Legal Opinion

In Re the Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of E.T.

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided May 20, 2004No. 02S03-0308-JV-367PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RUCKER, Justice.

We conclude that reports compiled by a social services agency describing home visits and supervised visitations do not qualify as business records and thus are not admissible as an exception to the hearsay rule.

Facts

The Allen County Office of Family and Children ("OFC") removed E.T. and B.T. from their parents' care in August 1999 after the children were found wandering from their home for the second time in a month. After unsuccessfully working with the parents toward reunification, OFC filed a petition for involuntary termination of parental rights in late 2000 or early 2001.

2Cases cited57 opinions

  1. Palmer v. HoffmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. In re Leon RRNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
  3. Funk v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1981
  4. Wells v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1970
  5. Willoughby v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1996

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3Cited by28 opinions

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  3. Perry v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2011
  4. In Re Adoption of MASIndiana Court of Appeals · 2004
  5. In Re Paternity of HRMIndiana Court of Appeals · 2007

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