Paternity Law
 
Eduardo Ernesto Carielo v. The State of Texas Court of Appeals - 4th District Indecency with a child

A.P. spent several weeks with Carielo, her father, during the summer of 2012. A.P. was
nine-years-old at that time.
On September 30, 2012, A.P. told her mother that Carielo sexually abused her during the
time she stayed with him. After an investigation, Carielo was indicted for one count of aggravated
sexual assault and two counts of indecency with a child. After several ... More...
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STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LAWRENCE ROGERS

On January 8, 2016, the Jackson Parish District Attorney’s Office
filed an action to establish paternity in accordance with La. R.S. 46:236, et
seq. It requested Lawrence Rogers submit to blood testing in order to
confirm if he is the biological father of Tiffany Thompson’s son, T.A.T.,
born March 29, 2006. In the supporting paternity affidavit, Thompson
averred the foll... More...
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Rahmatullah Basha Syed v. Khadija Masihuddin

Appellant, Rahmatullah Basha Syed, appeals the trial court’s final decree of divorce terminating his marriage to appellee, Khadija Masihuddin. In three issues, Syed challenges the portion of the trial court’s decree finding that deviating from the standard possession order was in his minor children’s best interest and ordering
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that he have possession of or access to the children on the S... More...
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STATE OF LOUISIANA V. EARNEST G. HAMILTON Sex Offender

Defendant, whose date of birth is October 29, 1977, had sexual intercourse between the dates of July 1, 2013, and July 5, 2013, with B.H, whose date of birth is January 10, 2002.1 The victim became pregnant and delivered a baby boy on March 20, 2014. At trial, B.H. testified that her uncle, Defendant, had sexual intercourse with her when she was eleven years of age. DNA samples were taken from Def... More...   $0 (04-05-2017 - LA)

TRK, LLC d/b/a Timber Ridge Townhouse Apartments, B&B Management Group, LLC and Tara Burnside v. Vivian Myles, Individually and on Behalf of all Wrongful Death Beneficiaries of Enrique L. Myles, Deceased and/or L.J.W., a Minor, by and through Her Mother and Next Friend, Janna Warnsley

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Vivian Myles—who is Enrique L. Myles’s mother, and who believed she was his sole
heir—filed this wrongful-death lawsu... More...
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Christina Francis v. Daniel Wieland

Ms. Christina Francis, Mother of the 11-year-old child subject to the motion to
modify custody at the core of this dispute, appeals a circuit court judgment grantin g
joint legal and joint physical custody to her and Mr. Daniel Wieland, the child’s
biological Father, and otherwise establishing a parenting plan and ordering child
support, and requiring the parties to pay their own c... More...
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Donna Wisenhunt v. John Munneke, M.D., Independent Medical Examinations, LLC., John Munneke, M.D., Inc. and Eagle River Capital, LLC

Oklahoma City, OK - Donna Wisenhunt sued John Munneke, M.D., Independent Medical Examinations, LLC., John Munneke, M.D., Inc. and Eagle River Capital, LLC on negligence theories.

Issue # 1. Issue: NEGLIGENCE (GENERAL) (NEGL)
Filed By: Whisenhunt, Donna
Filed Date: 01/03/2014
Party Name Disposition Information
Defendant: John Munneke MD Inc Disposed: DISMISSED WITHOUT... More...
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Tammy J. Thorndike v. Jessica Ann Lisio

[¶1] Jessica Ann Lisio appeals from a judgment of the District Court
(Rockland, Raimondi, J.) finding that Tammy J. Thorndike is a de facto parent
of two of Lisio’s biological children. We discern no error in the court’s
determinations that Thorndike “has undertaken a permanent, unequivocal,
committed, and responsible parental role in [each] child’s life,” and that “there
are e... More...
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Cynthia L. Aiken v. David W. Aiken

Trial courts must make difficult decisions when competing
interests clash. In this case, a mother sought an emergency protection order to
keep her soon-to-be ex-husband away from her and their children because, she
alleged, he had abused them. The father denied the allegations and sought to
cross-examine one of the daughters about her claim that he had repeatedly tried to
suffo... More...
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Charles Deal and Annette Deal, Personal Representatives of the Estate of Serenity Deal v. Sean Devon Brooks, Randy J. Jack and Jennifer Shawn and State of Oklahoma ex rel. Oklahoma Department of Human Services

¶1 This action arises from tragic circumstances involving the murder of a child placed in the custody of her biological father. Plaintiffs/Appellants Charles and Annette Deal (Plaintiffs) appeal the trial court's Order granting summary judgment in favor of Defendant/Appellee State of Oklahoma ex rel. Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS). Although the Order does not address all issues and De... More...   $0 (12-30-2016 - OK)

STATE OF IOWA vs. NAPOLEON MBONYUNKIZA

D.B., a mentally and physically incapacitated woman living at a Des
Moines-area group home, was treated at Mercy Hospital for weight loss, gagging,
and digestive issues. It was discovered D.B. was twenty weeks pregnant. The
pregnancy was terminated per the direction of D.B.’s guardian. Police sought
DNA samples of all males with access to D.B., including Mbonyunkiza, a
... More...
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State of Tennessee v. Mark Brian Dobson a/k/a Mark B. Martin

In July 2013, the Davidson County Grand Jury indicted the Appellant for the especially aggravated kidnapping with a deadly weapon of Laquitta Waters; four counts of especially aggravated kidnapping with a deadly weapon of Waters‟ four children, K.W., A.G., M.M., and M.W.; the aggravated burglary of Waters‟ home; employing a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony; the domes... More...   $0 (12-14-2016 - TN)

RICHARD MATHIS v. STATE OF FLORIDA

When Richard Mathis went to trial on charges of child sexual abuse, his
defense attorney faced a daunting challenge. Mathis faced charges of (1) sexual
battery on a child under twelve—“commonly known as capital sexual battery,”
Roughton v. State, 185 So. 3d 1207, 1208 (Fla. 2016); (2) unlawful sexual activity
with a child between twelve and sixteen; and (3) unlawful sexual acti... More...
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Lightsey Nathan Saul, Jr. v. The State of Texas

On Tuesday, March 1, 1988, at about 10:45 p.m., Joseph Wayne Daggett left his
girlfriend Sheridan Porter’s house to go back to his own home on the Slaughter Ranch outside of
Fort Stockton, Texas. He told Porter that he had planned to travel to a Chevrolet dealership in
Odessa the next day to have repairs made to his new truck. At trial, Porter, who divorced
Appellant in 1987,... More...
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Charles Bennett, Sr. v. The State Of Texas

Appellant was charged by indictment with, among other things, sexual assault of a child, sexual assault of a disabled individual, and prohibited sexual conduct. Appellant pleaded “not guilty” to each charge. A jury found Appellant “guilty” as charged, and the matter proceeded to a trial on punishment. Ultimately, the jury assessed Appellant’s punishment at imprisonment for fifteen years for sex... More...   $0 (07-22-2016 - TX)

STATE OF KANSAS v. JEROLD MICHAEL DUNN

During a break in their on-again-off-again relationship, defendant Dunn and Tracy Shaw, who had obtained a protection order against Dunn, encountered one another at a bank in Parsons. Shaw visited the bank daily as part of her job as a courier. According to bank employees, Dunn had been wandering around outside the bank before Shaw's arrival, and he eventually entered the bank, inquired about open... More...   $0 (07-17-2016 - KS)

In re Oreoluwa O.

In this certified appeal,1 we must decide whether the Appellate Court properly affirmed the judgment of the trial court terminating the parental rights of the respondent father, Olusegun O., as to his minor son, Oreoluwa O.2 See In re Oreoluwa O., 157 Conn. App. 490, 116 A.3d 400 (2015). On appeal, the respondent asserts, inter alia, that the Appellate Court improperlyaffirmedthejudgmentofthetria... More...   $0 (06-01-2016 - CT)

Ronnie J. Knighton v. State of Florida*

Ronnie Knighton appeals his judgment and sentence for one count of lewd or lascivious battery. Knighton argues that the trial court reversibly erred by: (1) refusing his request for a jury instruction on the permissive lesser-included offense of unnatural and lascivious act; and (2) including his prior juvenile adjudications on the sentencing scoresheet. We agree with Knighton that the trial cou... More...   $0 (05-28-2016 - FL)

Max Nicholson v. State of Indiana

In the summer of 2002, Nicholson met Eber while attending a real estate
conference in Florida. Eber lived in Rochester, Indiana, and at that time
Nicholson was living in West Virginia.3 A couple of months prior to their
meeting, Eber had inherited a parcel of real estate in Indiana and another in
Mississippi; each included a residence on the real property. She also inherite... More...
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ELGIN RAY ROBINSON v. STATE OF KANSAS

In 2006, Robinson was 20 years old and represented himself to be an up and coming music and events promotor in the Wichita area. He and C.B., the murder victim, had an ongoing sexual relationship. C.B.'s body was found in a shallow grave in rural Butler County. C.B. had been strangled; she was in the very late stages of a pregnancy. The State prosecuted Robinson on the theory he had recruited Ever... More...   $0 (03-25-2016 - KS)

In the Interest of Cra, a Minor Child v. The State of Wyoming

Appellant, DB, is the father of CRA, who was born in 2008. EA is CRA’s mother. In January of2010, the district court in Sweetwater County issued a judgment and order establishing CRA’s paternity and placing CRA in the primary physical custody of EA. EA and CRA lived in Sweetwater County and DB lived in Laramie County.
[¶5] On Sunday, May 18, 2014, Rock Springs police arrested and incarcera... More...
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ALFRED IVEY, JR. V. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

Ivey was in a long-term sexual relationship with his half-sister, Novina
Peel.' They lived together in Hardin County, Kentucky, from 1994 to 2007. Peel
had a daughter, Karen, 2 from a previous relationship.
1 They shared the same father, Alfred Ivey, Sr.
2 We refer to the daughter with a pseudonym to protect her identity.
In 2003, when Karen was thirteen years old, she ... More...
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State of Indiana v. Chad T. Mooney, Brittany McCool

On April 8, 2014, Chad Mooney was charged with operating a vehicle with an
alcohol concentration equivalent (“ACE”) of 0.08 to 0.15 grams, operating a
vehicle while intoxicated, and improper headlights. The Bureau of Motor
Vehicles (“BMV”) suspended Mooney’s driving privileges for a chemical test
failure the same day.1 On June 12, 2014, Mooney executed a pretrial diversion More...
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State Of Nebraska v. Erpelding

On May 14, 2012, Erpelding filed a complaint with the district court to establish paternity, custody, visitation, and child support of his 4-year-old daughter, Grace Erpelding, who was born out of wedlock. In July 2012, the court entered a temporary parenting plan granting primary physical and legal custody of Grace to her mother, Diane Southall. On August 20, the court ordered Erpelding to pay te... More...   $0 (12-31-2015 - NE)

Sonny Boy Oats, Jr. v. State of Florida.

Sonny Boy Oats, Jr., appeals an order of the circuit court that denied his motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.203,1 in which he claimed that he is intellectually disabled2 and thus cannot be sentenced to death. In light of developments in the law since Hall v. Florida, 134 S. Ct. 1986 (2014), and
because the circuit court erred in its legal analysis regarding the o... More...
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