IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF CARLOS D.

No. S-17-1056.

915 N.W.2d 581 (2018)

300 Neb. 646

IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF CARLOS D., a minor child. Eleany Esmerelda Zunun Gonzalez, appellant, v. State of Nebraska, appellee.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

Filed July 27, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David V. Chipman , of Monzon, Guerra & Associates, Lincoln, for appellant.

Kevin Ruser and Morgan Nelson , Senior Certified Law Student, of Immigration Clinical Law Program, University of Nebraska College of Law, and Robert McEwen , Sarah Helvey , and Allison Derr , Senior Certified Law Student, of Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest, for amici curiae University of Nebraska Immigration Clinic and Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest.

Charles Shane Ellison , of Creighton Immigrant and Refugee Clinic, Creighton University School of Law, for amici curiae National Justice For Our Neighbors and Immigrant Legal Center, an affiliate of Justice For Our Neighbors Network.

Heavican, C.J., Miller-Lerman, Cassel, Stacy, Funke, and Papik, JJ., and Vaughan, District Judge.


NATURE OF CASE

Although the county court for Lancaster County appointed Eleany Esmerelda Zunun Gonzalez as guardian of her juvenile nephew, Carlos D., it declined to make special factual findings that are necessary to apply for special immigrant juvenile (SIJ) status under 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(27)(J) (Supp. V 2018...

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