SUMMARY: Fourteen days between removal and the protective custody hearing is on the brink of unreasonableness but does not violate due process. The protective custody hearing order is a final, appealable order but the ex parte order is not. On August 10, 1990, R.G., an infant, was removed from the...

Summary: Evidence supported termination of parental rights when the mother suffers from mental illness which renders her incapable of discharging parental responsibility. The Platte County Juvenile Court found D.S. unable to discharge her parental responsibilities due to her mental illness and...

Summary: Termination of parental rights was proper when the evidence shows the parents had failed to create a place to which the children could return and the children had become so bonded with the foster parents it would be damaging to separate them. Additionally, the Department is only required to...

Summary: Termination of the parental rights was proper for both parents where the father continually failed to comply with the rehabilitation plan by not seeking substance abuse or domestic violence counseling and the mother was unwilling to end the abusive relationship with the father. On May 12...

Summary: Termination of parental rights was proper when a mental illness renders the mother unable to care for her children and will continue for a prolonged and indeterminate period. Additionally, the delay in the hearing that was not prejudicial to the mother is not grounds to reverse the lower...

Summary: Adjudication of termination of parental rights is not barred by the expiration of the 6 month time limit between when the petition is filed and adjudication by §43-278, a directory statute, unless the parents are prejudiced by the delay. Termination of parental rights was appropriate when...

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 parental rights. C.P, DOB 9/22/83...

Summary: Termination of parental rights was proper where the mother failed to protect her children from her abusive partner, failed to obtain prompt medical treatment for injuries and illnesses, and failed to remove her children from a hostile environment. G.P. resided in a home with her male...

Summary: Termination of parental rights was appropriate where, although the lower court did err in allowing hearsay evidence, the Nebraska Supreme Court found that the evidence establishes that the mother did comply with the rehabilitation plan to the best of her abilities but remained substantially...

Summary: Evidence that M.M., the father, suffers from a personality disorder characterized by impulsivity and violent outbursts, that he is not amenable to treatment, and that the disorder resulted in abuse of an older child is enough to conclude he suffers from a mental illness or deficit and that...

Summary: Termination of parental rights was appropriate where both parents were unable to discharge parental responsibilities due to mental illness and the condition was reasonably thought to continue for a prolonged, indeterminate period and the only valid defense for abandonment was the mental...

Summary: Termination of parental rights was not support by the evidence that the mother had effectively completed the rehabilitation plan requirements related to the conditions of the adjudication, had not been given reasonable opportunity to complete other requirements, and many of the incomplete...

Summary: Termination of parental rights was supported by evidence that the mother suffered from a mental illness, undifferentiated schizophrenia, and was therefore unable to care for her child. C.W. (D.O.B. unknown) first came to the attention of the juvenile court of Douglas County, Nebraska...

SUMMARY: The rehabilitation plan must be reasonable and under the direction of the juvenile court. Siblings have the right to know each other. Delays in progression of the case due to court or agency conduct cannot be used to justify termination of parental rights due to the child’s bonding with the...

Summary: Termination of parental rights was appropriate when the evidence demonstrated that the father engaged in sexual acts with the children and suffered from pedophilia, with no reasonable prospect of curing within a reasonable time. An amended petition was filed in county court in Lincoln...