Van Hoosier v. Grant County Department of Public Welfare

YOUNG, Presiding Judge.

Appellant Janice L. Van Hoosier Corn appeals the trial court’s 1981 termination of the parent-child relationship between her and her son Michael Van Hoosier.1 She contends that the evidence is insufficient to support the judgment. We remand.

Before reaching the evidentiary issues, Corn presents an argument as to the proper standard of proof at trial. In 1981, the Juvenile Code required a preponderance of the evidence as the standard of proof for terminating parental rights. Ind.Code 31-6-7-13. However, since the enactment of that standard by the state legislature, the…