Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of S.B. v. Marion County Department of Child Services

OPINION

VAIDIK, Judge.

Case Summary

In 2011, Magistrate Julianne Cartmel held an evidentiary hearing to determine whether K.G.'s ("Mother") parental rights to her four children should be terminated. Mother did not attend the hearing but she was represented by counsel. Magistrate Cartmel resigned after the hearing without reporting factual findings or conclusions to the juvenile court. The case was transferred to Magistrate Larry Bradley. Magistrate Bradley reviewed the record and reported factual findings and conclusions to Judge Marilyn Moores, who approved Magistrate Bradley's findings and…