S.E.S. v. Grant County Dept. of Welfare

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

KRAHULIK, Justice.

S.E.S. - (Respondent-Appellant - below) ("'Mother") seeks transfer after the Court of Appeals affirmed the termination of her parental rights. S.E.S. v. Grant County Dept. of Pub. Welf. (1991), Ind.App., 582 N.E.2d 886.

Mother argues that before her parental rights may be terminated, Ind. Code § 31-6-1-1(5) requires that the agency seeking termination show that the agency provided reasonable services to assist the parent in fulfilling her parental obligations. Mother contends that, because her alcoholism was a cause of her inability to properly parent…