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  • In re Interest of David M.

    Filed on December 20, 2011
    19 Neb. App. 399, ____ N.W.2d ____
    SUMMARY: An award of GAL attorney’s fees for work performed after the State filed a motion to dismiss prior to adjudication was improper as the GAL lacked the authority to reinitiate the case through a new petition. 
    David, DOB 6/97, Miguel, DOB 9/01, Edwin, 1/05, and [...]

  • 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 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 Dannie H.

    Filed on May 19, 2009
    Not designated for permanent publication
    A-08-1007
    SUMMARY: The mother’s consistent and substantial progress in the 17 months between the filing of the termination petition and the completion of the TPR trial make it error to terminate her parental rights.  
    Dannie, DOB 10/30/02, was removed from her mother Michelle on April 26, 2004, after [...]

  • In re Interest of Brandon H.

    Filed on September 23, 2008
    Not designated for permanent publication
    A-08-341
    SUMMARY: The filing of an original petition in juvenile confers jurisdiction on the juvenile court; therefore, any jurisdictional defect in transferring the case from the district court is moot. Termination of the father’s parental rights was in the child’s best interest because the child’s special needs [...]