In Re Lucas

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Juvenile Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Putnam County wherein that court divested the natural parents of Angela Lucas, a dependent child, of all parental rights and responsibilities and granted permanent custody of said minor child to the Putnam County Welfare Department.

The case covers an extended period of time. The original complaint charging dependency (amended on November 4, 1981) was filed on October 9,1981 when the child was approximately one year old. The father, Chris Lucas, was allegedly “unavailable” at the time and summons was…