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Appellate Court Upholds Termination of Parental Rights for Three Children
This case involves a dispute over the termination of parental rights for three children. The parents, C.B. and D.N.B., appealed the Texas court's decision to terminate their rights. The appellate cour...
Appellate Court Affirms Termination of Mother's Parental Rights Due to Abandonment and Non-Compliance with Case Plan
This case involves a mother, R.E.B., who appealed a court order that terminated her parental rights to her two children. The Department of Children and Families (DCF) had initiated proceedings to term...
Appellate Court Affirms Termination of Mother's Parental Rights Due to Abandonment and Non-Compliance with Case Plan
This case involves a mother, R.E.B., who appealed the termination of her parental rights to her two children. The Department of Children and Families (DCF) initiated the termination proceedings. The t...
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...
Appellate Court Upholds Termination of Parental Rights
This case involves a dispute over the termination of parental rights for a child named M. D. M. The State of Texas sought to terminate the parental rights of the child's mother. The mother contested t...
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 Mother's Parental Rights
This case involves a child, H.S., whose parents were involved in a dispute. The State of Texas intervened, seeking to terminate the parental rights of H.S.'s mother. The mother contested this terminat...
Appellate Court Upholds Termination of Parental Rights for Four Children
This case involves a dispute over the termination of parental rights for four children. The parents, J.D. and R.D.-G., appealed the Texas court's decision to terminate their rights. The appellate cour...
Appellate Court Upholds Termination of Mother's Parental Rights Due to Endangerment and Best Interest of Children
This case involves an appeal from a trial court's order terminating the parental rights of the mother and father to their two children, J.B.S. and R.G.S. The mother appealed, arguing that the evidence...
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...
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....
Appeals Court Affirms Termination of Mother's Parental Rights Due to Neglect and Substance Abuse
This case involves the termination of parental rights for a mother, N.M.W., and a father, A.N.D., concerning their two minor children. The trial court found that grounds existed to terminate the paren...
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...
Appeals Court Upholds Termination of Parental Rights for L.K. Due to Failure to Reunify and Best Interests of Children
This case involves L.K., a parent whose parental rights to her two children were terminated by the district court. The district court found that there were grounds for termination under Minnesota Stat...
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 ...
Ohio Court Affirms Age Requirement for Adoption Applies at Decree
In re Adoption of C.S., decided by Ohio Court of Appeals on January 27, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The core dispute involved the interpretation of Ohio Revised Code Section 3107.06(A)(...
Appellate Court Affirms Adoption, Upholds Termination of Father's Rights
In re Adoption of K.C.K., decided by Ohio Court of Appeals on January 5, 2026, resulted in a plaintiff win outcome. The Ohio Court of Appeals affirmed a trial court's decision granting an adoption pet...
Ohio Appeals Court Rules No-Knock Warrant Lacked Probable Cause
In re L.M., decided by Ohio Court of Appeals on December 31, 2025, resulted in a plaintiff win outcome. The Ohio Court of Appeals considered whether a "no-knock" warrant was supported by sufficient pr...
Colorado Court Affirms Termination of Parental Rights for Neglect
This case involves a dispute over the termination of parental rights for a child named D.R. The mother, C.R., appealed the court's decision to terminate her parental rights, arguing that the court did...
Court Denies Adoption Petition for Lack of Bona Fide Relationship
In the Int. of: B.W., a Minor; Apl. of: T.W.A., decided by Pennsylvania Supreme Court on March 26, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, T.W.A., sought to appeal the denial of his ...