James v. Pike County

OPINION

NAJAM, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Valerie M. James brings this interlocutory appeal from the trial court's denial of her motion to dismiss Pike County Office of Family and Children's ("OFC") petition to terminate her parental rights. She presents four issues for our review, which we consolidate and restate as:

1. Whether Indiana Code Section 31-35-2-4.5 violates federal law.

2. Whether the statute violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

3. Whether the current version of the statute applies here.

We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

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