Indiana Adoption Court Cases

Indiana Court Case: Horlock v. Oglesby
This appeal comes to this Court by opinion of the Indiana Appellate Court made pursuant to Acts 1901, ch. 247, § 9, p. 565, as amended by Acts 1963, ch. 279, § 1, p. 424, being § 4-214 Burns, 1963 Replacement. (See Horlock v. Oglesby (1965), 210 N. E. 2d 56). This appeal stems from an action instituted in the court below by a petition filed by appellees, husband and wife, for the adoption of the wife's minor child born as a result of her former marriage. The original action was filed...


Indiana Court Case: In re T.B.
T.B. was born August 13, 1975. In 1983, T.B. became a ward of FCS when she was removed from the custody of her natural mother and placed in the Carmelite Home for Girls. During three years of visitation, Sudis and T.B. grew fond of each other. Sudis was informed that T.B. was a victim of neglect. In April of 1986, the parental rights of T.B.'s natural mother were terminated. Shortly thereafter, Sudis filed a petition for adoption which was subsequently granted on August 27, 1986...


Indiana Court Case: Risner v. Risner
This is an appeal from an interlocutory order of the St. Joseph Superior Court No. 2. That order provided that the custody of Beverly Risner should be restored to her adoptive parents. The action below was upon a complaint for a writ of habeas corpus. It was alleged that appellant Louise Risner, the natural mother of the child, and her second husband, Harold Risner, brother of appellee Randolph Risner, were illegally depriving the appellees custody of their...


Indiana Court Case: Adoptive Parents v. Wilkens
The adoptive parents bring this interlocutory appeal from the trial court's denial of their motion to dismiss a complaint brought against them by appellee Mark Wilkens, putative biological father of their adopted children. The adoptive parents contend Wilkens lacked standing to bring the action and that the court should have dismissed. The Court of Appeals affirmed. Van Hoose and Adoptive Parents...


Indiana Court Case: Egly v. Blackford County
The Eglys appealed. n1 The Court of Appeals reversed the termination. Citing Matter of Miedl (1981), Ind., 425 N.E.2d 137, 141, the court held that parental rights may be terminated only where there is clear and convincing evidence that the continued custody of the parents is wholly inadequate for the child's very survival. 575 N.E.2d at 314. The court opined that the findings of the trial court were...


Indiana Court Case: Levin v. Levin
This case presents a question of first impression brought on by advancing reproductive technology: whether a husband who consents to the heterologous artificial insemination of his wife is the legal father of the resulting child. We find that the appellant here is the legal father of the child and is, accordingly, responsible for the child's support. Therefore, we grant transfer and affirm...


Indiana Court Case: Walker v. West
The appellants, Herschel Walker and LaVerne Walker (the Walkers) are the paternal grandparents of Jamie Lynn West (Jamie). Jamie's mother, Lynn West, was married to John Walker and, following the dissolution of their marriage in 1989, was granted custody of Jamie. Lynn married Kendal West in 1991, and John Walker's parental rights were terminated in late 1992 in connection...


Indiana Court Case: Worrell v. Elkhart County
In 1995, R.D., S.D., and B.D., brothers sharing the same natural mother, were placed in the Worrells' home as foster children. They remained in that home for seventeen months, until the Worrells discovered that twelve-year-old B.D. kissed and held hands with their twelve-year-old natural daughter. Jacintha Worrell reported the incident to the proper authorities, and they placed B.D. in another foster home that same day. The other two brothers remained with the Worrells for two months, at which time they were placed...


Indiana Court Case: Augustyniak v. Augustyniak
Lucas Peter Augustyniak was born on April 22, 1980, to Peter G. Augustyniak and Wendy R. (Augustyniak) Bruick. They were divorced on March 19, 1982. Wendy was granted custody of Lucas. She married Randall Gene Bruick on March 23, 1985. On August 1, 1985, Mr. Bruick filed a petition for the adoption of Lucas. Mrs. Bruick gave her consent to the adoption...


Indiana Court Case: B.G. v. H.S.
This interlocutory appeal arises from a paternity action, initiated by H. S., claiming that he is the father of a baby girl born to B. G. in October of 1984. B. G. filed a number of pretrial motions, including a motion to dismiss because the child had been adopted and was not within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. She appeals the denial of these motions. Because we reverse...


Indiana Court Case: Taylor v. White
Everett and Jean Taylor appeal from a Grant Circuit Court order which vacated their adoption of Phillip Taylor. The dispositive issue raised by this appeal is whether the trial court erred in concluding that the decree of adoption was invalid because the Taylors failed to seek and obtain the consent of Jefferson and Celeste White and the consent of a New Jersey Superior Court which had entered an order giving the Taylors and the Whites joint custody...


Indiana Court Case: Adoption of M.J.C.
The child was born in South Bend, Indiana on January 17, 1981 and her paternity was established July 15, 1981. At the time of her birth, her biological mother, (the mother), and her biological father, (the father), were unmarried and 17 and 25 years old, respectively. Either immediately before the child's birth or shortly thereafter, the father moved to Houston, Texas. After the child's birth...

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