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A mere statement that harmful conditions have not improved so a parent may take her children home is not enough to terminate her parental rights. The Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District of Missouri found the lower court ...

Evidence of a shooting incident three days following the shooting of a Kansas City man involving the same gun is not entirely admissible in the first-degree murder case. The Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District found only portions ...

The Missouri State Auditor’s Office has begun an audit of the City of Greenwood. Anyone with information or concerns may call the state auditor’s toll-free hotline at (800) 347-8597. This number is equipped for the hearing-impaired. The state auditor received ...

There’s no doubt that the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Mosely v. V Secret Catalogue was a let down for trademark heavyweights like Coca-Cola, Nike and McDonald’s. The Court decided recently that even owners of brands that qualify as household ...

The Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District reversed and remanded a circuit court decision finding a man was a “sexually violent predator.” Andre Cokes was committed to the custody of the Missouri Department of Mental Health according to ...

Knock, knock. Who’s there? It’s the police, but you can’t answer because you never heard the knock. This is unconstitutional unless the police give a judge specific reasons upon applying for a search warrant to demonstrate that there is a ...

An ambiguous judgment and a lack of appropriate notification of two probation violations were cited by the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District for reasons why revoking a man’s probation was improper. Scott C. Poole was given a ...

At a time when the health care industry is attacking the legal system in an effort to preserve profits, the consequences of blatant medical errors are weakening the positions of proponents pushing for more federal legislation to limit the rights ...

Children’s Mercy Hospital Central Governing Board recently named Maurice Watson of Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin as chairman of the Board for 2003-04. Other new officers include Robert Cross of the Cross Foundation, first vice chairman; Harvey Grossman, MD, a pediatrician ...

This March KCPT takes an unprecedented look at domestic violence in a cutting edge six-hour series from renowned documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman and offers a Kansas City perspective during “Conversations with Cynthia Smith.” The prime-time series “Domestic Violence” premieres March ...

The Board of Directors, officers and members of the Heart of America Legal Professionals Association, also known as HALPA, has announced the formation of its new chapter, affiliated with the Missouri Association of Legal Secretaries and NALS … the association ...