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Texas Court Affirms Termination of Parental Rights
In the Interest of A.S., a Child v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on April 16, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, A.S., challenged a Texas court's termin...
Texas Court Affirms Termination of Parental Rights
In the Interest of N.L., N.L., and V.F., Children v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on April 16, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. This case concerns the termination of...
Appellate Court Affirms Termination of Parental Rights
In the Matter of D.A. v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on April 16, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, D.A., challenged the trial court's order terminati...
Texas Court Affirms Termination of Parental Rights
In the Interest of R.H. and E.H., Children v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on April 16, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. This case concerns the termination of parent...
Texas Court Affirms Termination of Parental Rights
In the Interest of M.A.R., a Child v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on April 15, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, M.A.R., a child, challenged the Texas...
Texas Court Affirms Termination of Parental Rights
In the Interest of I.J.W. and M.R.W., Children v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on April 15, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The case concerns the termination of par...
Texas Court Affirms Termination of Parental Rights Due to Substance Abuse
In the Interest of A. Children v. Department of Family and Protective Services, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on April 14, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, a mother, chall...
Appellate Court Affirms Termination of Parental Rights
In the Interest of J.H, A.H, J.H a Child v. Department of Family and Protective Services, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on April 10, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The case involves th...
Appellate Court Affirms Termination of Parental Rights
In the Interest of A.J.L. and G.M.L., Children v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on April 8, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. This case concerns the termination of par...
Appellate Court Affirms Termination of Parental Rights
In the Interest of B.M.W and L.LW v. Department of Family and Protective Services, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on April 7, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The case concerns the termin...
Grandparents Retain Permanent Custody Over Mother's Modification Attempt
In re J.L., decided by Ohio Court of Appeals on April 3, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The court affirmed the trial court's decision to grant permanent custody to the paternal grandparent...
Texas Court Affirms Termination of Parental Rights Due to Insufficient Evidence
In the Interest of L.D.T. and D.L.T., Children v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on April 2, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. This case concerns the termination of par...
Paternal Grandparents Retain Custody Over Mother's Modification Attempt
In re E.W., decided by Ohio Court of Appeals on March 31, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The court affirmed the trial court's decision to grant permanent custody to the paternal grandparen...
Appellate Court Upholds Termination of Parental Rights
This case involves a dispute over the termination of parental rights for J.M.B. II. The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) sought to terminate the parental rights of the child's...
Texas Court Upholds Termination of Parental Rights
This case involves a child, C.H., whose parents' parental rights were terminated by the State of Texas. The parents appealed this decision, arguing that the termination was not in the child's best int...
Appellate Court Upholds Termination of Parental Rights for Mother Due to Insufficient Evidence of Rehabilitation and Child Endangerment
This case involves the termination of parental rights for M.L. and E.L., children of Ms. L. The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (the Department) sought to terminate her rights, alle...
Texas Court Affirms Termination of Parental Rights
In the Interest of I.S., a Child v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on March 26, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, I.S., challenged the trial court's term...
Appellate Court Upholds Termination of Parental Rights Due to Mother's Failure to Address Drug Addiction and Instability
This case involves an appeal by J.B. concerning the involuntary termination of her parental rights to her child, G.G.B. The lower court found that J.B. had not remedied the conditions that led to G.G....
Texas Court Affirms Termination of Parental Rights
In the Interest of E.D.A., Child v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on March 25, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The case concerns the termination of parental rights f...
Texas Appeals Court Affirms Termination of Parental Rights
In Re A.R.M. v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on March 23, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, A.R.M., challenged the trial court's termination of her par...
Appellate Court Affirms Termination of Parental Rights
In the Interest of K. K. E., Child v. Department of Family and Protective Services, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on March 20, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The case concerns the term...
Child's statement to pediatrician admissible under hearsay exception
In the Interest of E.D., a Child v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on March 19, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. This case concerns the admissibility of a child's out-...
Appellate court affirms divorce property division and denial of new trial
Mark Anthony Trevino v. Candice Spivey Trevino, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on March 19, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, Mark Anthony Trevino, appealed the trial court'...
Iowa Court Affirms Termination of Mother's Parental Rights Due to Unaddressed Substance Abuse and Child's Need for Permanency
This case involves a mother's appeal from a juvenile court order terminating her parental rights to her minor child, L.P. The mother argued that the State failed to prove the statutory grounds for ter...
Appellate Court Affirms Termination of Parental Rights
In re O.F., decided by California Court of Appeal on March 13, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellate court affirmed the trial court's order terminating parental rights. The court fo...
Texas Court Affirms Termination of Parental Rights
In the Interest of S.D.F. and K.M.F., Children v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on March 12, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellate court reviewed a trial cou...
Appellate Court Affirms Termination of Parental Rights
In the Interest of F.H. and D.K.A., Children v. Department of Family and Protective Services, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on March 12, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The case involve...
Appellate Court Affirms Termination of Parental Rights
T. L. H. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on March 11, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant challenged the trial court's ord...
Texas Court Affirms Termination of Parental Rights
In the Interest of E.M.S. and J.D.S., Children v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on March 9, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. This case concerns the termination of par...
Incarceration Doesn't Automatically Nullify Child Support Obligations
D. L. J. v. M. D. S., decided by Texas Court of Appeals on March 6, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The dispute centered on whether a father's child support payments should be reduced due t...