Legal Opinion
B.G. v. H.S.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided June 24, 1987No. 45A03-8608-JV-243PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STATON, Judge.
This interlocutory appeal arises from a paternity action, initiated by H.S., claiming that he is the father of a baby girl born to B.G. in October of 1984. B.G. filed a number of pretrial motions, including a motion to dismiss because the child had been adopted and was not within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. She appeals the denial of these motions. Because we reverse the denial of B.G.'s motion to dismiss, we need not discuss the other rulings.
Our threshold issue is whether Indiana has sufficiently protected the opportunity of H.S., an unwed father, to establish a…
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