In re Interest of Octavio B.
Annotate this CaseThese juvenile proceedings involved the six minor children of Mother. The children were adjudicated under Neb. Rev. Stat. 43-247(3)(a) and placed in the custody of the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services. The juvenile court subsequently directed the parties to comply with a case plan, the goal of which was for Mother to appropriately care for her children and to reunify the children with Mother. Later, the juvenile court formally changed the permanency goal for the children to adoption for all children. Mother appealed, arguing that the juvenile court erred in finding that the State presented sufficient evidence to establish that the change in permanency objective was in the children’s best interests. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) because the juvenile court’s orders affected Mother’s substantial right to raise her children, they were final and appealable; and (2) the evidence supported the juvenile court’s order changing the primary permanency objective from reunification with Mother to adoption.
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