In Re the Adoption of B.C.H.

On Petition to Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 41A04-1308-AD-388

DAVID, Justice.

For the first forty-five months of her life, B.C.H. remained in the primary care, custody, and control of her maternal grandparents T.H. and C.H. (“Grandparents”). Unmarried at the time of B.C.H.’s birth, her mother R.H. (“Mother”) would visit her daughter about once a week. Later, Mother began keeping B.C.H. at her apartment one day and night per week, and when Mother married K.J. (“Stepfather”), these visits increased to twice weekly. In November 2010, Stepfather, with Mother’s consent, filed a…