6 results for 'cat:"Evidence" AND cat:"Family Law" AND cat:"Jurisdiction"'.
J. Pitman finds that the district court properly granted a stepfather's motion to adopt his stepchild. The Fifth Circuit Judicial District Court had jurisdiction over the matter because when the stepfather filed his petition for adoption, there was no ongoing or pending litigation in the Fourth Circuit Judicial District Court that would have given it the exclusive authority to hear and adjudicate the petition for adoption. In this case, the biological father's consent was not required because he did not pay child support without just cause for a period exceeding six months, and did not visit, communicate or attempt to communicate with the child for a period of over six months. Affirmed.
Court: Louisiana Court Of Appeal, Judge: Pitman, Filed On: February 28, 2024, Case #: 55,622-JAC, Categories: evidence, family Law, jurisdiction
[Consolidated.] J. Winkler finds the lower court properly held jurisdiction over the custody case. Although the children currently reside in New York, they were living in Ohio at the time the alleged abuse and neglect occurred. Meanwhile, the finding by the lower court that the children were abused was supported by overwhelming evidence, including the opinion of three doctors that the deceased child died of homicide and testimony the children were all malnourished and punished in excessive and cruel ways. Affirmed.
Court: Ohio Court Of Appeals, Judge: Winkler, Filed On: February 14, 2024, Case #: 2024-Ohio-538, Categories: evidence, family Law, jurisdiction
[Consolidated.] Per curiam, the court of civil appeals finds that the lower court properly awarded custody of the children to the mother and awarded the father supervised visitation. The lower court had jurisdiction to enter its dependency judgments, and the father fails to argue on appeal that the evidence is insufficient to support "the implicit dependency determination." Affirmed.
Court: Alabama Court of Civil Appeals, Judge: Per curiam, Filed On: January 31, 2024, Case #: CL-2023-0286, Categories: evidence, family Law, jurisdiction
J. Pena finds that the lower court properly terminated the mother's parental rights to her children. On appeal, the mother challenges the lower court's jurisdiction based on the commencement of the trial, but the trial began "before the new dismissal date." Also, the evidence shows that the "children's current caregivers were meeting their basic needs" and that the mother had "failed to shield them from domestic violence." Affirmed.
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals, Judge: Pena, Filed On: January 29, 2024, Case #: 13-23-00362-CV, Categories: evidence, family Law, jurisdiction
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J. Melloy finds a lower court properly ruled in favor of a father on claims that his daughter’s mother violated the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. The mother argued that she was entitled to move her daughter to the U.S. However, the father of the child presented sufficient evidence in court that the child was “at home” in Japan. Affirmed.
Court: 8th Circuit, Judge: Melloy, Filed On: August 10, 2023, Case #: 22-3014, Categories: evidence, family Law, jurisdiction