PARENT REPRESENTATION BRIEF BANK INDEX

 

Maintained by the Parent Representation Coordinator

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82.00 TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS
82.01

Subject Matter Jurisdiction

82.01.a Subject Matter Jurisdiction-Interstate Issues. 7B-1101
82.01.b Subject Matter Jurisdiction-Defective Summons. 7B-1106
82.01.d Subject Matter Jurisdiction-Petition defects. 7B-1104
82.01.e Subject Matter Jurisdiction-Other. 7B-1101
82.02 Personal Jurisdiction
82.02.a Personal Jurisdiction. 7B-1106
82.02.b Personal Jurisdiction-Out of state Respondent. 7B-1101
82.03 Appointment of Counsel. 7B-1106(b), 7B-1106.1(b), 7B-1109(b)
82.04 GAL for Parent. 7B-1101.1
82.05 GAL for Juvenile. 7B-1108(b)-(d)
82.06 Petition/Motion to Terminate. 7B-1102, 7B 1103, 7B-1104
82.06.a Petition/Motion to Terminate-Delay in Filing. 7B-907(e)
82.06.b Petition/Motion to Terminate-Standing. 7B-1103
82.06.d Petition/Motion to Terminate-Defects. 7B-1104
82.06.e Petition/Motion to Terminate-Summons. 7B-1106(b)(5), 7B-1109
82.06.g Petition/Motion to Terminate-Answer. 7B-1106(b), 7B-1106.1(b), 7B-1108.
82.07 Pre-Adjudication Motions and Hearings
82.08 Adjudication Hearing - Procedural Issues
82.08.b Adjudication Hearing-Delay in Holding Hearing. 7B-1109(a)
82.08.c Adjudication Hearing-Need to Present Evidence. 7B-1107, 7B-1109(e)
82.08.d Adjudication Hearing-Continuances. 7B-1109(d)
82.09 Rules of Evidence
82.09.a Rules of Evidence Article I - General Provisions
82.09.b Rules of Evidence Article II - Judicial Notice
82.09.c Rules of Evidence Article III - Presumptions in Civil Cases
82.09.d Rules of Evidence Article IV - Relevancy
82.09.e Rules of Evidence Article V - Privileges
82.09.f Rules of Evidence Article VI - Witnesses
82.09.g Rules of Evidence Article VII - Opinions & Expert Testimony
82.09.h Rules of Evidence Article VIII - Hearsay
82.09.i Rules of Evidence Article IX - Authentication & Identification
82.09.j Rules of Evidence Article X - Writings, Recordings & Photographs
82.10 Grounds for Termination. 7B-1111
82.10.a Grounds for Termination-Abuse. 7B-1111(a)(1)
82.10.b Grounds for Termination-Neglect. 7B-1111(a)(1)
82.10.c Grounds for Termination-Willfully Leaving in Foster Care. 7B-1111(a)(2)
82.10.d Grounds for Termination-Child Support. 7B-1111(a)(3)
82.10.e Grounds for Termination-Child Support with Prior Decree. 7B-1111(a)(4)
82.10.f Grounds for Termination-Failure to Establish Paternity. 7B-1111(a)(5)
82.10.g Grounds for Termination-Incapacity. 7B-1111(a)(6)
82.10.h Grounds for Termination-Abandonment. 7B-1111(a)(7)
82.10.i Grounds for Termination-Crime Against Another Child. 7B-1111(a)(8)
82.10.j Grounds for Termination-Prior TPR: 7B-1111(a)(9)
82.10.k Grounds for Termination-Incarceration
82.11 Disposition: 7B-1110
82.12 Order: 7B-1109(e)
82.12.a Order-Preparation and Entry
82.12.b Order-Standard of Proof. 7B-1109(f), 7B-1110, 7B-111(b)
82.12.d Order-Inadequate Findings of Fact/Conclusions of Law
82.12.e Order-Grounds Not Alleged In Petition
82.13 Appeal. 7B-1001
82.13.a Appeal-Proper Parties. 7B-1102
82.13.b Appeal-Timeliness of Notice. 7B-1001(b)
82.13.c Post TPR Motions-Trial Court
82.13.d Post TPR Motions-Court of Appeals
82.13.e Appeal-Writs of Certiorari
82.13.f Post Appeal-Scope of Supreme Court Review
82.14 No-Merit Briefs
82.15 Ceasing Reunification as part of TPR Appeal
82.16 Constitutional Issues
82.17 Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
82.18 Judges
82.19 Parent as Appellee
82.20 Standards of Review
82.21 Appeals After Remand
   
97.00  ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND DEPENDENCY
97.01

Adjudication-Procedural Issues. 7B-800, 7B-802, 7B-805, 7B-807

97.02 Adjudications and Dispositions -Timelines. 7B-801(c), 7B-807, 7B-905
97.03 Authority over parents. 7B-904
97.04 Civil Child Custody Order. 7B-911
97.05 Constitutional issues
97.06 Continuances. 7B-803
97.07 Corporal punishment
97.08 Discovery 7B-700
97.09 Disposition hearing. 7B-901
97.10 Dispositional alternatives. 7B-903
97.11 Domestic violence
97.12 Evidentiary Issues/Adjudicatory Hearing-Sufficiency of Evidence. 7B-802, 7B-804, 7B-805, 7B-807
97.13 Guardian ad Litem for Parent. 7B-602
97.14 Interference with assessment. 7B-303
97.15 Intervention
97.16 Jurisdiction-Pleading and Process
97.17 Jurisdiction-Interstate Issues
97.18 Jurisdiction-Retention and termination. 7B-201
97.19 Parent as appellee
97.20 Permanency Planning Hearing. 7B-907
97.21 Judges
97.22 Post appeal issues-appellate court
97.23 Post appeal issues-trial court
97.24 Right to Counsel/Ineffective Assistance of Counsel. 7B-602
97.25 Reasonable Efforts
97.26 Local Court Rules
97.27 Review Hearings. 7B-906
97.28 Standards of Review
97.29 Rights of Parent vs. Status of Child
97.30 Visitation



We are in the process of bringing additional topics into this brief bank. Meanwhile, please refer to the Brief Bank maintained by the Office of the Appellate Defender for the following topics.


2.00
APPEALS
18.00
CONTINUANCE
19.00

COUNSEL FOR THE ACCUSED

30.00
EVIDENCE
31.00
EXPERT WITNESS (also see EVIDENCE)
46.00
JUDGES
47.00
JUDGMENT AND COMMITMENT
89.00
JURISDICTION

64.00

PROCEEDING PRO SE

78.00
SEQUESTRATION
104.00
STANDARDS OF REVIEW
84.00
VENUE