John Council
Texas Lawyer
April 18, 2008
Lawyers for the state tried to prove why the judge should give them temporary managing conservatorship of the children
As some of the parents of the 416 children that Child Protective Services removed from a West Texas polygamist compound looked on, 51st State District Judge Barbara Walther tried her [...]

March 16th, 2008

By Todd Ruger
Sheriff’s Maj. Connie Shingledecker oversees all the child abuse and neglect investigations in Manatee County, where investigators remove children from their homes more frequently than most anywhere else in Florida, a recent study shows.
After a decade of work where she has emerged as a state leader in child safety, Shingledecker says [...]

Filed on September 29, 2006
272 Neb. 370, 721 N.W.2d 651
SUMMARY: Under § 43-285, the juvenile court has the authority to remove a case manager, “when after nearly a year of limited progress” the court ordered DHHS to “reassign th[e] case to an experienced case manager with demonstrated knowledge of incest cases and the needed treatment [...]

Filed on May 30, 2006
Not designated for permanent publication
Nebraska Court of Appeals, A-05-1407
SUMMARY: The Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s decision to follow the DHHS recommendation that the child be removed from his foster home and be placed with his maternal aunt.  While the foster parents’ presented some evidence indicating that Brandon’s custody should [...]

Filed on May 2, 2006
14 Neb. App. 739, 714 N.W.2d 762
SUMMARY: The argument that “voluntary relinquishment…is the opportunity to protect parental rights of afterborn children” is incompatible with the purpose and objectives of protecting children and ensuring the rights of all juveniles to care and protection contained within the Nebraska Juvenile Code, and therefore must [...]