IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF NEFF

No. 2-283A72.

456 N.E.2d 1045 (1983)

In re the GUARDIANSHIP OF Kecia Leann NEFF, a Minor Child. Merle Neff, Appellant-Respondent, v. Nell L. Taylor, Appellee-Petitioner, and Madison County Department of Public Welfare, Appellee-Guardian.

Court of Appeals of Indiana, First District.

Rehearing Denied January 10, 1984.

Transfer Denied March 21, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis K. Frick, Montague M. Oliver, Jr., East Central Legal Services, Anderson, for appellant-respondent.

Jeffrey A. Lockwood, Madison County Dept. of Public Welfare, Anderson, for appellee-guardian.


ROBERTSON, Presiding Judge.

Merle Neff (Neff) appeals the trial court's judgment ordering his daughter, Kecia Neff (Kecia), to be made a ward of the Madison County Department of Public Welfare (DPW) in a guardianship proceeding initiated by Nell L. Taylor (Taylor).

We reverse and remand.

Taylor filed a petition seeking to be named Kecia's temporary guardian on May 6, 1981. She was appointed to the position that day. After further evidentiary hearings...

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