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SHAW v. SHELBY COUNTY DPW

No. 73S01-9304-JV-443.

612 N.E.2d 557 (1993)

Carol SHAW, Appellant (Respondent below), v. SHELBY COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, Appellee (Petitioner below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

April 22, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michelle A. Barrett, Shelbyville, for appellant.

Dennis E. Harrold, Shelbyville, for appellee.

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

Is the physician-patient privilege available in a proceeding to terminate parental rights? The Court of Appeals held that it is not. We agree.

The youngest child of Carol Shaw and Ralph Rouse, C.S., was declared a child in need of services in 1991, and the trial court made C.S. a ward of the Shelby County Department of Public Welfare. The Department eventually petitioned the court to terminate parental rights. Rouse appeared by counsel...

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