Legal Opinion
T.B. v. Indiana Department of Child Services
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided June 29, 2012No. 79A04-1110-JT-594PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NAJAM, Judge.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
T.B. (“Mother”) appeals the involuntary termination of her parental rights to her children and asks this court to adopt a policy that prohibits the involuntary termination of parental rights for all mentally retarded parents. We affirm the trial court’s judgment.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Mother is the biological mother of N.B., born in April 2005, and M.B., born in August 2008. 1 The facts most favorable to the trial court’s judgment reveal that in June 2010 the local Tippecanoe County Office of the Indiana Department of Child Services (“TCDCS”)…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Lassiter v. Department of Social Servs. of Durham Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Bester v. Lake County Office of Family & ChildrenIndiana Supreme Court · 2005
- Quillen v. QuillenIndiana Supreme Court · 1996
- Judy S. v. Noble County Office of Family & ChildrenIndiana Court of Appeals · 1999
- R.Y. v. Indiana Department of Child ServicesIndiana Supreme Court · 2009
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3Cited by3 opinions
- In the Matter of the Involuntary Term. of the Parent-Child Rel. of M.N., Minor Child and his Father, M.D.N. v. Indiana Department of Chiild ServicesIndiana Court of Appeals · 2013
- In the Matter of the Involuntary Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of K.M.(Minor Child) and C.M.(Mother) and R.M.(Father) v. Indiana Department of Child ServicesIndiana Court of Appeals · 2013
- In the Matter of the Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of: J.W.K., R.K., J.N.K., B.K., and J.K., Minor Children, and S.K., Mother v. Indiana Department of Child ServicesIndiana Court of Appeals · 2014