IN RE ADOPTION OF L.D.

No. 49S02-1006-CV-330.

938 N.E.2d 666 (2010)

In re ADOPTION OF L.D. A.B. and N.E., Appellants, (Respondents below), v. JO.D. and JA.D., Appellees, (Petitioners below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

December 16, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly R. Eskew , Clarian Health Partners, Indianapolis, IN, Attorney for Appellants.

Mary Jane Norman , Margaret Lois Jansen , Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellees.


On Petition to Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 49A02-0907-CV-671

SULLIVAN, Justice.

A court approved a child's paternal grandparents' request to adopt the child without the child's mother's knowledge. Although the paternal grandparents did publish notice, they did not perform a diligent search reasonably calculated to determine the mother's whereabouts before doing so. As such, the mother did not receive the notice of the adoption proceedings...

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