Games v. Elkhart Office of Family & Children

OPINION

BAILEY, Judge

Case Summary

AppellanWEtespondent .Melanie R. Games (“Games”) appeals the judgment of the trial court terminating her parental rights. We reverse.

Issue

Games presents two issues of which the following is dispositive:

Whether Games received proper notice of the termination hearing.1

Facts/Procedural History

On May 12, 1999, the Elkhart County Office of Family and Children (“the County”) filed a petition to terminate Games’s parental rights with regard to her two children, D.M. and M.G, who had previously been adjudicated children in need of services (CHINS).2 A termination…