L.G.P. Ex Rel. R.G. v. Nebraska Department of Social Services

L.G.P., appellant, is the mother of R.G., born November 12, 1989. On August 10,1990, appellant took R.G. and her sister to a day-care home, leaving two other small children at home alone. Authorities, alerted to the possibility that R.G. was endangered in her current surroundings through reports of bruising under her eyes on at least two occasions, took all four of appellant’s children into custody.

Appellant returned home approximately 3 hours later to find a handwritten note signed by a police officer tagged to the door. The note stated that the children had been taken into protective…