Termination of parental rights

Termination of Parental Rights; Adjudication; Dependency; Disposition

Rule 3.1(e); no-merit brief; termination of parental rights; TPR; neglect; findings of fact; failure to object; abuse of discretion; best interests.

Neglected juvenile; adjudication; lack of evidence

Restrictive covenants, residential use agreement, Marketable Title Act, no substantial change within a community, lack of restrictive covenant violations, equity, summary judgment. 

Rule 12(b)(6), sufficiency of complaint

sufficiency of the indictment; indecent liberties; expert testimony; vouching; plain error.

Driving while impaired; Motion to dismiss for insufficient evidence; Expert testimony of retrograde extrapolation; Intervening negligence jury instruction; Ineffective assistance of counsel

felony murder; intentional child abuse inflicting serious bodily injury; joint trial; motions to sever; character evidence; hearsay

voluntary intoxication; assault by strangulation; multiple counts; fine