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IN RE ADOPTION OF J.E.H.

No. 08A05-0605-CV-255.

859 N.E.2d 388 (2006)

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF J.E.H. and W.D.H. Melissa Hefner, Appellant-Petitioner, v. Wanda Hefner, Appellee-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Indiana.

December 28, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael O. Bolinger, Kokomo, IN, Attorney for Appellant.

Steven Knecht, Vonderheide & Knecht, P.C., Lafayette, IN, Attorney for Appellee.

OPINION

KIRSCH, Chief Judge.

Melissa Hefner ("Melissa") appeals the trial court's decision denying her petition to adopt J.E.H. and W.D.H and raises the following issue:

Whether IC 31-19-9-1 requires a child's consent to adoption when the child was less than fourteen years old at the time of the filing of the petition to adopt, but over fourteen at the time of the adoption hearing.

We affirm.

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