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IN RE ADOPTION I.B.

No. 82S05-1502-AD-63.

32 N.E.3d 1164 (2015)

In the Matter of the ADOPTION of Minor Children: I.B. and W.B.: B.B., Appellant (Cross-Petitioner/Intervenor), v. B.C. and J.L., Appellees (Adoptive Parents/Petitioners), and Indiana Department of Child Services, Co-Appellee (Wardship of I.B. and W.B.).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

June 11, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven E. Ripstra , Melissa Jo Haley , Ripstra Law Office, Jasper, IN, Attorneys for Appellant.

Gregory F. Zoeller , Attorney General of Indiana, Robert J. Henke , Christina D. Pace , Deputy Attorneys General, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellee Indiana Department of Child Services.

Julie Fox , Matthew W. Lutz , Fox & Lutz, LLC, Evansville, IN, Attorneys for Appellees B.C. and J.L.

After I.B. and W.B. were removed from their parents, both grandmothers petitioned to adopt them. The trial court permitted the maternal grandmother and her fiancé to adopt the children—even though the maternal grandmother has a prior felony conviction that statutorily disqualifies her from adopting—and the...

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