Gibson v. Dekalb County Department of Public Welfare

GARRARD, Judge.

Michelle Gibson appeals the judgment of the DeKalb Circuit Court terminating the parent-child relationship between her and her three children. On review she presents several issues, which we restate as follows: Whether the trial court accorded Michelle Gibson her procedural rights in accordance with IC 31-6-5-2(c) when it accepted her signed statement voluntarily relinquishing her parental rights.

Facts and Procedural History

On November 24, 1986 Mitchell and Michelle Gibson agreed that their three sons should be made temporary wards of the DeKalb County Department of Public…