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Attorneys: Texas border facility is neglecting migrant kids
A 2-year-old boy locked in detention wants to be held all the time. A few girls, ages 10 to 15, say they’ve been doing their best to feed and soothe the clingy toddler who was handed to them by a guard days ago. Lawyers warn that kids are taking care of kids, and there’s inadequate […]
Attorneys: Texas border facility is neglecting migrant kids
A 2-year-old boy locked in detention wants to be held all the time. A few girls, ages 10 to 15, say they’ve been doing their best to feed and soothe the clingy toddler who was handed to them by a guard days ago. Lawyers warn that kids are taking care of kids, and there’s inadequate […]
Domestic Relations: Juvenile Jurisdiction-Neglect
Where a father challenged a finding that he neglected his child by exposing her to domestic violence and failing to protect the child’s sibling from her mother’s physical abuse, the trial court did not err in sustaining a count in the juvenile officer’s petition that alleged the child was subject to the court’s jurisdiction, and […]
Domestic Relations: Termination of Parental Rights-Neglect-Weight of Evidence
Father appealed from the termination of his parental rights to his daughter C.E.B. on the statutory grounds of neglect, after the trial court found father suffered from a mental condition and chemical dependency and had repeatedly failed to provide for C.E.B. On appeal, father argued that the findings were against the weight of the evidence […]
Domestic Relations : Parental Rights – Termination – Neglect
In the Interest of: T.T.G. and S.S.G. v. K.S.G. (MLW No. 71088/Case No. SC96153 – 21 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Stith, J.; all concur)
Domestic Relations : Juvenile Custody – Neglect – Sufficiency Of Evidence
Juvenile Officer v. D.L. (MLW No. 71065/Case No. WD80269 – 8 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Mitchell, J.)
Latest Opinion Digests
- Criminal Law: Child Abuse-Sufficiency Of Evidence-Closing Argument
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- Civil Practice: Asset Forfeiture-Sanctions
- Civil Rights: Due Process-Failure to State Claim
- Probate : Revocable Trust – Amendment – Reformation
- Employer – Employee : Unpaid Commissions – At-Will Status
- Criminal Law : Post-Conviction Relief – Effectiveness Of Counsel – Conflict Of Interest
- Appellate Practice : Jurisdiction – Final Judgment
- Domestic Relations : Parenting Plan – Child Support
- Criminal Law : Post-Conviction Relief – Guilty Plea – Sentence Advice
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