Legal Opinion
Neal v. Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of M.N.
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided September 25, 2003No. 17S03-0209-JV-470PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUCKER, Justice.
This opinion resolves the question of whether a parent may initially consent to the termination of her parental rights and later appear in open court and change her mind. We hold that she may.
Facts and Procedural History
Mary Neal is the natural parent of HN. born February 5, 1989, and MN. born August 10, 1990. In September 1999, both children were adjudged to be Children in Need of Services, made wards of the court, and placed in foster care. Under provisions of a dispositional decree and a parental participation order, the Dekalb County Office of the Division of Family and…
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