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IN RE TERMINATION OF THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP OF E.T.

No. 02S03-0308-JV-367.

808 N.E.2d 639 (2004)

In re The Matter of the TERMINATION OF THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP of E.T. and B.T.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

May 20, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Williams, Fort Wayne, IN, Attorney for Mother, Caroline Taylor.

Robert J. Bishop, Fort Wayne, IN, Attorney for Father, Leroy Taylor.

Stephen P. Griebel, Van Gilder & Trzynka, P.C., Fort Wayne, IN, Attorney for Appellee.

RUCKER, Justice.

We conclude that reports compiled by a social services agency describing home visits and supervised visitations do not qualify as business records and thus are not admissible as an exception to the hearsay rule.

Facts

The Allen County Office of Family and Children ("OFC") removed E.T. and B.T. from their parents' care in August 1999 after the children were found wandering from their home for the second time in a month. After unsuccessfully...

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