INDIAN PARENTAL RIGHTS: Oft-incarcerated Father’s rights properly terminated over claim of insufficient efforts to prevent breakup of the Indian family and tribal preference for guardianships… Best affirmed. [Read more…]
Attorney withdrawal, nonfrivolous issues
ATTORNEY WITHDRAWAL denied on finding by Supreme Court of nonfrivolous issues in parental termination case… order. [Read more…]
Parental rights, reunification efforts
PARENTAL RIGHTS: CFS failed to provide reasonable efforts to reunify Mother and Child… Knisely reversed. [Read more…]
Parental rights termination, attorney CASA role
PARENTAL RIGHTS of parents properly terminated, but attorney CASA improperly allowed to subpoena notes from Father’s therapist, examine witnesses at termination hearing where youth also had attorney… Deschamps. [Read more…]
Parental termination/Indians, tribal determination
PARENTAL TERMINATION/INDIANS: Rights improperly terminated without conclusive tribal determination of child’s status as Indian child. . . Kutzman reversed. [Read more…]