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.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.c	Petition/Motion to Terminate-Amendments
82.06.d	Petition/Motion to Terminate-Defects 7B-1104
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