Thomas B.H. v. Marion County Department of Public Welfare

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

The Marion Superior Court, Juvenile Division, found that two children residing in Indiana with their mother were children in need of services (CHINS), Ind.Code Ann. § 31-6-4-3 (West Supp.1993) and entered certain orders requiring therapy and evalu*472ation and affecting visitation with the children’s father. He is a resident of Texas, the state where the dissolution decree was entered.

The court also terminated the father’s parental rights in accordance with Ind. Code Ann. § 31-6-5-4.3 (West Supp.1993).

A divided Court of Appeals held that the Marion Superior Court should…