Filed on November 25, 2008
Not designated for permanent publication
A-08-651, A-08-652
SUMMARY: The motions to transfer to tribal court were properly denied for good cause because the child were not Indian Children under ICWA at the time of the hearing and because the tribal social service agencies did not have appropriate and necessary services available for the [...]

Filed on October 28, 2008
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A-08-445
SUMMARY: Once a parent’s rights are terminated, the grandparent no longer has a legal interest in the court proceedings.
The children, Crystal, Joshua and Jacob, were adjudicated under 43-247(3)(a) in June 2003. On August 18, 2005, the maternal grandmother, Carol, intervened in the proceedings. On March [...]

Filed on June 13, 2006
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Nebraska Court of Appeals, A-05-1409
SUMMARY: A pending motion to transfer in the juvenile court cannot be appealed since there is no final order by which the parents can appeal.
Faren H. was born on June 2, 2005.  On June 7, 2005, the state filed a petition to adjudicate [...]

Filed on March 14, 2006
14 Neb. App. 559, 712 N.W.2d 583
SUMAMRY: “In an action for adjudication of Indian children, it is necessary to plead facts under the ICWA.” In this case, the juvenile court committed error when it adjudicated the children under the original petition which did not contain the facts required by ICWA. Also, [...]