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  • In re Interest of Marcos S.A. and Andres S.

    Filed on December 20, 2011
    19 Neb. App. 426, ____ N.W.2d ____
    SUMMARY: An impromptu ruling granting custody of the children to the mother based in part because father would be incarcerated until at least 2013 did not satisfy statutory requirements for notice and opportunity to be heard. 
    Marcos Jr., DOB 12/06, was removed from the home of [...]

  • 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 Leland B.

    Filed on May 10, 2011
    19 Neb. App. 17, 797 N.W.2d 282
    SUMMARY: Incarceration, standing alone, cannot be grounds for termination of parental rights  
    Leland, DOB 12/05, entered the child welfare court system in October 2008 after his mother was unable to care for her children due to a mental health issue. Leland’s father, Ronald, was [...]

  • In re Interest of C.P.

    Filed on May 4, 1990
    235 Neb. 276, 455 N.W.2d 138
    SUMMARY: The statutory time limit to hold an adjudication hearing is directory, not mandatory. The mother’s failure to protect her child from abuse by the father by allowing her to live with him when she knew he was abusive was sufficient cause for termination of [...]