SUMMARY: A father who voluntary relinquished his parental rights has no standing to request supervised visitation with the children. His request for visitation with a child whose parental rights he still retains was properly denied due to the fact that the serious nature of the allegations that he...

SUMMARY: An 18-day delay between the ex parte order and the detention hearing is “on the outer edge of reasonableness” but is not unreasonable. The evidentiary basis of an ex parte temporary detention order is not appealable because the ex parte order is not a final order. On November 5, 2007, the...

SUMMARY: A jury finding of liability under a §1983 claim based on violation of the father’s substantive due process rights in the relinquishment of his parental rights to Amanda C. has preclusive effect in the subsequent lawsuit brought by Amanda C. alleging violation of her substantive due process...

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, continued...

SUMMARY: Affirming the juvenile court’s termination of parental rights, the Court held that the multiple rib fractures and two subdural hematomas of differing ages in the infant child which all would have required a significant amount of force to occur supported the factor required for 43-292(2)...

SUMMARY: “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...

SUMMARY: Because the court did not place the children in the father’s sister’s home as recommended by DHHS, proper appeal of the placement order is to the juvenile review panel and because no request for review was made the appellate court therefore lacks jurisdiction. Extensive criminal history...

SUMMARY: In termination of parental rights cases involving NICWA, the “serious emotional and physical damage” element is the only element that has the higher burden of “beyond a reasonable doubt” as required by statute; all other elements, including active efforts and the best interests standard...

SUMMARY: If a child no longer comes within the meaning of the statute under which he was adjudicated, a juvenile court may terminate jurisdiction without consideration of the best interests of the child. Kevin K. was adjudicated on April 22, 2005 under N.R.S. 43-247(3)(b) upon a finding that he had...

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...

SUMMARY: If a child no longer comes within the meaning of the statute under which he was adjudicated, a juvenile court may terminate jurisdiction without consideration of the best interests of the child. Kevin K. was adjudicated on April 22, 2005 under N.R.S. 43-247(3)(b) upon a finding that he had...

SUMMARY: When a motion to transfer to juvenile court is filed, subsequent hearings cannot be held absent a finding of good cause. A 3(a) petition was filed alleging that the child was a member of an Indian tribe and that parental rights should be terminated pursuant to N.R.S. 43-292(2) and (4). One...

SUMMARY: An order restricting the father’s visitation schedule (from several times per week to every month to every other month) significantly impacted his parental right and was thus a final, appealable order. With his incarceration, length of travel to visit and limitation on positive interaction...

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 15 of the most...

SUMMARY: Jurisdiction over a truant juvenile was continued even though she had attended all her classes at the Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Center. The court ruled that “the simple fact that [she] ha[d] not been truant… [was] not enough to terminate the court’s jurisdiction, because the...