Summary: In this case the State filed a truancy petition on April 12, 2018, alleging Reality was habitually truant from school between September 1, 2017, and March 7, 2018. Reality denied the petition, the adjudication was held on May 8, 2018. The State called two employees from Lincoln Public...Read more
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Filed on: Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Summary: Robert W. appeals two orders out of the Separate Juvenile Court in Lancaster County finding that all resources had been exhausted and placing him outside his home. The Court here affirms. A petition was filed against Robert in November 2017 alleging he had made terroristic threats and used...Read more
Filed on: Friday, March 1, 2019
Summary: The State appeals an order of the Separate Juvenile Court of Douglas County to vacate an adjudication order accepting a plea of no contest. The Court found that a plea of no contest is not permitted under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-279. The Court here finds that this order was not a final order...Read more
Filed on: Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Summary: In this case the State filed a truancy petition, alleging that Cole, the juvenile, was habitually truant from school. Cole appeals from his adjudication as a juvenile within the meaning of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-247(3)(b) (Reissue 2016). Cole argues that the court erred in admitting evidence...Read more
Filed on: Friday, February 8, 2019
Summary: In this case the mother of the Kamille and Kamiya appeals a bridge order giving physical and legal custody to the father. The mother argues that since DHHS conceded that the children could safely be placed back into her care and custody the bridge order was inappropriate. The Court finds...Read more
Filed on: Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Summary: Amanda T. appeals an order from the Douglas Separate Juvenile Court terminating her rights to her children, Brooklyn and Charlotte. The Court here affirms the decision. Brooklyn was born in 2016 and Charlotte was born in 2018. In July 2017, the State filed a petition against Amanda as to...Read more
Filed on: Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Summary: Tiffany S. appeals the order terminating her parental rights to her daughters out of the Douglas Separate Juvenile Court. She argues that she was not given enough time to rehabilitate herself, the caseworker should not have been allowed to give an expert opinion, and that terminating her...Read more
Filed on: Friday, October 26, 2018
Summary: This case is a continuation of In re Adoption of Micah H., 295 Neb. 213 (2016), where the Supreme Court determined that the county court applied the wrong standard of proof with regard to determining abandonment and also determined that the active efforts requirement of the Nebraska Indian...Read more
Filed on: Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Summary: Fred G appeals the order of the county court for Scotts Bluff County which terminated his parental rights to his son, Joshua G. The Court finds Fred’s assertion to be without merit, and affirms the decision of the county court to terminate his parental rights. On May 10, 2016, the State...Read more
Filed on: Tuesday, September 11, 2018
Summary: Brett S., the father of Isaiah, appeals the order of the Separate Juvenile Court of Douglas County. The court dismisses the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. Brett S. is the father of Isaiah, born in May 2001, and one of Nicole’s five children. In August 2017, Isaiah and his siblings were...Read more
Filed on: Tuesday, September 11, 2018
Summary: Brett S., the father of Isaiah, appeals the order of the Separate Juvenile Court of Douglas County. The court dismisses the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. Brett S. is the father of Isaiah, born in May 2001, and one of Nicole’s five children. In August 2017, Isaiah and his siblings were...Read more
Filed on: Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Summary: The county court of Buffalo County terminated the parental rights of Rose U. and Kevin U. to their three minor children, Hannah, Ethan, and Abigail. Rose had previously had another child removed from her care in 2010 as a result of injuries sustained at her hands during a physical...Read more
Filed on: Friday, July 27, 2018
Summary: Eleany Esmerelda Zunun Gonzalez (Gonzalez) appeals the County Court for Lancaster County. The Court here finds that the County Court acting as a juvenile court did have the jurisdiction to make special findings on the basis of 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (a)(27)(J). The Court reverses the order of the...Read more
Filed on: Friday, July 13, 2018
Summary: The State appeals an order out of the county court of Washington County dismissing the proceedings against J.K. The State’s exceptions include that the Judge should have recused himself and should have joined the case with another minor’s case. The Court here overrules the exceptions. In...Read more
Filed on: Friday, July 6, 2018
Summary: DHHS challenges an order out of the separate juvenile court of Lancaster County that ordered it to arrange and pay for Paxton H. to receive services at a facility in Kansas. The Court here finds that the order was in the child’s best interests and therefore affirms. In December of 2014,...Read more
