Parental Rights Law
 
Cutis Rodina v. Alberto Castaneda, D.D.S.

Kansas City, Kansas personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a dental malpractice claim.

This is an action for dental malpractice. In a previous suit, Curtis Rodina sued Timothy T. Taylor, D.D.S., P.A.-the dental practice-and Sonya Cummings-an owner of the practice. He was awarded a default judgment for economic and noneconomic damages in the total amount of $285,000. Rodina th

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United States of America v. Carlos Ray Kidd

Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sending threatening communications.

After being convicted in federal court in 2007 for sending threatening communications, Carlos Ray Kidd was sentenced to 60 months’ imprisonment. On appeal, this court remanded for resentencing because the district court had miscalculated the Sentencing Guidelines range. But t

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State of Oklahoma v. Charles Neil Foote

Chandler, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Lewd or Indecent Acts to a Child Under 16, in violation of 21 O.S.Supp.2013, § 1123(A)(2).

This case concerns Defendant's alleged horrific sexual abuse of MC when she was between the ages of 6 and 8. Terri Henderson and her daughter MC lived in a trailer in Wellston with Henderson's boyfriend, the boyfrien

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NIA LUCAS; A.M., II, a minor, by and though his Guardian ad Litem, Nia Lucas, v. VHC Health, d/b/a Virginia Hospital Center, et al.

Alexandria, Virginia civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who claimed she was discriminated against.

Nia Lucas pled discrimination and retaliation claims in her complaint against Virginia Health Corporation (“VHC”) under the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). As described below, Lucas has not alleged any facts permitting an inference that she was denied treatment because of he

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Angelo Lamont Jackson v. Michael Carin

Greenbelt, Maryland personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued for violation of his civil rights.

After receiving information from other law enforcement officers identifying Angelo Jackson as a suspect in a double murder in Montgomery County, Maryland, the lead homicide investigator, Detective Michael Carin, reported that information in an affidavit to support his applicati

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Richard Hoffer v. Police Officer Elyssa Tellone, et al.

New York, New York civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff to sued on an excessive force theory.

Richard Hoffer sued the City of Yonkers, the City of Yonkers Police Department, and various individual police
officers under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that the officers used excessive force when arresting him. After trial, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the officers.
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Stacey Lynn Kitchens v. William Bradford Kitchens

Montgomery, Alabama family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce.

The parties were divorced by a judgment entered by the trial court in February 2010 ("the divorce judgment"). Pursuant to the divorce judgment, the former husband was required to pay the former wife periodic alimony in the amount of $3,050 per month. In a modification action commenced by the former husband, the t

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In re Ryshan N.

Hartford, Connecticut family law lawyer represented mother in a parental termination action.

Shortly after Ryshan's birth in February, 2022, he was adjudicated neglected and committed to the custody of the petitioner. The petitioner thereafter filed a petition to terminate the respondent's parental rights. On March 28, 2024, following a four day trial, the court issued a memorandum of

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United States of America v. Jonathan Christopher LaRoche

San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Using Unreasonable Force and Making a False Statement

Former Navy Detective Sentenced to 15 Months for Using Unreasonable Force and Making a False Statement

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Kristie Williams v. The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama

Birmingham, Alabama civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Family and Medical Leave Act theory.

This case concerned the Family and Medical Leave Act— and, as it turns out, Congress’s constitutional authority “[t]o raise and support Armies” and “[t]o provide and maintain a Navy.” U.S. Const. art. I, § 8, cls. 12–13. Kristie Williams accused her former employer, t

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Melynda Vincent v. Pamela J. Bondi

Salt Lake City, Utah civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sought to invalidate 18 U.S.C. 922(g(1).

Ms. Melynda Vincent sued the Attorney General, claiming that the
Second Amendment entitles her to possess firearms. We rejected this claim
and dismissed the action. Vincent v. Garland, 80 F.4th 1197, 1200–02 (10th
Cir. 2023). But the Supreme Court vacated our dism

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State of Connecticut v. Adam P.

Bridgeport, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with seven counts of the crime of sexual assault in the first degree and eight counts of the crime of risk of injury to a child,

From 2005 to 2013, the defendant was in a romantic relationship with the victims' mother, Q. During most of that time, the defendant lived with Q, D, and T, first in Bridgeport, a

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Department of Children and Famalies v. H.L., D.L. N.L. and Guardian Ad Litem Office

Tampa, Florida family law lawyers represented the parties in a parental rights termination action.

At the September 18, 2024, judicial review, H.L.'s father, D.L., orally moved for permanent guardianship. D.L. called one witness, N.L., the mother, who testified that she did not oppose. The Department objected that the court could not lawfully place H.L. in a permanent guardianship with D.

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State of Illinois v. Sarah A.

Bloomington, Illinois family lawyer lawyer represented the defendant in a parental rights termination action.

In April 2024, the State filed a motion to terminate the parental rights of respondent Sarah A. as to her minor children, S.A. (born in 2016), J.A. (born in 2012), and M.A. (born in 2009). The children's fathers are not parties to this appeal. In September 2024, the trial court gr

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Stone v. Pagourtzis

Galveston, Texas personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a negligence theory.

he parents of victim Chris Stone filed a lawsuit against Pagourtzis's parents, claiming that his father did not properly secure his weapons and that the parents were negligent in entrusting their son with the firearms.[51] Under Texas law, firearms cannot be made accessible to minors outside

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Caleb Reese, et al. v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, et al.

Shreveport, Louisiana civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who challenged the constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(b)(1) and (c)(1).

The Plaintiffs filed suit in the district court against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives ("ATF"), its Director, and the Attorney General of the United States, challenging the constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(b)(1)

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Cheyenne, Wyoming civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued discriminate disability theory.

Plaintiff-Appellant Amanda McDade seeks to resuscitate disability discrimination claims flowing from an alleged scheme undertaken by her former employer, Defendant-Appellee Weston County Hospital District (“WCHD”), to retaliate against her for engaging in corporate whistleblowing a

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Kelly Patrick Donaldson v. City of El Reno

El Reno, Oklahoma civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff in challenging the constitutionality of a statute.

When Plaintiff/Appellee Kelly Patrick Donaldson was convicted of second degree rape and became subject to the Sex Offenders Registration Act (SORA) in 2005, SORA did not prohibit sex offenders from residing near parks. The Oklahoma Legislature subsequently amended 57 O.S.,

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Nashville, Tennessee civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Disabilities Education Act violation theory.

William A. is dyslexic and graduated from high school with a 3.4 grade-point average. Yet even then he could not read.

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) offers federal money to states to
help them educate children with disabilitie

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Lamont Bernard Heard v. Yarnice Strange, et al.

Detroit, Michigan civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff complaining about prison condictions.

isoners often have complaints about prison life. When these complaints arise, prisoners can’t go straight to federal court. The Prison Litigation Reform Act(“PLRA”) requires prisoners to seek relief from state prison officials before filing a federal lawsuit. This is called an “ex

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Bri'Anne Wiland v. Kevin Stitt, et al.

Tulsa, Oklahoma personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights claim.

Plaintiff Bri’Anne Wiland asserts the State of Oklahoma illegally terminated
her parental rights. She seeks immediate restoration, a ruling that Oklahoma’s
constitution forbids taking a parent’s children without a jury trial, and declaratory
judgment on similar parental-rights issue

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Bradley Benton v. Ronnie Tillery

Atlanta, Georgia, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on an auto negligence claim.

Dismissed for failure to respond to discovery requests.

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CIVIL PROCEDURE. DISCOVERY SANCTIONS. The case addresses whether dismissing a negligence action for failure to respond to discovery requests, without a hearing on the issue of willfulness, constitutes an abuse of di

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Craig Stevenson, et al. v. Sean Stevenson, et al.

Fergus Falls, Minnesota, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on defamation per se, intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED), and civil conspiracy theories.

In 2020, appellants Craig and Marie Stevenson brought claims of defamation per se, intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED), and civil conspiracy against respondents Sean Stevenson, Renee Stevenson, L

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Alexa Pascual, et al. v. Tammy K. Perry

Litchfield, Connecticut real property lawyers represented the parties in a quite title action.

The plaintiffs, Alexa Pascual and Freiny Francisco sued Tammy K. Perry,seeking to quiet title, who counterclaimed alleging adverse possession. The plaintiffs claim that the court erroneously concluded that (1) the defendant's and her predecessor in title's use of the disputed area was open and

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Katelyn Cashion v. Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Tulsa, Oklahoma civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on an employment discrimination theory under 42 U.S.C. 2000e, which provides, according to Google AI:

42 U.S.C. 2000e, also known as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, prohibits discrimination in employment based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
Key Aspects:

Prohibits Discrim

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