Walker v. Campbell
Indiana Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BAILEY, Judge
Case Summary
Appellants Jack Michael Walker (“Father”), and Jack L. and Stella Walker (“Grandparents”) appeal the granting of the petition for the adoption of Father’s natural son filed by Jennifer Renee and Kevin Eugene Campbell, the child’s mother and her husband (“the Campbells”). We reverse.
Issue
The dispositive issue may be restated as whether Indiana’s adoption statutes which have operated to establish Father’s irrevocable, implied consent to the adoption, without benefit of notice or hearing, are violative of Father’s constitutional due process rights as applied under…
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