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ABELL v. CLARK CTY. DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE

No. 1-280A43.

407 N.E.2d 1209 (1980)

Peggy ABELL, Appellant, v. CLARK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Indiana, First District.

August 7, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carmen Brummet, J. Mark Robinson, Legal Services Organization of Indiana, Inc., New Albany, Peter L. Cassady, Legal Services Organization of Indiana, Inc., Indianapolis, for appellant.

Howard J. Snyder, Snyder & Clary, Cecile A. Blau, Fifer, Vogt & Lanum, Jeffersonville, guardian ad litem for three minor children.

ROBERTSON, Presiding Judge.

Defendant-appellant Peggy Abell appeals a default judgment entered against her in an action to terminate parental rights initiated by the petitioner, Clark County Department of Public Welfare (County Welfare). Due to the important constitutional rights involved, we reverse.

In September, 1977, the three children of Abell were made wards of County Welfare. The action was consented to by Abell, then known as Peggy Jean Patton. On...

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