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  • In re Interest of Jasminiah S.

    Filed on January 17, 2012
    Not designated for permanent publication, A-11-593
    SUMMARY: Termination of parental rights was in the child’s best interests because the father made little effort to be involved in the case, to communicate with the caseworker or his attorney or to have a relationship with the child. 
    Jasminiah S., DOB 4/05, was removed from the [...]

  • In re Interest of Haley P.

    Filed on January 10, 2012
    Not designated for permanent publication, A-11-606
    SUMMARY: The appellant lost in loco parentis status after being incarcerated for almost two years, not providing financial assistance and having no contact other than through letters. 
    Haley, DOB 5/03, was removed from the home of her then-believed aunt and uncle after her brother died from serious [...]

  • In re Interest of Nature B.

    Filed on June 28, 2011
    Not designated for permanent publication, A-10-1133
    SUMMARY: There was sufficient evidence that the child comes within the meaning of 43-247(3)(a) based on the child’s testimony of inappropriate discipline, failure to care for injuries and her fear of her mother and step-father, but the DHHS recommendation for continued placement in the father’s home [...]

  • In re Interest of Corey W. et al.

    Filed on February 15, 2011
    Not designated for permanent publication, A-10-893
    SUMMARY: If reasonable efforts have been made to reunify the child with a parent, placing the child out-of-state with another parent does not automatically create a situation not conducive to reunification; however; a concurrent goal of adoption should be changed to “change of custody” if placement [...]

  • In re Interest of Wendi L.

    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 [...]

  • In re Interest of Dylan S.

    Filed on April 27, 2010
    Not designated for permanent publication, A-09-710
    SUMMARY: Evidence of the father’s unstable and inappropriate living conditions for housing his toddler child and his inability to be alert and attentive due to his mental health conditions and prescription medications were sufficient for the child to be adjudicated.  
    Dylan, DOB 5/07, is the subject [...]

  • In re Interest of Chance J.

    Filed on December 31, 2009
    279 Neb. 81, 776 N.W.2d 519
    SUMMARY: A difference in physical appearance between the parent and child or a suspicion based on infidelity are not just causes for abandonment of a child born in wedlock.  
    Chance, DOB 4/17/06, was removed from the mother’s care in June 2007. On February 6, 2002, [...]

  • In re Interest of Allen G., et al.

    Filed on November 3, 2009
    Not designated for permanent publication
    A-09-127 through A-09-129, A-09-227, A-09-228
    SUMMARY: The absence of the guardian ad litem during the termination trial was not plain error. Because the father was not provided with a case plan until late in the case and there was little evidence establishing his failure to comply, termination [...]

  • In re Interest of Chance J.

    Filed on June 2, 2009
    768 N.W.2d 472, 17 Neb. App. 645
    SUMMARY: The father did not abandon the child for purposes of 43-292 as he reasonably believed at birth that he was not the biological father of the child, had no contact with the mother or DHHS until the termination petition was filed, and made efforts [...]

  • 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 [...]