Collar v. Allen County Department of Public Welfare

The sole issue presented by this appeal is whether the order of the trial court making a child a permanent ward of the County Department of Public Welfare is contrary to law.

On September 17, 1971, the County Department of Public Welfare (Welfare Department) filed a petition alleging, inter alia, Deanna Jean Collar to be a neglected and dependent child. A hearing was conducted on such petition and Deanna Jean Collar was found to be a dependent child and was made a temporary ward of the Welfare Department.

On January 26, 1972, Mrs. Darlene Collar, the natural mother of the child, filed a…