Legal Opinion · Dissent

Egly v. Blackford County Department of Public Welfare

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided July 23, 1991No. 05A02-9003-CV-174Published

1DissentBaker, Judge

I respectfully dissent. The majority appears to have used a different standard for the termination of parental rights for those parents with mental infirmities than that used for parents without such mental infirmities. Unfortunately, the casebooks are replete with challenges to the termination of a parent's rights, and often there is some failing on the part of the parent which allows the assignment of blame or fault to that parent. See, e.g., Matter of Campbell (1989), Ind.App., 534 N.E.2d 273; Matter of D.L.W. (1985), Ind.App., 485 N.E.2d 139; Alexander v. LaPorte County Welfare Dep't…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Campbell v. Bartholomew County Department of Public WelfareIndiana Court of Appeals · 1989
  2. In re the Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of D.L.W.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1985
  3. Alexander v. La Porte County Welfare DepartmentIndiana Court of Appeals · 1984

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