Legal Opinion

M.B. v. Delaware County Department of Public Welfare

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided April 22, 1991No. 18A048911CV504PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MILLER, Judge.

Mother, age 22, appeals an order terminating her parental rights to her two children, M.B., age 5, and C.B., age 8. She argues that the Delaware County Department of Public Welfare (DPW) failed to offer her reasonable services before terminating her parental rights.

We affirm.

FACTS

The facts most favorable to the decision of the trial court are as follows:

On April 16,1987, Mother took C.B., then one month old, to Ball Memorial Hospital, in Muncie, Indiana, because the child was vomiting and had diarrhea. During C.B.’s stay in the hospital, the nurses reported that at times Mother…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Economy Oil Corp. v. Indiana Department of State RevenueIndiana Court of Appeals · 1974
  2. Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of J.K.C. v. Fountain County Department of Public WelfareIndiana Court of Appeals · 1984
  3. Gard v. Allen County Department of Public WelfareIndiana Court of Appeals · 1976
  4. E.S. v. Bartholomew County Department of Public WelfareIndiana Court of Appeals · 1983
  5. Myers v. Jennings County Department of Public WelfareIndiana Court of Appeals · 1981

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Lang v. Starke County Office of Family & ChildrenIndiana Court of Appeals · 2007
  2. Prince v. Department of Child ServicesIndiana Court of Appeals · 2007
  3. S.E.S. v. Grant County Dept. of WelfareIndiana Supreme Court · 1992
  4. Odom v. Allen County Department of Public WelfareIndiana Court of Appeals · 1991
  5. Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship v. Division of Family & ChildrenIndiana Court of Appeals · 1997

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