ADOPTIVE PARENTS OF M.L.V. v. WILKENS

No. 82S05-9209-JV-673.

598 N.E.2d 1054 (1992)

ADOPTIVE PARENTS OF M.L.V. and A.L.V., Appellants (Defendants below), v. Mark WILKENS, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

September 4, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marilyn R. Ratliff, John E. Hegeman, Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn, Evansville, for appellants.

Katherine J. Rybak, Legal Services Organization, Evansville, Kenneth Falk, Legal Services Organization, Indianapolis, for appellee.


SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

The apparent father of the children who are the subjects of this proceeding asked that they be adopted and executed the necessary consents. After the children were adopted, he sought to set the adoption aside. We hold that he has no standing to do so and affirm the constitutionality of our statute so providing.

The adoptive parents bring this interlocutory appeal from the trial court's denial of their motion to dismiss a complaint brought...

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