Stivers v. Knox County Department of Public Welfare

ROBERTSON, Judge.

The appellant-respondent Patricia Stivers appeals from a trial court judgment finding that Stivers' daughter is a child in need of services and making the daughter a ward of the appellee-petitioner Knox County Department of Public Welfare (DPW).

We reverse for the reasons stated below.

The facts show that IND.CODE 31-6-11-14 creates a community child protection team. The statute reads:

The director of the county department of public welfare shall appoint and convene a community-wide, multi-disciplinary child protection team to be known as the "community child protection team."…