Legal Opinion
Phelps v. Sybinsky
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided October 20, 2000No. 49A05-9912-CV-554PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MATHIAS, Judge
This case involves a 1998 statute that requires the filing of a petition to terminate parental rights when a child in need of services (“CHINS”) “has been removed from a parent and has been under the supervision of a county office of family and children for not less than fifteen (15) months of the most recent twenty-two (22) months.... ” Ind.Code § 31-35-2-4.5 (1998). The Phelpses brought a class action challenging the statute on several grounds, and the trial court granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss. The Class raises the following issues on appeal:
I. Whether the…
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