State Supreme Court / Ind.

Bester v. Lake County Office of Family & Children

Decided December 20, 2005. Robert D. Rucker wrote the opinion for the court.

839 N.E.2d 143 · Cited 1,005 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Tipton v. Marion County Department of Public Welfare · 629 N.E.2d 1262
Meyer v. Nebraska · 262 U.S. 390
Pierce v. Society of Sisters · 268 U.S. 510
Doe v. Daviess County Division of Children & Family Services · 669 N.E.2d 192
Arizona Department of Economic Security v. Leonardo · 22 P.3d 513
Johnny S. v. Yvonne Q. · 40 Cal. App. 4th 969
Neal v. Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of M.N. · 796 N.E.2d 280
Involuntary Termination of Parent-Child Relationship of J.M. v. Marion County Office of Family & Children · 802 N.E.2d 40
Arkansas Department of Human Services v. Huff · 65 S.W.3d 880
Adoption of Warren · 44 Mass. App. Ct. 620
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAM. v. Benway · 745 So. 2d 437
In Re the Wardship of B.C. · 441 N.E.2d 208
Page v. Greene County Department of Welfare · 564 N.E.2d 956
State, Dept. of Children & Family Services v. LG · 801 So. 2d 1047
Childress v. State · 826 N.E.2d 165

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Involuntary Termination of Parent-Child Relationship of K.E. v. Indiana Department of Child Services · 39 N.E.3d 641
Parks v. Delaware County Department of Child Services · 862 N.E.2d 1275
Involuntary Termination of Parentchild Relationship of B.R. v. Miami County Department of Child Services · 875 N.E.2d 369
Involuntary Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of A.B. v. Marion County Department of Child Services · 924 N.E.2d 666
In Re Termination of the Parent-Child Relation. · 883 N.E.2d 830
L.P. v. Tippecanoe County Division of Child Services · 905 N.E.2d 47
In Re GY · 904 N.E.2d 1257
In Re AB · 924 N.E.2d 666
In Re As · 905 N.E.2d 47
R.Y. v. Indiana Department of Child Services · 904 N.E.2d 1257
In re the Involuntary Termination of H.T. · 901 N.E.2d 1118
In Re IA · 903 N.E.2d 146
In Re HT · 901 N.E.2d 1118
R.C. v. Indiana Department of Child Services · 989 N.E.2d 1225
Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of H.G. v. Indiana Department of Child Services · 959 N.E.2d 272
Moore v. Jasper County Department of Child Services · 894 N.E.2d 218
In Re Termination Parent-Child Rel. of JM · 895 N.E.2d 1228
Pappas v. A.S. · 895 N.E.2d 1228
In Re JM · 908 N.E.2d 191
Term. of Parent-Child Rel. of I.A. J.H. v. IDCS · 934 N.E.2d 1127
In Re the Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of V.A. (Minor Child), and A.A. (Father) v. Indiana Department of Child Services · 51 N.E.3d 1140
In the Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of: S.S. (Minor Child) and L.M. (Mother) and Sa.S. (Father) v. The Indiana Department of Child Services · 120 N.E.3d 605
Angela B. v. Lake County Department of Child Services · 888 N.E.2d 231
In Re BJ · 879 N.E.2d 7
Pappas v. A.S. · 908 N.E.2d 191

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