Legal Opinion
L.P. v. Tippecanoe County Division of Child Services
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided April 30, 2009No. 79A05-0901-JV-54PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BARNES, Judge.
Case Summary
L.P. ("Mother") appeals the termination of her parental rights to M.P. and A.S. We affirm.
Issue
Mother raises one issue, which we restate as whether the trial court impermis-sibly terminated her rights because she is mentally handicapped.
Facts
Mother has four children, but only two, M.P. and A.S., are the subject of this appeal. They have an older sibling, J.B., and a younger sibling, A.L.S. On September 5, 2007, Tippecanoe County Division of Child Services ("DCS") received a report that Mother left A.S. and J.B. in the care of a parent whose own children had…
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