Minnesota Appellate Opinions

Published opinions of the Minnesota Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, collated from public records. 384 opinions matched; showing 301–350.

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No. C7-86-11 Minn. Ct. App. 1986-07-15 Modified In re K.M.T.
… nating parental rights. See In re Welfare of Chosa, 290 N.W.2d 766 (Minn.1980). Termination of parental rights should not be ordered except for “grave and weighty reasons.” In re Welfare of J.J.B., 369 N.W.2d 593, 598 (Minn.Ct.App.1985) (ci …
C8-84-1647, C4-84-2178 Minn. 1986-07-11 Reversed In Re the Welfare of J.J.B.
… d on the ground that the county had not proved any of the statutory grounds for termination of parental rights. Custody, however, was continued in the county. On October 29, 1982, the county court approved a third plan. This plan continued …
C5-85-1616 Minn. Ct. App. 1986-04-08 Granted In Re the Welfare of C.R.B.
… erced or influenced Wood. The trial court expressed its concern over granting a termination of parental rights under these circumstances. Brastad and his attorney once again, however, emphasized Wood’s consent to the termination. The trial …
CX-85-1790 Minn. Ct. App. 1986-03-25 Stayed In Re the Welfare of P.L.C.
… ndards to be met in proving parental unfitness arise out of cases involving the termination of parental rights. See In re Welfare of A.R.W., 268 N.W.2d 414, 417 (Minn.1978) (presumption of parental fitness is based in part on the public pol …
C5-85-1258 Minn. Ct. App. 1986-03-11 Denied In Re the Welfare of B.M.
… me, and trying to bear the burden of keeping the family together. He recommends termination of parental rights, believing that this definite outcome would ease her burden, and help her deal with reality, although he recognizes she will alwa …
CO-85-1331 Minn. Ct. App. 1985-12-17 Granted Marriage of Desjarlait v. Desjarlait
… erms of adoption placement, involuntary foster care, preadoptive placement, and termination of parental rights. See 1985 Minn. Laws ch. Ill, § 2, subd. 3. The act explicitly precludes from the act’s coverage custody matters in dissolution p …
CX-85-459 Minn. Ct. App. 1985-12-17 Stayed In Re the Welfare of W.R.
… OPINION CRIPPEN, Judge. Beltrami County authorities initiated an action for the termination of parental rights of appellant, father of A.R. and W.R. He appeals from the trial court’s decision to grant the petition. We affirm. FACTS A.R. and …
C1-85-592 Minn. Ct. App. 1985-11-19 Stayed In Re the Welfare of J.A.
… y with the treatment plan? ANALYSIS I. The standards for review of orders for determination of parental rights are stringent, so our scope of review is broad. In re Welfare of Chosa, 290 N.W.2d 766, 769 (Minn.1980) (citations omitted). Whil …
C1-85-463 Minn. Ct. App. 1985-11-12 Affirmed Matter of Welfare of JMG
… 4. 2 Shortly before this appeal, the maternal grandparents filed a petition for termination of parental rights and for adoption. These actions are still pending. As to the mother, the court ordered that she meet the following goals relevant …
C9-85-372, C4-85-389 Minn. Ct. App. 1985-11-12 Denied Matter of Welfare of DDK
… and sporadic child support payments are in themselves insufficient to support a termination of parental rights. In re L.L.N., 372 N.W.2d 60, 62 (Minn.Ct.App.1985). In L.L.N., however, the needs of a dependent child were not at issue, since …
C2-85-391 Minn. Ct. App. 1985-10-29 Granted Petition of MG
… luded, however, that mother and stepfather did not prove any of the grounds for termination of parental rights pursuant to Minn.Stat. § 260.221 (1984). Nor did they prove any of the grounds which permit an adoption without the consent of a …
No. C7-85-712 Minn. Ct. App. 1985-10-01 Affirmed In re Administrative Appeal of the Termination of Employment
… senting the agency in paternity adjudica *755 tions, child support enforcement, termination of parental rights petitions, mental illness, chemical dependency commitments, child dependency and neglect matters, IV.D. hearings, administrative …
C2-84-2115 Minn. Ct. App. 1985-09-17 Denied In Re the Welfare of T.M.D.
… ioned the court to grant the county custody of M.D., pending the outcome of the termination of parental rights proceedings. On October 18, when M.D. was two days old, the court denied the petition. On June 28, 1984, the trial to terminate a …
C8-84-1647, C4-84-2178 Minn. Ct. App. 1985-09-13 Granted In Re the Welfare of J.J.B.
… welfare officials that she was moving out. On December 1, 1981, a petition for termination of parental rights was filed. The court granted the petition on March 16, 1982, following a two-day hearing. Appellant’s visitation rights with the …
C8-84-2202 Minn. Ct. App. 1985-08-13 Granted In Re the Welfare of L.M.M.
… ed that the changes were not substantial, and on August 2, 1983, a petition for termination of parental rights was filed. A hearing to terminate appellant’s parental rights was held on November 22 and 23 of 1983. The trial court made detail …
C0-85-194 Minn. Ct. App. 1985-08-06 Granted In Re the Welfare of L.L.N.
… innesota Supreme Court has adopted stringent standards for reviewing orders for termination of parental rights. In Re Welfare of 290 N.W.2d 770 (Minn.1980). The burden of proof is on the petitioner and there is a presumption that a parent i …
C4-84-1743 Minn. Ct. App. 1985-06-25 Granted Marriage of Young v. Young
… most troublesome of all made by the trial court. 2 With the exception of total termination of parental rights or permanent suspension of visitation, it is the harshest sanction which can be imposed upon a parent and upon a child. Of course …
C6-83-2026 Minn. 1985-06-14 Denied In Re the Welfare of P.J.K.
… einstate the judgment of the juvenile court. Minn.Stat. § 260.221 (1984) allows termination of parental rights for any one of a number of grounds. The juvenile court terminated the father’s parental rights on three of the statutory grounds. …
C8-84-1678 Minn. Ct. App. 1985-04-23 Granted In Re the Welfare of T.J.J.
… 221(b)(2), (5), (7) (1984). IV Both G.J. and T.J. testified that they desired a termination of parental rights. This was consistent with the court’s findings in the 1979 dependency and neglect case: G.L. is -very angry at her mother for des …
C9-84-1270 Minn. Ct. App. 1985-03-12 Granted Matter of Welfare of Hillstrom
… ion proceedings. The court found that the sterilization statute was akin to the termination of parental rights in Santosky and held that due process requires clear and convincing evidence to sterilize an individual. Id. at 374, 306 S.E.2d a …
C2-84-1224 Minn. Ct. App. 1985-02-19 Reversed and remanded Matter of Welfare of White
… ing the requirements of the 1982 plan. 4. Finally, the juvenile court based the termination of parental rights on incidents *81 which occurred in previous neglect and dependency proceedings, but the court had terminated its jurisdiction in …
C6-83-2026 Minn. Ct. App. 1985-01-09 Granted In Re the Welfare of P.J.K.
… children only twice between December, 1980, and the filing of the petition for termination of parental rights in February, 1983. Appellant began parenting counseling at a Community Health Care Center, which sessions were discontinued by th …
C6-84-707 Minn. Ct. App. 1984-10-30 Reversed Matter of Welfare of ELH
… innesota Supreme Court has adopted stringent standards for reviewing orders for termination of parental rights. In Re Welfare of J.W.M., 290 N.W.2d 770 (Minn.1980). The burden of proof is on the petitioner and there is a presumption that a …
No. C8-84-854 Minn. Ct. App. 1984-10-30 Affirmed Toro Co. v. Commissioner of Economic Security
… he never contributed to E.H.’s support. This record supports the trial court’s termination of parental rights. DECISION We affirm the trial court’s termination of parental rights. …
C1-83-1558, CX-83-1560 Minn. Ct. App. 1984-10-16 Stayed In Re the Welfare of L.J.B.
… nnesota Supreme Court has adopted stringent standards for reviewing orders for. termination of parental rights. Welfare of J.W.M., 290 N.W.2d 770, 772 (Minn.1980). The burden of proof is on the petitioner. There is a presumption that a pare …
C4-84-480 Minn. Ct. App. 1984-10-16 Denied Matter of Welfare of Copus
… OPINION POPOVICH, Chief Judge. Appellant appeals the trial court’s termination of parental rights. Appellant claims the trial court erred by taking testimony in his absence. Appellant also claims the social service agency’s failure to provi …
C3-84-454 Minn. Ct. App. 1984-10-09 Dismissed In Re the Welfare of B.C.
… ion proceeding, the petitioner has the burden of proving a statutory ground for termination of parental rights by clear and convincing evidence. Matter of Welfare of Rosenbloom, 266 N.W.2d 888 (Minn.1978). This burden of proof is subject to …
C8-84-269 Minn. Ct. App. 1984-10-09 Modified In Re the Welfare of A.K.K.
… nt also challenges the termination statute because it lists several grounds for termination of parental rights. Appellant claims that the statute is vague because several grounds are listed. Statutory language is imper-missibly vague where …
C6-84-92 Minn. Ct. App. 1984-10-02 Affirmed Matter of Welfare of Maas
… terminated and an appeal was taken. ISSUE Did the trial court err in ordering a termination of parental rights pursuant to Minn.Stat. § 260.221(b)(2), (4), (5)? ANALYSIS Parental rights may not be terminated unless the party seeking the ter …
C5-84-147 Minn. Ct. App. 1984-07-31 Affirmed Matter of Welfare of Adams
… eeds. None of this has brought any lasting change in her behavior. DECISION The termination of parental rights is affirmed. …
C6-84-495 Minn. Ct. App. 1984-05-15 Denied Matter of Welfare of Udstuen
… minated her parental rights on May 19, 1983. On July 18, 1983, the petition for termination of parental rights was heard in Ramsey County District Court, Juvenile Division. On August 8, 1983, the court issued its order terminating the paren …
82-195 Minn. 1982-12-10 Denied In Re the Welfare of K.T.
… e district court-juvenile division. The referee denied the state’s petition for termination of parental rights without prejudice. On June 10, 1980, a hearing was held before the district court-juvenile division which granted the petition to …
52081 Minn. 1982-03-05 Granted Matter of RMM
… arental rights to R. M. M. III. On May 7, 1980, the County filed a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights, which E. A. M. then denied. *540 Dr. John Scanlan, the psychiatrist who had treated E. A. M. when she was hospitalized after her …
No. 52081 Minn. 1982-03-05 Granted In re the Welfare of R. M. M.
… arental rights to R. M. M. III. On May 7, 1980, the County filed a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights, which E. A. M. then denied. *540 Dr. John Seanlan, the psychiatrist who had treated E. A. M. when she was hospitalized after her …
No. 81-273 Minn. 1982-02-19 Affirmed In re the Welfare of McDonald
… e supports the trial court’s determination that these statutory grounds for the termination of parental rights existed in this matter and, in light of the fact that the court is also permitted to consider the best interests of the child, In …
51472 Minn. 1981-07-10 Denied Ulmer v. O'MALLEY
… one month’s foster care and explained that once the child was born a consent to termination of parental rights would be required. By letter dated December 12, 1979, a South Dakota attorney responded with the requested information and a chec …
50440 Minn. 1981-06-19 Denied Matter of Welfare of HGB
… and neglected children on November 22, 1977. In August of 1978, a petition for termination of parental rights was filed. Joyce, the mother of the minor children, was served while incarcerated in prison in Mississippi. Counsel was appointed …
50315 Minn. 1980-09-30 Granted Matter of Welfare of Brown
… rprise in this case. 6 Appellant’s contention that the evidence adduced for the termination of parental rights was not clear and convincing must be rejected with respect to the first ground — that she substantially and continuously or repea …
50232 Minn. 1980-09-05 Denied Matter of Welfare of Gillispie
… to consent to the adoption of his children by their stepfather. A petition for termination of parental rights was filed. The trial court ordered Bruce’s parental rights terminated, finding that the respondent father, by his actions, had ab …
Nos. 49933, 49960 Minn. 1980-09-05 Affirmed In re Welfare of Karge
… uld interpret the facts adduced from the evidence in another way and hence deny termination of parental rights, * * *. It does not appear that [the trial court] abused its discretion.” *282 There is abundant evidence to support a finding th …
48822 Minn. 1980-05-16 Denied State v. Leecy
… , * * * nor to an action or proceeding for non-support, neglect, dependency, or termination of parental rights; This statute, which was not superseded by any rule, provides two different privileges: the privilege to prevent a spouse from te …
49789 Minn. 1980-03-21 Granted In Re the Welfare of J. W. M.
… J.W.M. The critical issue is whether the trial court’s findings of fact justify termination of parental rights under Minn.Stat. § 260.221(b)(5) (1978). We hold that the findings neither explicitly nor by implication declare, as required, th …
50234 Minn. 1980-03-14 Denied Matter of Welfare of Chosa
… *769 1. This court has adopted very stringent standards in reviewing orders for termination of parental rights. The burden of proof is upon the petitioner and is subject to the presumption that a natural parent is a fit and suitable person …
No. 50234 Minn. 1980-03-14 Denied Ramsey County Welfare Department v. Beck
… *769 1. This court has adopted very stringent standards in reviewing orders for termination of parental rights. The burden of proof is upon the petitioner and is subject to the presumption that a natural parent is a fit and suitable person …
49560, 49573, and 49586 Minn. 1980-01-25 Reversed Matter of Welfare of Solomon
… act. It is noteworthy that no witness suggested that Callier’s conduct required termination of parental rights in her son, Kirk, even though logically it would seem that this conduct would affect both Kirk and Shannon equally. Likewise, the …
49575 Minn. 1980-01-25 Affirmed Matter of Welfare of Clausen
… was revoked. On December 29, 1976, the welfare department filed a petition for termination of parental rights. In March 1977, the father was released from jail. A revised treatment plan was discussed with him which essentially incorporated …
49491 Minn. 1979-12-28 Affirmed Roby v. Ramsey County Welfare Department
… 2d 888 (Minn.1978), held that clear and convincing proof is required to warrant termination of parental rights, a review of the record satisfies us that this standard has been met. The trial court found that appellant had abandoned Anthony …
49373 Minn. 1979-07-20 Affirmed Matter of Welfare of Baby Girl Suchy
… County Welfare Department. On February 22, 1978, the Department petitioned for termination of parental rights under Minn.St. 260.221 in order to permit long-term planning for the child. Four experts, including one called by Ms. Suchy, test …
48191 Minn. 1979-06-15 Affirmed In Re Welfare of H. M. P. W.
… this court expressly declined to classify mental illness as conduct permitting termination of parental rights). Therefore, the issue before us is not whether criminal sexual conduct with children other than one’s own justifies the terminat …
47892 Minn. 1979-05-25 Denied Petition of Linehan
… efinition means to blame, censure, chide, reprimand, or reprove. The statute on termination of parental rights, Minn.St. 260.221, insofar as it is applicable, provides in part as follows: “The juvenile court may, upon petition, terminate al …