Legal Opinion
In Re the Child of Simon
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided June 3, 2003No. CX-02-2024PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*158OPINION
WRIGHT, Judge.
On appeal from an order terminating his parental rights, appellant Michael Simon argues that the district court abused its discretion by (a) admitting letters from his child’s therapist under the business-records exception to the hearsay rule and (b) terminating his parental rights because of his imprisonment. We affirm.
FACTS
In 1997, Michael Simon was adjudicated the father of T.H., born on May 31, 1994. Simon was incarcerated for approximately four years for second-degree burglary beginning in May 1998.
In November 2000, respondent Henne-pin County Department of Children,…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Palmer v. HoffmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- United States v. Gary Anthony PatrickCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1992
- Brown v. St. Paul City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1954
- In Re the Welfare of M.D.O.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1990
- Kroning v. State Farm Automobile Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1997
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3Cited by9 opinions
- In Re the Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of E.T.Indiana Supreme Court · 2004
- In re the Welfare of the Children of K.S.F.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 2012
- In Re the Child of SimonCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2003
- In the Matter of the Welfare of the Child of: P. J. M. and A. D. H., Parents.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 2015
- In the Matter of the Welfare of the Children of: J. S. and P. M., Parents.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 2015
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