Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Rush County Division of Family & Children
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided December 22, 1997No. 70A04-9708-JV-369PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DARDEN, Judge.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Harold Johnson appeals the trial court’s termination of the parent-child relationship with his daughters, A. and T. We affirm.
*718 ISSUES
1. Whether the trial court erred in failing to appoint counsel for Harold before the Rush County Division of Family and Children presented its case in chief in a hearing for which Harold failed to appear.
2. Whether there is sufficient evidence to support the termination of the parental relationship.
FACTS
Harold and Melissa Johnson were married in Apiril 1989. Their daughter A. was born in May 1989, and their daughter T.…
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