ADOPTION OF T.R.M. v. D.R.L.

No. 3-384A81.

489 N.E.2d 156 (1986)

In the matter of ADOPTION OF T.R.M., an Indian Child and J.Q. (Natural Mother), Appellant, v. D.R.L. and E.M.L. (Adoptive Parents), Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Third District.

February 26, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joanne Tapocsi, Valparaiso, Barry Levine, Traverse City, Mich., for appellant.

Hugo E. Martz, Guardian ad Litem, Steven L. Langer, Valparaiso, for appellees.


GARRARD, Judge.

T.R.M. is an Indian child and an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe at the Pine Ridge Reservation.

She was born June 14, 1981 at Hot Springs, South Dakota. Shortly thereafter her mother placed her with the appellees, D.R.L. and E.M.L. and executed a form of consent to adoption.

D.R.L. and E.M.L. reside in Porter County, Indiana and took the child there. In April 1982 T.R.M.'s natural mother, J.Q., petitioned the Porter Circuit...

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