Ford v. State

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Juvenile Court of St. Joseph County refusing to set aside its judgment making a minor child a ward of said court.

The record discloses that on January 15, 1951 the chief probation officer filed in said court a petition asserting it was necessary to detain said child pending an investigation to determine her “neglect and delinquency.” On this verified petition the trial court ordered said child placed in a private home and the Probation Department was ordered to complete its investigation.

On February 6, 1951 said child was made a ward of the court. The…