Legal Opinion

Lucas v. Grant County Department of Public Welfare

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided July 30, 1986No. 2-585A162PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SHIELDS, Judge.

Brett and Nena Lucas filed a petition seeking their appointment as guardians of their niece, Sarah Lynn Bramblett, a minor. The Lucases appeal the trial court's dismissal of their petition pursuant to the motion of the Grant County Department of Public Welfare.

We affirm.

The undisputed and dispositive facts are that prior to this petition Sarah was adjudicated a child in need of services in Cause No. SJ84-120 in the Grant County Juvenile Court and was made a ward of the Grant County Department of Public Welfare.

Once Sarah was adjudicated a child in need of services in a juvenile…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. In Interest of DLDMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  2. P.B. v. T.D.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1987
  3. Thomas B.H. v. Marion County Department of Public WelfareIndiana Court of Appeals · 1993
  4. Lake County Division of Family & Children Services v. T.B.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1993
  5. Lake County Division of Family & Children Services v. T.B.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1993

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