The Court of Appeals rejects claimant’s contention that his due process rights were violated because he did not receive adequate notice of denial of his request for permanent total disability benefits; at no point did claimant argue before the commission, ...

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A mother with persistent drug abuse problems and convictions loses her parental rights to her child, who is thriving in the foster care of a family who wishes to adopt the child; the Court of Appeals affirms the termination order. ...

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A lawyer of nearly 40 years’ experience voluntarily reduced his income when he chose to concentrate on a separate business venture instead of his law practice, and he lost a reliable source of income when the firm terminated him after ...

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The Court of Appeals upholds termination of the parental rights of a father whose child was repeatedly exposed to domestic violence. Father minimized the issues of domestic violence and refused to take responsibility for his child entering and staying in ...

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The Court of Appeals affirms termination of mother’s parental rights to children who came into foster care suffering from abuse and neglect, including tooth decay, psychotic behaviors and lack of immunizations. Although mother completed a psychological evaluation, she missed several ...

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The Court of Appeals affirms termination of father’s parental rights to children who came into foster care suffering from abuse and neglect, including tooth decay, psychotic behaviors and lack of immunizations. The children have been thriving in foster care. They ...

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A mother and father cannot overturn termination of their parental rights to six of their children who were removed from their custody when the family was homeless, because of father’s anger issues and domestic violence directed toward the children; the ...

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A mother who was charged with physically abusing and neglecting her two small children, convicted of malicious shooting into an occupied dwelling and who failed to correct conditions that prompted foster placement of the two children over a four-year period, ...

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A mother whose four children were placed in foster care after the mother sexually abused the oldest child, and who sporadically attended supervised visitation, did not complete sexual offender treatment, did not follow through with a parenting capacity evaluation and ...

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The Court of Appeals upholds termination of parental rights for a father who was incarcerated or detained the entire time his children were in foster care, including sentences for rape of a minor, grand larceny and burglary. Because we conclude ...

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