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15 results for “Kinley MacDonald”

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23-7548 In Re Kinley MacDonald 2024-05-23 Dismissed child-custody child-welfare civil-rights due-process family-law hearsay hearsay-evidence judicial-misconduct jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge parental-rights state-statute Can a trial court open and remove children in a 'protective custody' case based solely on hearsay accusations prohibited by state statute and in absen…
23-7549 In Re Kinley MacDonald 2024-05-23 Dismissed child-custody child-welfare due-process family-rights hearsay hearsay-evidence judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction parental-rights standard-of-review state-court-procedure Whether a state court can remove children from a parent's custody based solely on hearsay allegations prohibited by state statute, in the absence of j…
23-7550 In Re Kinley MacDonald 2024-05-23 Dismissed child-abuse due-process family-rights federal-review habeas-corpus hearsay ineffective-assistance jurisdiction post-conviction-relief protective-custody state-court-jurisdiction Can a trial court open and remove children in a 'protective custody' case based solely on hearsay about actions prohibited by state statute in secret …
23-7551 In Re Kinley MacDonald 2024-05-23 Dismissed best-interests child-custody constitutional-rights due-process family-law judicial-discretion Would a state court's refusal to intervene on behalf of a child in a custody dispute violate due process rights and the child's best interests?
23-7092 Kinley MacDonald v. Michael Duddy, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-03-28 Dismissed child-custody civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process family-law foster-care hearsay parental-rights state-agency Can a state court prohibit a family's statutory right to communicate, visit, and reunify solely based on hearsay accusations?
23-6792 In Re Kinley MacDonald 2024-02-21 Denied abstention child-abuse child-custody child-welfare civil-rights due-process family-law parental-rights standing state-court-jurisdiction Whether state residents can be prohibited from intervening in child custody cases based solely on hearsay accusations, while the same state is involve…
23-6760 In Re Kinley MacDonald 2024-02-15 Dismissed child-custody child-welfare civil-rights due-process family-law judicial-procedure jurisdiction parental-rights standing state-intervention Can a State Trial Court open a CHINS proceeding against Defendant without the pre-requisite family/dating/household relationship + persistent conduct …
23-6762 In Re Kinley MacDonald 2024-02-15 Dismissed abuse-neglect child-custody civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process family-law parental-rights standing state-intervention Whether a state trial court can open a PFA proceeding against a defendant without the requisite family/household relationship and persistent conduct r…
23-6035 In Re Kinley MacDonald 2023-11-16 Dismissed child-custody civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection family-law hearsay parental-rights standing state-federal-relations Can a judge of two appeal courts open a child protective custody case based solely on hearsay accusations prohibited by state law, then set bail/bond …
23-5536 Kinley MacDonald v. Maine First Circuit 2023-09-07 Denied child-protection child-welfare civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process family-law hearsay-evidence judicial-discretion standing Whether a state trial court can open a child protection case based solely on hearsay accusations prohibited by state statute, set bail/bond conditions…
23-5508 In Re Kinley MacDonald 2023-09-01 Denied child-welfare civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process family-law hearsay-evidence judicial-misconduct post-conviction-relief standing state-court-review systemic-judicial-misconduct Can a family court open and remove children in protective custody based solely on hearsay accusations prohibited by state statute, in secret and in ab…
23-5216 Kinley MacDonald v. Michael A. Duddy, et al. First Circuit 2023-07-26 Denied child-abuse constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction foster-care hearsay interstate-crime jurisdiction parental-rights standing witness-tampering Can a trial court open and remove children in a 'preserve custody' case based solely on hearsay allegations prohibited by state statute in secret and …
23-5217 Kinley MacDonald v. Maine Maine 2023-07-26 Denied bail-bond-conditions child-protective-custody constitutional-rights criminal-procedure custody due-process family-reunification hearsay judicial-review legal-standards state-statute Can a judge in a child protective custody case base a decision solely on hearsay accusations prohibited by state statute, then set bail/bond condition…
23-5184 Kinley MacDonald v. Lea-Anne Sutton, Judge, District Court of Maine, et al. First Circuit 2023-07-25 Denied appellate-review child-custody civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process family-law family-rights hearsay-evidence judicial-misconduct jurisdiction standing Can a final court open and remove children in protective custody case based solely on hearsay evidence prohibited by state statute in secret and in ab…
23-5186 Kinley MacDonald v. Jeanne Lambrew, et al. Maine 2023-07-25 Denied child-removal civil-rights due-process evidentiary-ruling family-law federal-review habeas-corpus standing state-court state-court-jurisdiction transcript-accuracy Whether a state court can remove children from a parent's custody based solely on hearsay evidence prohibited by state statute and in the absence of j…