D.C.L. v. Marion County Department of Human Resources

THOMAS, Judge.

D.L.L. (“the child”) was born on December 10, 2007, to unmarried parents, M.M. (“the mother”) and D.C.L. On March 6, 2008, the Marion County Department of Human Resources (“DHR”) 1 filed a petition to terminate the mother’s parental rights to the child. The petition named D.C.L. as the child’s father and requested that the juvenile court appoint an attorney to represent him. At a hearing on May 2, 2008, the mother consented to a termination of her parental rights. On May 28, 2008, D.C.L. filed a “Motion for Adjudication of Paternity,” alleging, among other things, the following;

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