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Texas Appeals Court Affirms Termination of Parental Rights
In the Interest of G.L.M., a Child v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on April 23, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, the State of Texas, appealed a juveni...
Parental rights termination reversed due to insufficient evidence of child's best interest
T.M., Father of v. Department of Children and Families, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on April 21, 2026, resulted in a reversed outcome. The appellate court reviewed a trial court's orde...
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...
Parental rights termination reversed due to insufficient evidence of reasonable efforts
B. K. v. Department of Children and Families, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on April 15, 2026, resulted in a reversed outcome. The appellate court reviewed a trial court's order that ter...
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...
Parental rights termination reversed due to insufficient evidence of child's best interest
T.B., a Child v. State of Florida, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on March 26, 2026, resulted in a reversed outcome. The appellate court reviewed a trial court's order terminating the par...
DCF must expunge records if statutory criteria are met
D. v. Department of Children and Families, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on March 25, 2026, resulted in a plaintiff win outcome. The plaintiff, D., sought to compel the Department of Chi...
Appellate Court Affirms Termination of Parental Rights
M. v. Department of Children and Families, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on March 25, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant challenged the trial court's order terminat...
Appellate Court Reverses Termination of Parental Rights Due to Lack of Reunification Efforts
B. G. v. Department of Children and Families, Statewide, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on March 18, 2026, resulted in a reversed outcome. The appellate court reviewed a trial court's ord...
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...
Appellate Court Reverses Termination of Parental Rights Due to Lack of Evidentiary Hearing
S. H. v. Department of Children and Families and Guardian Ad Litem, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on March 12, 2026, resulted in a remanded outcome. The appellant challenged the trial co...
Ohio Court Affirms Termination of Parental Rights
In re G.M., decided by Ohio Court of Appeals on March 12, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The case concerns the termination of parental rights for G.M. The mother argued that the trial cour...
Parental Rights Terminated Due to Unaddressed Substance Abuse
In re L.G., decided by California Court of Appeal on March 6, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellate court affirmed the trial court's order terminating the parental rights of L.G. Th...
Court Affirms Foster Care Placement, Citing Reasonable Efforts and Child's Best Interest
L. v. Department of Children and Families, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on March 6, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, L., challenged the Department of Children a...
Appellate Court Affirms Termination of Parental Rights
Z. v. Department of Children and Families, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on March 4, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant challenged the trial court's order terminati...
Court Affirms Foster Care Placement Despite Due Process Claims
R.B., Mother of W.S.B., Etc. v. Department of Children and Families, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on March 3, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, R.B., challenged ...
Court Remands Parental Rights Termination for Proper Best Interests Analysis
M.T., Mother of Etc. v. Department of Children and Families, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on March 3, 2026, resulted in a remanded outcome. The appellate court reviewed a trial court's ...
Ohio Court Affirms Termination of Parental Rights
In re T.T., decided by Ohio Court of Appeals on March 2, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The case concerns the termination of parental rights for T.T. The mother argued that the court erred...
Appellate Court Affirms Termination of Parental Rights Due to Substance Abuse
S.H. v. Department of Children and Families, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on February 27, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, S.H., challenged the trial court's or...
Appellate Court Upholds Termination of Parental Rights
V. v. Department of Children and Families, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on February 27, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant challenged the trial court's order termi...
Appellate Court Affirms Termination of Parental Rights Amidst Substance Abuse Concerns
L. v. Department of Children and Families, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on February 25, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant challenged the trial court's order termi...
Plaintiff Lacks Standing in Child Welfare System Lawsuit
M. v. State of Florida, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on February 25, 2026, resulted in a dismissed outcome. The plaintiff, M., sued the State of Florida, alleging that the state's child...
Child's excited utterance admissible in domestic violence case
In re A.B., decided by Ohio Court of Appeals on February 23, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The case concerns the admissibility of a child's out-of-court statements in a domestic violence ...
Court orders life-saving treatment for minor over mother's religious objections
In re A.C., decided by Ohio Court of Appeals on February 19, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The core dispute involved whether a minor's mother, acting as her guardian, could refuse life-sa...
Appellate Court Affirms Termination of Parental Rights
L. M. v. Department of Children and Families and Guardian Ad Litem, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on February 19, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, L.M., challeng...