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BROWDER v. HARMEYER

No. 4-882A257.

453 N.E.2d 301 (1983)

Carolyn BROWDER, Appellant (Petitioner below), v. Alvin and Mary HARMEYER Indiana Department of Public Welfare and Ripley County Department of Public Welfare, Appellees (Respondents below).

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied October 18, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry L. Eaton, Eaton & Taylor, Versailles, for appellant.

Douglas C. Wilson, Greeman, Kellerman & Wilson, Batesville, for appellees.

MILLER, Judge.

The adoption of Nathanial Browder, currently four years old, is the focus of this controversy between his maternal grandparents, Alvin and Mary Harmeyer, and his paternal grandmother, Carolyn Browder. Browder, while recognizing the language of the adoption statute (Ind. Code 31-3-1-1) requires spouses to petition jointly, alleges she was denied equal protection when the trial court dismissed her adoption petition because her husband, Nathanial's paternal...

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