Marion County Office of Family & Children & Child Advocates, Inc. v. Qualls

OPINION

NAJAM, Judge

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

The Marion County Office of Family & Children ("OFC") and Child Advocates, Inc., the guardian ad litem, appeal from the trial court's denial of the OFC's petition for involuntary termination of the parental rights of Delpha Qualls and Steve Darringer.

We affirm in part and remand for further proceedings.1

ISSUES

The OFC and Child Advocates present several issues for our review, which we consolidate and restate as:

1. Whether the trial court abused its discretion when it reopened the case to allow Qualls to present additional evidence.

2. Whether the trial…