IN RE INTEREST OF CORNELIUS K.

No. S-09-1166.

785 N.W.2d 849 (2010)

280 Neb. 291

In re Interest of CORNELIUS K., a child under 18 years of age. State of Nebraska, appellee, v. Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, appellant, and Laura K., appellee.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

July 23, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carla Heathershaw Risko, Omaha, for appellant.

Debra Tighe-Dolan, of White, Wulff & Jorgensen, for appellee Laura K.

HEAVICAN, C.J., WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, GERRARD, STEPHAN, McCORMACK, and MILLER-LERMAN, JJ.


STEPHAN, J.

Cornelius K. was adjudicated pursuant to Neb.Rev.Stat. § 43-247(3)(a) (Reissue 2008) by the separate juvenile court of Douglas County. The adjudication was based in part upon his adoptive mother's relinquishment of parental rights to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), which relinquishment was accepted by the court. DHHS appeals, arguing that the juvenile court did not have the statutory authority to accept the relinquishment...

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