The Court of Appeals upholds an order allowing a stepfather to adopt appellant’s two children, with whom he had little contact before and during his prison sentence on drug charges. Appellant failed to preserve his claim that the trial court ...

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The Court of Appeals summarily affirms a circuit court order dismissing mother’s appeal from a juvenile and domestic relations court for failure to appear and prosecute her case. The child was born while mother was committed to Western State Hospital ...

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A father who declined to sign the circuit court order reinstating the monthly child support obligation of $3,500 included in the final divorce decree, and who failed to make the same arguments on appeal he made before the circuit court, ...

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A claimant’s testimony and medical record were sufficient to establish that her authorized treating physician for her original 1977 back injury referred her to another doctor in the same practice group for a later work injury to her knee that ...

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A Chinese citizen who overstayed his exchange visitor visa and later worked through a broker in an attempt to illegally obtain a fraudulent green card from an undercover government agent cannot overturn his immigration fraud conviction with a claim that ...

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The Court of Appeals upholds termination of a father’s parental rights to two of his children, based on the father’s incarceration for burglary and larceny and both parents’ substance abuse issues. The department had been involved with the family since ...

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A trial court did not err in terminating a father’s parental rights to his son, one of father’s 12 children; father’s rights to other children have been terminated, based on abuse and neglect, and father has been convicted of two ...

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A trial court did not err in terminating a father’s parental rights to his children after their third child was born addicted to methadone and both parents tested positive for methamphetamine. At a hearing in the circuit court, the department ...

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A trial court did not err in deviating from the child support guidelines to order a lower monthly payment for a father who was making a good faith effort to maintain employment, but whose earning potential was limited because of ...

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The Court of Appeals affirms dismissal of appellant’s attempt to appeal to the circuit court an administrative finding of physical neglect, inadequate supervision, level one, against appellant; the circuit court lacked jurisdiction over the matter. The circuit court found that ...

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