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Cases
PENNSYLVANIA: I.H. v. County of Lehigh
07.23.2010 | Child Protection
In an appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment to appellee-Topton House, a private foster care... read »
IOWA: Doe v. Iowa Dep’t. of Human Services
07.23.2010 | Child Protection
The Supreme Court of Iowa reversed the district court’s judgment affirming the decision of the Iowa Department of Human Services (DHS) to place appellant-mother’s name on the central child abuse registry based on its finding that appellant had... read »
OREGON: In re the Adoption of A.R.G.-D.
07.23.2010 | Adoption / Procedure
The Supreme Court of Oregon reversed the judgment of the circuit court granting appellee-adoptive grandmother’s motion to dismiss appellant-biological mother’s motion to vacate the adoption judgment, which had been filed just under one year... read »
OHIO: In re Adoption of J.A.S.
07.23.2010 | Adoption / Procedure
The Supreme Court of Ohio affirmed the judgment of the Ninth District Court of Appeals, which affirmed the probate court’s denial of appellant-legal guardians’ motion to dispense with pre-adoption placement procedures under R.C. 5103.16(D),... read »
CALIFORNIA: In re A.C.
07.23.2010 | Child Protection
The Court of Appeal of California, Sixth Appellate District, reversed the trial court’s judgment ordering appellant foster child moved from a foster home to a group home, finding that the trial court erred in allowing the Department of Family and... read »
ALASKA: Osterkamp v. Stiles
07.15.2010 | Adoption / Consent
The Supreme Court of Alaska affirmed the superior court’s denial of appellant’s petition to adopt the minor child, finding that appellee-adoptive mother, appellant’s ex-domestic partner, was not equitably stopped from refusing to consent to... read »
TEXAS: In re B.G.
07.15.2010 | Termination of Parental Rights
The Supreme Court of Texas reversed the court of appeals’ judgment that affirmed the trial court’s order denying appellant-father’s request for the appellate record of his termination case because he had not filed a statement of appellate... read »
WISCONSIN: In re Termination of Parental Rights to Elijah W.L.
07.15.2010 | Termination of Parental Rights
The Supreme Court of Wisconsin affirmed the circuit court’s order denying appellant-parents’ post-verdict motion to dismiss the department’s termination of parental rights petitions, concluding that the CHIPS dispositional orders underlying... read »
MAINE: Adoption of Lily T.
07.15.2010 | Termination of Parental Rights
The Supreme Judicial Court of Maine affirmed the probate court’s judgment terminating appellant-father’s parental rights, holding that the probate court did not err in finding that appellant-father was unfit due to abandoning his child and being... read »
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: In re A.B.
07.15.2010 | Child Protection / Adjudication
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court's adjudication of neglect as to appellant-mother's youngest child, holding that an expert witness, in formulating her opinion, may reasonably rely on the opinion of another expert in... read »
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