In this accelerated appeal,2 appellant, L.S.B., challenges the trial court’s orders, entered after a bench trial, terminating her parental rights to her minor children, D.M.W., J.S.B., and E.L.B. (collectively, “the children”).3 In five issues, L.S.B. contends that the evidence is legally and factually insufficient to support the trial court’s findings that she engaged, or knowingly placed the chi... More...   $0 (12-21-2017 - TX)

In nineteen issues, appellant, R.C.C., Jr. (Father), is appealing a final judgment naming him and appellee, W.J.M.C. (Mother), as their child’s joint managing conservators and granting Mother the exclusive right to determine the child’s primary residence. We modify Father’s child support obligation and affirm the trial court’s order as modified.
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Background
Mother and Father were divo... More...   $0 (12-21-2017 - TX)

Sometime after 11:00 p.m., Walter Ortiz Gonzalez, an employee of the InTown Suites
hotel, received a telephone call from a guest, who was concerned about a “little girl” running
around in the building. Upon investigation, Mr. Gonzalez saw a little girl running around in the
building and climbing on the third floor balcony. Mr. Gonzalez stated he did not see an adult with
the ... More...   $0 (12-17-2017 - TX)

K.S. appeals from the trial court’s judgment terminating her parental rights to her daughter, L.N.W. In one issue, K.S. contends that the evidence is factually insufficient to support a finding that termination of her parental rights is in the child’s best interest. We affirm.
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On August 8, 2016, the Department of Family and Protective Services (“the Department”) received a... More...   $0 (12-14-2017 - TX)

This is a case about the meaning of a professional liability insurance policy. The
policy in question was issued by petitioner Admiral Insurance Company (Admiral) to the
real party in interest, A Perfect Match, Incorporated (Perfect Match), a company that
"match[es] surrogates and egg donors with infertile families." On the first page of the
policy Admiral promised to provide cover... More...   $0 (12-12-2017 - CA)

The complainant N.K., born on May 31, 2013, was the infant daughter of S.K.1
While Keith was listed on N.K.’s birth certificate as the father, it was uncontroverted
that he was not the biological father of the child. During an extended period of
absence from the home by Keith, S.K. had an affair with another man, which
produced the child. There was testimony at trial that Keith... More...   $0 (12-12-2017 - TX)

Chris Mitchell is employed by the Department of Correction and began supervising Defendant on his probation on February 16, 2016. When asked how Defendant performed on probation, Mr. Mitchell testified:
In my opinion, it was very poor. Didn’t stick to his curfew, constantly complained about the curfew that the judge[] gave him. Gave him an opportunity to get his GED through the Father to the... More...   $0 (12-08-2017 - TN)

In 2004, Prince was fifteen years old and living in Idaho. Prince was adjudicated
for committing lewd and lascivious conduct for manual to genital contact with his six
year-old niece. Prince served three years in a juvenile correctional facility for this
offense.
Prince moved to Missouri and began dating Jessica Howell (hereinafter,
“Howell”). Howell had an infant daug... More...   $0 (12-06-2017 - MO)

{¶1} Appellant, Taunia B. (“Mother”), appeals from a judgment of the Lorain County
Court of Common Pleas, Juvenile Division, that terminated her parental rights and placed her
minor child in the permanent custody of Lorain County Children Services ("LCCS“). This Court
affirms.
I.
{¶2} Mother is the biological mother of W.B., born October 8, 2001. The child’s
father (“Father... More...   $0 (12-04-2017 - OH)

Our decision in this case is controlled by the 1980 Hague
Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (“Convention” or “Hague
Convention”), which dictates that a wrongfully removed child must be returned to the country of
habitual residence. Our precedent has demonstrated that where a child lives exclusively in one
country, that country is presumed to be the ch... More...   $0 (11-30-2017 - OH)

Tulsa, OK - Malarie Elbon sued Hillcrest Medcial Center, Dr. Kyle Mock and Dr. Charles Cunningham

Issue # 1. Issue: MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE (MEDNEG)
Filed By: ELBON, MALARIE
Filed Date: 02/18/2016
Party Name Disposition Information
Defendant: CUNNINGHAM, DR CHARLES Disposed: DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE, 04/18/2017. Other
Defendant: MOCK, Dr KYLE Disposed: DISMISSED... More...   $1 (11-29-2017 - OK)

In May 2015, the State charged Ya in Case 15CR232 with one count of intentional first-degree murder under K.S.A. 2014 Supp. 21-5402(a)(1), an offgrid felony, for the death of her infant daughter. A few months later, the State charged Ya in Case 15CR587 with one count of falsely reporting a crime, a severity level 8 nonperson felony, and one count of interference with a law enforcement officer, a s... More...   $0 (11-24-2017 - KS)

On January 12, 2016, Aurora Police Department (APD) Officer Darren Martinez
spoke with Sampson at the Medical Center of Aurora. Officer Martinez was dispatched
to the hospital on a report that a stabbing victim had walked into the emergency room.
Sampson told Officer Martinez someone on the street had stabbed him while trying to
rob him, and a good Samaritan drove him to the ... More...   $0 (11-24-2017 - CO)

The State presented evidence at trial tending to establish the following facts:
L.J.R. (“Leo”)1 was born to Jennie Reynolds (“Jennie”) and her husband Derek
Reynolds (“Derek”) on 19 July 2014. Shortly after Leo was born, Derek was
incarcerated, and the Department of Social Services (“DSS”) became involved with
the family due to Jennie’s abuse of methadone pills. In the fall ... More...   $0 (11-21-2017 - NC)

The single issue before us
is whether the bankruptcy court abused its discretion in denying
Appellant Laura Sheedy's ("Sheedy") motion for extension of time
to file a notice of appeal pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 8002(d)
(1)(B) for failing to show excusable neglect. Sheedy's motion was
filed one business day late as a result of her attorney's
preoccupation with his second jo... More...   $0 (11-21-2017 - MA)

Chicago, IL - Jury Sides With Cops in Coerced Confession Case

Nicole Harris sued the City of Chicago and Anthony Noradin, Demosthenes Balodimas, James M Kelly, John J. Day, Michael Landando, Randall Wo, Robert Bartik and Robert Cordaro on civil rights violation theories claiming that she was coerced into confessing to killing infant son. She claimed that the defendants engaged in a consp... More...   $0 (11-18-2017 - IL)

Mr. Williams had been watching his girlfriend's thirteen-month-old son,
E.M., for most of the day on May 18, 2011. Early on May 19, E.M. died. He sustained
multiple blunt trauma injuries to his head and lacerations to his liver and spleen. E.M.
also had multiple bruises and contusions all over his body. Mr. Williams told detectives
that E.M.'s injuries were accidental. He ... More...   $0 (11-12-2017 - FL)

Child was born in March 2015. The New Mexico Children, Youth and Families
13 Department (CYFD) took Child into custody on April 11, 2016. CYFD then filed an
14 abuse/neglect petition on April 13, 2016 naming Mother and Father as respondents,
15 and Carlos G. (Husband) as an interested party. Based on information provided by
16 Mother, CYFD alleged that Father is the biological fat... More...   $0 (11-08-2017 - NM)

Bandy and an unknown accomplice attempted to rob Madaris and his
brother Steward at Ziegler Park, also known as Peaslee Park, in the early evening on
April 24, 2015. Bandy and his accomplice were both brandishing guns. Madaris
reacted by pushing the accomplice, causing him to drop his gun before running off.
Madaris then tussled with Bandy before ascending the fence on the s... More...   $0 (11-06-2017 - OH)

A jury convicted Appellant Ben McAlpine of aggravated assault of a
family/household member with a deadly weapon and assessed his punishment at life
imprisonment. In his sole issue, McAlpine asserts that the trial court erred in denying his
motion to suppress the statements he made after he invoked his right to remain silent.
We will affirm.
McAlpine v. State Page 2 More...   $0 (11-04-2017 - TX)

On January 12, 2016, Aurora Police Department (APD) Officer Darren Martinez
spoke with Sampson at the Medical Center of Aurora. Officer Martinez was dispatched
to the hospital on a report that a stabbing victim had walked into the emergency room.
Sampson told Officer Martinez someone on the street had stabbed him while trying to
rob him, and a good Samaritan drove him to the ... More...   $0 (11-03-2017 - CO)

A long-time confidential informant saw Mario Watkins in his Evansville home with a gun, cocaine, and marijuana. After receiving this tip, Evansville police got a search warrant, surveilled the house, and decided to send in the SWAT team. The team met to plan the warrant execution, taking into account the layout of the house, Watkins’s violent criminal history, and the danger posed by four adults w... More...   $0 (10-31-2017 - IN)

The complainant, J.G., testified that, on September 20, 2014, when she was
thirteen years old, appellant, who was her mother’s boyfriend, instructed her to go
into her mother’s bedroom, and he followed behind her, pushing her with his hand.
Once in the bedroom, appellant picked up J.G. and put her on the bed. Appellant
then removed her shorts and panties, got on top of her, k... More...   $0 (10-30-2017 - TX)

In this appeal, the government challenges as substantively unreasonable the sentence imposed by the district court on Julian Zuk.

Zuk was indicted on seven counts for transmitting, receiving, and possessing child pornography. The undisputed evidence shows that before his arrest, Zuk amassed more than 13,800 photographs and more than 470 videos, a large proportion of which depicted the sad... More...   $0 (10-24-2017 - NC)

This is an appeal from final orders terminating the parental rights of A.R.T. to R.B. and A.D.T. A.R.T questions the legal and factual sufficiency of the evidence underlying the trial court’s finding that termination was in the best interests of the children and warranted under § 161.001(b)(1)(E) of the Texas Family Code. We affirm.
Standard of Review
The pertinent standards of review are ... More...   $0 (10-19-2017 - TX)