Legal Opinion
In Re Heaton
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided February 9, 1987No. 32A01-8605-CV-143PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEAL, Judge.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Respondent-appellants, Harold and Joyce Heaton (the Heatons), bring this appeal from the Hendricks Circuit Court, Juvenile Division, contesting its finding that their adopted son, James Daniel Heaton (James), is a child in need of services (CHINS) and a judgment entered pursuant to that finding.
We reverse.
STATEMENT OF THE FACTS
James ran away from the Circle R Christian Home on October 14, 1982. He had been placed in the home six months before by his adoptive parents, the Heatons, who are residents of New Jersey. The same day he ran away, James was picked up…
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- Smith v. TisdalIndiana Court of Appeals · 1985
- Wardship of Nahrwold v. Department of Public WelfareIndiana Court of Appeals · 1981
- Kindred v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1986
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