State Ex Rel. Talkington v. Hoffmann, Judge

This is an original action for writ of prohibition.

The averments of the verified complaint are in substance, that the relatrix is the mother of Harvey Eugene, and Mary Elizabeth Huggins, children under 18 years of age whose father is dead. That as mother of these children, she placed them in the care and custody of her mother in Owen County, Indiana, about November 26, 1946. That on December 10, 1946, a complaint was filed in respondent court, charging that these children were dependent and neglected children. And at a trial of the matter on December 31, 1946, a decree was entered, ordering…