Doe v. Hancock County Board of Healt

HUNTER, Justice,*

dissenting to grant of petition to transfer and dismissal.

I dissent to the majority’s dismissal of this case on a procedural technicality. The action of this Court in dismissing the matter on a technical basis effectively deprives the appellants of their constitutional rights of appellate review. This case involves a direct and substantial challenge to the constitutionality of an Indiana statute and involves a substantial issue of individual freedom. After an adverse decision in the trial court, appellants timely perfected their appeal to the Court of Appeals, First District,…