Legal Opinion
Evans v. Murray
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided September 28, 2004No. 17A03-0403-CV-149PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SHARPNACK, Judge.
Dale Wayne Evans ("Father") appeals the trial court's grant of a petition to adopt MAS. filed by Christopher Murray ("Stepfather"). Father raises three issues, which we consolidate and restate as whether the trial court erred by granting Stepfather's petition to adopt M.A.S. We affirm.
The relevant facts follow. In 1999, Father and Sara Stempien Murray ("Mother") lived together with Mother's daughter from a previous relationship, A.S. On November 15, 1999, A.S. died, and the State filed criminal charges against Father as a result of A.S.'s death. M.A.S. was born to…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Winegeart v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1996
- In Re the Guardianship of B.H.Indiana Supreme Court · 2002
- In RE ADOPTION OF BRYANT v. KurtzIndiana Court of Appeals · 1963
- In Re the Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of E.T.Indiana Supreme Court · 2004
- Krieg v. GlassburnIndiana Court of Appeals · 1981
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3Cited by5 opinions
- In Re Adoption of MASIndiana Court of Appeals · 2004
- K.S. v. D.S.Indiana Court of Appeals · 2016
- In Re Adoption of MBIndiana Court of Appeals · 2011
- L.G. v. S.L.Indiana Court of Appeals · 2017
- Je.B. v. Ja.B.Indiana Court of Appeals · 2011