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  • In re Interest of Josiah T.

    Filed on September 8, 2009
    17 Neb. App. 919, 773 N.W.2d 161
    SUMMARY: Termination of parental rights on the ground of abandonment and substantial neglect through incarceration was improper because there was no concrete evidence that established the length of incarceration and that the mother abandoned the child. To have records from a prior proceeding judicially [...]

  • Nursery programs allow imprisoned moms, newborns to bond

    By KEN KUSMER Associated Press Writer
    The Associated Press
    Published Sunday May 11, 2008
    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Three-week-old Kevin fussed in mother Melissa Lankey’s arms until she started singing softly to him, “Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so.” The newborn began dozing within seconds.
    “That’s kind of our little song. It usually calms [...]

  • In re Interest of DeWayne G. & Devon G.

    Filed on January 25, 2002
    263 Neb. 43, 638 N.W.2d 510
    SUMMARY: A separate hearing is not required when a parent challenges the provision of reasonable efforts under Neb. Rev. Stat. section 43-283.01. Although incarceration cannot alone be a basis for termination, the court may consider the facts that led to the incarceration and the parent’s [...]

  • 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 [...]