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IN RE ADOPTION OF C.B.M.

No. 37S03-1303-AD-159.

992 N.E.2d 687 (2013)

In re the Matter of the ADOPTION OF Minor Children C.B.M. and C.R.M. C.A.B., Appellant/Natural Mother, v. J.D.M. and K.L.M., Appellees/Adoptive Parents.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

August 16, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark L. Callaway , Rensselaer, IN, Attorney for Appellant.

Charles P. Rice , Advocates, Inc., South Bend, IN, Attorney for Appellees.

Gregory F. Zoeller , Attorney General of Indiana, Frances Barrow , Deputy Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for the State of Indiana.

Barry A. Chambers , Carey Haley Wong , Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Child Advocates, Inc.

RUSH, Justice.

The foster parents of C.B.M. and C.R.M. adopted them while their natural mother's termination of parental rights (TPR) appeal was still pending. Our statutes specifically allow those competing processes to overlap. But choosing to do so creates the devastating possibility of jeopardizing a finalized adoption if the underlying TPR judgment is later reversed on appeal.

That is exactly what happened here, and we cannot unscramble that egg.

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