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PRESBYTERY OF OHIO VALLEY v. OPC, INC.

No. 82A02-1003-MF-339.

940 N.E.2d 1188 (2010)

The PRESBYTERY OF OHIO VALLEY, INC. d/b/a the Presbytery of Ohio Valley d/b/a Ohio Valley Presbystery, and the Synod of Lincoln Trails of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Inc. d/b/a the Synod of Lincoln Trails, Inc., Appellants-Plaintiffs, v. OPC, INC. f/k/a Olivet Presbyterian Church, Inc. d/b/a Olivet Presbyterian Church d/b/a Olivet Evangelical Presbyterian Church d/b/a Olivet Presbyterian Church of Evansville, Olivet Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Evansville, Inc. d/b/a Olivet Evangelical Presbyterian Church, and the Evangelical Presbyterian Church d/b/a Evangelical Presbyterian Church of America, Appellees-Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Indiana.

December 14, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judy L. Woods , Bose McKinney & Evans LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Ross E. Rudolph , Rudolph Fine Porter & Johnson LLP, Evansville, IN, Attorneys for Appellants.

Brian P. Williams , Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn, LLP, Evansville, IN, Attorney for Appellees.

OPINION

BAKER, Chief Judge.

In this appeal, a local congregation that was a part of the national Presbyterian Church petitioned to leave the national Church. When the governing Church body indicated that it might not permit the local congregation to retain the property on which it was situated, the local congregation truncated the process and refused to acknowledge the Church's right to the property. The dispute made its way into the judicial system, and...

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