Legal Opinion
T.R.M. v. D.R.L.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided February 26, 1986No. 3-384A81PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARRARD, Judge.
T.R.M. is an Indian child and an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe at the Pine Ridge Reservation.
She was born June 14, 1981 at Hot Springs, South Dakota. Shortly thereafter her mother placed her with the appellees, D.R.L. and E.M.L. and executed a form of consent to adoption.
D.R.L. and E.M.L. reside in Porter County, Indiana and took the child there. In April 1982 T.R.M.'s natural mother, J.Q., petitioned the Porter Circuit Court for ha-beas corpus seeking the return of T.R.M. That petition was denied by the court on October 21, 1982. Meanwhile, on September 22, 1982…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State Ex Rel. O'Leary v. Smith, JudgeIndiana Supreme Court · 1941
- Addington v. RetterIndiana Supreme Court · 1922
3Cited by4 opinions
- Matter of Adoption of TRMIndiana Supreme Court · 1988
- Anderson v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1983
- J.Q. v. D.R.L.Indiana Supreme Court · 1988
- Adoption of TRM v. DRLIndiana Court of Appeals · 1986