Matter of Miedl

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

PIVARNIK, Justice.

This cause comes to us on a petition to transfer from the Fourth District Court of Appeals. On October 9, 1979, the LaPorte Juvenile Court granted the petition of the LaPorte County Welfare Department to terminate the parental rights of Glenda Miedl and her two minor children, Charles and Shaun.

The Court of Appeals held the termination of the mother’s parental rights was improper since the trial court did not comply with statutory requirements and, further, that there was insufficient evidence in the record before the trial court. Matter of Miedl,…