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Reminder to local teams: Team applications for the Microgrant Project are due February 1st. The project is aimed to allow local teams to lead development and implementation of small projects that will improve abuse/neglect court processing in their communities. For more information, please contact your Team Coordinator or Kelli Hauptman.
Spotlight Issue: How Quality Representation of Parents Can Help Children in the Child Welfare System
by Brittani Lewit, Legal Aid of Nebraska, Lincoln
Children should be with their parents. This is one of the basic premises of our juvenile court system, and the thought behind Nebraska’s out-of-home reform. Unfortunately, remaining in a parent’s home is not always in a child’s best interest. When removal occurs the roles of the Guardian ad Litem and County Attorney are clear–what is best for the child. What may not be so obvious is how the parent’s attorney can advocate for their client’s children. But when we stop to think about it, in most cases no other party consistently advocates more for reunification than the parent’s attorney. As a parents’ attorney I am concerned about the wellbeing of my client’s children and want to help my client become a better parent so their children have a safe and stable home to return to. Read more
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In re Interest of Jamyia M. (18 Neb. App. 679, ____ N.W.2d ____, November 30, 2010) There is no exception to making “active efforts” as there is for reasonable efforts under the aggravated circumstances exception of N.R.S. 43-283.01. Full Opinion
In re Interest of Justin H. et al. (18 Neb. App. 718, ____ N.W.2d ____, December 7, 2010) Termination of parental rights was improper as to the children not connected to the inappropriate sexual contact because the parents established significant progress in their ability to care and protect the children. However, with the children involved in the sexual assault, the parents did not show that they had the ability to provide a proper environment that would protect the children. Full Opinion
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