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  • In re Interest of Tegan V.

    Filed on January 18, 2011
    794 N.W.2d 190, 18 Neb. App. 857
    SUMMARY: The physical locus of a child at the time an amended petition is filed does not affect the subject matter jurisdiction of the presiding juvenile court.
    Tegan, a child under one, was taken to the emergency room by her mother for second-degree burns on her [...]

  • In re Interest of L.V.

    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 [...]