A father did not abide by the parties’ property settlement agreement and final divorce decree requiring a consent order or judicial determination for any modifi­cation in child support obligations, and the Court of Appeals affirms the circuit court decision finding ...

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The Court of Appeals affirms termi­nation of mother’s parental rights to her three children, who were adjudicated abused or neglected after mother’s arrest for substance abuse. Contrary to mother’s complaints about lack of notice, when read together, the petitions, summonses ...

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The Court of Appeals upholds termina­tion of parental rights for a mother whose ongoing substance abuse caused her to be evicted from a homeless shelter and a de­tox program and to be incarcerated, and who was unable to remedy the ...

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A husband who did not object to the circuit court’s ruling below cannot ar­gue for the first time on appeal that the divorce court erred in imputing in­come to him after he retired from the Navy and took a part-time ...

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A father who joined mother’s petition to be declared co-guardians for their adult son, who is developmentally dis­abled and mentally impaired, is not en­titled to have the son psychologically evaluated during the couple’s divorce proceedings; the Court of Appeals up­holds ...

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The Court of Appeals upholds termina­tion of a mother’s parental rights based on the mother’s history of substance abuse and mental health problems. Mother was diagnosed with ADHD and borderline personality disorder. The re­sults of personality assessment were posi­tive for ...

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The Court of Appeals affirms a commis­sion decision that claimant did not suffer a compensable injury by accident; appel­lant’s multiple procedural defaults pre­clude the appeals court from considering his claims on appeal. The court informed appellant by let­ter that his ...

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A divorce court did not err denying spousal support to both parties and in im­puting higher income to a wife who had left her higher-paying work as a freelance writer to return to teaching, or in deny­ing wife a share ...

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The Court of Appeals upholds an or­der terminating the parental rights of a mother who had mental health issues and who was unresponsive to the prob­lems of her child, who, when he came to the attention of social service at ...

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A trial court erred in not allowing mother to present evidence of her relationship with her child prior to mother’s incarceration on drug-re­lated charges, and then holding that mother had never had a relationship with the child; the Court of ...

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