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  • 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 Elizabeth S.

    Filed on January 6, 2012
    282 Neb. 1015, ____ N.W.2d ____
    SUMMARY: A juvenile court should exercise its authority to order DHHS to accept a relinquishment of the child when it is in the best interests of that child to do so and not the interests of a future born child. 
    Elizabeth, DOB May 2009, was born prematurely [...]

  • In re Interest of Ethan M.

    Filed on October 11, 2011
    19 Neb. App. 259, ____ N.W.2d ____
    SUMMARY: The newly enacted statute removing the presumption that the case plan is in the child’s best interests is applicable to an already-pending case because it only affects a procedural right. DHHS must offer reasonable efforts to a parent whose goal is reunification to [...]

  • In re Interest of Thomas M.

    Filed on September 16, 2011
    282 Neb. 316, 803 N.W.2d 46
    SUMMARY: A juvenile court has the authority to hold DHHS in contempt for failure to comply with an order but must provide DHHS with reasonable notice and an opportunity to be heard. 
    Thomas was adjudicated in April 2010 under N.R.S. 43-247 (1), (2), and (3)(b), for committing [...]

  • 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 Sir Messiah T., et al.

    Filed on May 21, 2010
    279 Neb. 900, 782 N.W.2d 320
    SUMMARY: Because it must be determined that termination is in the best interests of the child which requires a consideration of the child’s current situation, 43-292(2) is not unconstitutional just because the factual basis for it may be focused primarily on prior neglect of siblings. [...]

  • In re Interest of Rayna G.

    Filed on March 30, 2010
    Not designated for permanent publication, A-09-801
    SUMMARY: Given the father’s positive actions in turning his life around since he learned that the child had been removed from the mother, it was not error for the court to deny the petition to terminate his parental rights.  
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  • In re Interest of Marcella B. and Juan S.

    Filed on March 12, 2010
    279 Neb. 568, 778 N.W.2d 744
    SUMMARY: The Nebraska Supreme Court affirms the decision of the Nebraska Court of Appeals dismissing the appeal on the basis that a denial to allow in-chambers testimony from the child is not a final, appealable order.  
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  • In re Interest of Marcella B. and Juan S.

    Filed on November 24, 2009
    18 Neb. App. 153, 775 N.W.2d 470
    SUMMARY: A denial to allow in-chambers testimony from the child is not a final, appealable order.  
    Marcella B. and Juan S. were removed from the mother on January 26, 2009, on allegations of inappropriate physical contact and failure to provide appropriate care, support and/or supervision. [...]