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NICOLE K. BY NEXT FRIEND LINDA R. v. STIGDON

No. 20-1525.

990 F.3d 534 (2021)

NICOLE K., BY NEXT FRIEND LINDA R., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Terry J. STIGDON, Director of the Indiana Department of Child Services, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 5, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen A. DeLaney , Attorney, DELANEY & DELANEY LLC, Indianapolis, IN, Seth W. Lloyd , Deanne E. Maynard , Attorneys, MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP, Washington, DC, Robert C. Fellmeth , Attorney, CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY INSTITUTE, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Aaron T. Craft , Thomas M. Fisher , Kian James Hudson , Benjamin M. L. Jones , Julia Catherine Payne, Esq. , Attorneys, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Easterbrook, Rovner, and Wood, Circuit Judges.

When officials in Indiana believe that children may be suffering from abuse or neglect, they initiate a process that they call CHINS, for Child in Need of Services. The plaintiffs in this suit are children (represented by next friends) about whom CHINS proceedings are under way. Indiana automatically appoints lawyers...

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