Filed on November 4, 2008
Not designated for permanent publication
A-08-422
SUMMARY: Although the father had not had contact with the child six months prior to the filing of the termination petition, he did not abandon the child as he was not included in the case for 4 years, received information he did not fully understand and was [...]
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In re Interest of Jacob T.
In re Interest of Elvis T.
Filed on November 4, 2008
Not designated for permanent publication
A-08-585
SUMMARY: Termination of the father’s parental rights was proper when, after receiving adequate services for two years, the father still did not have the necessary skills, and lacked the intellectual capacity, to parent the child.
Elvis, DOB 5/3/06, is the child of Terry and Angela. After birth, [...]
In re Interest of Crystal W., et al
Filed on October 28, 2008
Not designted for permanent publication
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 [...]
In re Interest of Ashantay H.
Filed on October 14, 2008
Not designated for permanent publication
A-08-049
SUMMARY: The statutory ground for termination where the child must be out of the home 15 of the most recent 22 months requires “clear and convincing evidence of circumstances as compelling and pertinent to a child’s best interests as to those enumerated in the other subsections”, given [...]
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 [...]
In re Interest of Madison S.
Filed on May 6, 2008
Not designated for permanent publication, A-07-1259
SUMMARY: Termination was in the children’s best interests because the mother did not substantially comply with the rehabilitation plan in the 20 months the children were out of the home, as she made minimal progress in addressing her parenting issues, did not undergo random drug testing, [...]
In re Interest of Hailey M.
Filed on Feb. 5th 2008
Nebraska Court of Appeals
15 Neb. App. 323
“Termination of parental rights is justified if a parent has committed murder of another child of the parent; committed voluntary manslaughter of another child of the parent; aided or abetted, attempted, conspired or solicited to commit murder, or aided abetted voluntary manslaughter of the juvenile [...]
In re Interest of Wendy A.
Filed December 21 2007
274 Neb. 713, __ N.W.2d __S-06-1380
SUMMARY: Pursuant to N.R.S. 43-292.02, when deciding whether to terminate parental rights, a court should not consider than an adoptive family has been identified.
The children, Vincent R., Destiny A. and Antonio A., were removed from the mother’s custody based on positive drug tests at birth of one [...]
In re Interest of Xavier H.
Filed on Oct 19 2007
Nebraska Supreme Court
No. S-06-841
SUMMARY: The Nebraska Supreme Court overturned a Court of Appeals decision upholding termination of a mother’s rights even though the medical condition that had prompted the initial adjudication had resolved. The Court stated that the fact a child has been in out of home placement for [...]
In re Interest of Connor S. and Marissa T.
Filed on July 7 2007
Nebraska Court of AppealsNo. A-06-1371
SUMMARY: The Court of Appeals upheld the termination of a mother’s parental rights where continued alcohol abuse prevented her from providing “necessary parental care and protection” and caused her conduct to be “seriously detrimental to the health, morals, or well-being of” her children. Further, termination was [...]
