In Re Minton

This is an appeal on questions of law from a judgment of the Juvenile Court of Darke County finding that James Minton, a child two and one-half years of age, was a dependent and neglected child, and making him a ward of the court and giving temporary care and custody to Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Gordon, the child’s maternal aunt and uncle.

The parents of the child are Carl and Edna Minton, 28 and 25 years of age, respectively, who have been married for a period of eight years. They have two other children: Scotty, sis years of age, and Randy, less than one year old. Both Scotty and James have, from…