IN RE J.M.

No. 02S05-0904-JV-146.

908 N.E.2d 191 (2009)

In the Matter of the Involuntary Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of J.M., The Child, Daniel G. Pappas, Guardian Ad Litem, Appellant (Defendant below), v. A.S., the Child's mother, A.M., the Child's alleged father, the unknown father, and Allen County Department of Child Services, Appellees (Plaintiffs below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

June 16, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel G. Pappas, Fort Wayne, IN, Attorney for Appellant.

Richard L. Williams, Thomas C. Allen, Fort Wayne, IN, Attorneys for Appellees.


On Petition to Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 02A05-0807-JV-416

SULLIVAN, Justice.

This is the second case that we have decided in recent weeks in which we have held that the involuntary termination of the parental rights of incarcerated parents was not warranted. See R.Y. v. Ind. Dep't of Child Servs., 904 N.E.2d 1257 (Ind. April 24, 2009). The fact that we have reached such a conclusion in such...

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