must hold [...]