M.R. Ex Rel. Ratliff v. Meltzer

CONOVER, Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant, Susan Ratliff (Ratliff) as next friend of M.R., appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment favoring Defendant-Appellee, August Melt-zer (Meltzer) in a paternity action following the “unadoption” of M.R. by Ratliffs former husband, Harold Dieter (Dieter).

We affirm.

ISSUES

Ratliff raises three issues for our review. Restated, the issues are:

1. whether the child could be adopted without the putative father giving his consent,

2. whether the Newton Circuit Court had jurisdiction to render the adoption null and void eight months after granting it, solely…