In The Matter of: Dakota C.R.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “the doctrine of res judicata [] prevents] a parent from re-litigating whether she committed severe child abuse in a later termination of parental rights proceeding, when such a finding had been made in a previous dependency and neglect action”
• holding that “the doctrine of res judicata [ ] prevent[s] a parent from re-litigating whether she committed severe child abuse in a later termination of parental rights proceeding, when such a finding had been made in a previous dependency and neglect action”
• “[A]ttaching a document to a party’s appellate brief does not make the document part of the appellate record.”
• “This court previously applied the doctrine of res judicata to prevent a parent from re-litigating whether she committed severe child abuse in a later termination of parental rights proceeding . . .”
• “[T]he fact that a jury failed to conclude that [the parent] committed criminal aggravated child abuse beyond a reasonable doubt is not fatal to the trial court’s finding that [the parent] committed severe child abuse based on clear and convincing evidence.”
• discussing the res judicata effect of a severe abuse finding

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).