Legal Opinion
Ellis v. Catholic Charities
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided September 26, 1997No. 71A03-9701-JV-00022PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1DissentDickson, Justice
On June 7, 1996, the day after her release from hospitalization for complications of pregnancy and childbirth, the appellant-mother, Tiffany Ellis, signed a consent to the termination of her parental rights. 1 On June 25, 1996, appellee Catholic Charities, a private adoption service, filed a Petition for Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship. A hearing was set for July 30, 1996. The appellant-mother was given proper notice, appeared at the hearing, and asked to withdraw her consent. The .court denied her request and granted the appellee’s petition, concluding that the mother “knowingly…
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2Cases cited9 opinions
- Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- M. L. B. v. S. L. J.Supreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Rhodes v. ShirleyIndiana Supreme Court · 1955
- Snyder v. Shelby County Department of Public WelfareIndiana Court of Appeals · 1981
- Styck v. KarnesIndiana Court of Appeals · 1984
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Neal v. Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of M.N.Indiana Court of Appeals · 2002
- Wight v. Kosciusko County Office of Family & ChildrenIndiana Court of Appeals · 1999
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- Neal v. Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of M.N.Indiana Supreme Court · 2003
- Wight v. Kosciusko County Office of Family & ChildrenIndiana Court of Appeals · 1999