Where a father challenged the termination of his parental rights to six minor children, the trial court’s finding that termination was in the best interests of the children was not an abuse of discretion. Judgment is affirmed. Greene County Juvenile ...

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Where a mother challenged the termination of her parental rights, the judgment is affirmed because the conditions that caused the child to come under court jurisdiction continued because the mother refused to move out of the home of the child’s ...

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Where a father challenged the termination of his parental rights, his challenge to the factual finding supporting the failure-to-rectify ground had no merit, so the judgment is affirmed. Judgment is affirmed. In the Interest of: S.S. v. J.R.W.S. (MLW No. ...

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Where an employee terminated by a government agency challenged the decision of the Administrative Hearing Commission that found that the human resources director had the authority to fire him, the HR director did not have the authority to terminate the ...

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Plaintiff filed suit against defendants, alleging they terminated him without due process and in retaliation for the exercise of his free-speech rights; plaintiff also asserted a state-law, wrongful-termination claim. The district court denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on qualified ...

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Plaintiff sued defendant, her employer, for employment discrimination following her termination, after defendant laid off plaintiff pursuant to a company restructuring. The district court granted summary judgment to defendant, after denying plaintiff’s motion to strike an email attached to defendant’s ...

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Where a father, who challenged the termination of his parental rights, failed to maintain adequate communication with his child for more than two years while he was in prison and failed to provide even minimal support, the trial court did ...

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Where a surgical technician sued her former employer for allegedly interfering with her rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act, summary judgment for the defendant was proper because the plaintiff’s evidence did not undermine or raise a genuine issue ...

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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 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 plaintiff challenged the finding that an insurer did not abuse its discretion when it terminated his long-term disability benefits, the judgment is affirmed because even though the plaintiff presented some evidence of disability from his medical providers, the ...

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