Legal Opinion
A.B. v. Jo.D.
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided December 16, 2010No. 49S02-1006-CV-330PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SULLIVAN, Justice.
A court approved a child's paternal grandparents' request to adopt the child without the child's mother's knowledge. Although the paternal grandparents did publish notice, they did not perform a diligent search reasonably calculated to determine the mother's whereabouts before doing so. As such, the mother did not receive the notice of the adoption proceedings required by law.
Background
On March 1, 2003, Mother gave birth to a baby «boy ("Child"). At the time, she was unmarried and incarcerated. A coworker of Mother, N.E., assisted at birth and within a few weeks, a court…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Mueller v. MuellerIndiana Supreme Court · 1972
- Smith v. TisdalIndiana Court of Appeals · 1985
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