Plaintiff filed suit against defendant, her former employer, asserting violations of the Minnesota Human Rights Act and the FMLA. The district court granted summary judgment on all claims to defendant, finding that plaintiff was terminated for a remark of ...

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  Where a mother filed a notice of appeal from the original judgment in a dissolution, the judgment did not address the ruling from a modification order, and the mother failed to file her notice of appeal within 10 days ...

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Plaintiff appealed the dismissal of his claims against various defendants and grant of summary judgment against remaining defendants. Where the court agreed with the district court’s factual findings and conclusions of law and found no abuse of discretion in denying ...

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  Where a father challenged the termination of his parental rights, the father’s six points on appeal preserved nothing for review, so the appeal must be dismissed. Appeal is dismissed. In the Interest of: R.J.M. v. Department of Social Services ...

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  Where a husband challenged an order that he pay temporary maintenance and set up a temporary custody arrangement for the couple’s minor child, the trial court properly considered the standard of living during the marriage to determine the wife’s ...

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  Where a mother, who had executed a consent form and a power of attorney form through an adoption agency, challenged a temporary custody order to the potential adoptive parents of her child, the adoption proceeding remained pending and direct ...

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  Where substantial evidence supported the trial court’s conclusion that a father neglected his children and committed severe emotional abuse by killing their mother while they were in the home, the court did not abuse its discretion in terminating the ...

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  Where a mother challenged the manner in which her visitation schedule was determined, the judgment is reversed and remanded because the trial court’s order that the parties’ therapists would decide when conditions had changed enough to alter the parenting ...

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The Children’s Division alleged neglect by parents, who were both deaf, and assumed jurisdiction over the children who were residing with father; the division declined to give custody to mother due to her unstable housing situation. After parents failed to ...

Tagged with: C Children’s Division’s Failure to Provide Services Domestic Relations Failure to Provide Deaf Interpreter Family Law Termination of Parental Rights

    Defendant pro se appealed the judgment granting plaintiff a full order of protection against defendant. Where defendant’s appellate brief failed to comply with the mandatory briefing requirements by failing to identify the challenged decision of the trial court, ...

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Where a cosmetologist declined a text-messaged offer from her employer that was a substantial demotion of her position, the offer was clear and the cosmetologist made a good-faith effort to resolve the issues regarding her job status and future with ...

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