State Court of Appeals / Ind. Ct. App.

Castro v. State Office of Family & Children

Decided February 13, 2006. Nancy H. Vaidik wrote the opinion for the court.

842 N.E.2d 367 · Cited 235 times

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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.

Involuntary Termination of Parental Rights of S.P.H. v. Clay County Division of Family & Children · 806 N.E.2d 874
Termination of Parent-Child Relationship of A.P. v. Porter County Office of Family & Children · 734 N.E.2d 1107
Bester v. Lake County Office of Family & Children · 839 N.E.2d 143
Matter of ACB · 598 N.E.2d 570
Phelps v. Sybinsky · 736 N.E.2d 809
Termination of the Parent/Child Relationship of M.H.C. v. Hill · 750 N.E.2d 872
Ellis v. Knox County Department of Public Welfare · 433 N.E.2d 847
Yoder v. Elkhart County Auditor · 632 N.E.2d 369

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In Re Termination Parent-Child Rel. of JM · 895 N.E.2d 1228
Pappas v. A.S. · 895 N.E.2d 1228
A.S. v. Indiana Department of Child Services · 924 N.E.2d 212
C.T. v. Marion County Department of Child Services · 896 N.E.2d 571
In Re The Adoption of S.W. Thomas West v. Ronnie D. Sedberry and Sondra A. Sedberry · 979 N.E.2d 633
In Re AK · 924 N.E.2d 212
Lang v. Starke County Office of Family & Children · 861 N.E.2d 366
Involuntary Termination of Parent-Child Relationship of K.E. v. Indiana Department of Child Services · 39 N.E.3d 641
Involuntary Termination of Parentchild Relationship of B.R. v. Miami County Department of Child Services · 875 N.E.2d 369
Involuntary Termination of Parent-Child Relationship of A.J. v. Marion County Office of Family & Children · 881 N.E.2d 706
Lanny B. v. Marion County Department of Child Services · 889 N.E.2d 326
In Re the Adoption of H.N.P.G. · 878 N.E.2d 900
S.E. v. Indiana Department of Child Services · 15 N.E.3d 37
In Re HL · 915 N.E.2d 145
In re the Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of S.K., E.K., and M.K. (Minor Children), and S.K., Sr. (Father) v. Indiana Department of Child Services · 124 N.E.3d 1225
Elizabethe G. v. Department of Child Services · 906 N.E.2d 248
In Re the Adoption of E.A., M.A. v. D.B. · 43 N.E.3d 592
A.Z. v. Marion County Office, Indiana Department of Child Services · 915 N.E.2d 145
In Re LB · 889 N.E.2d 326
In Re HT · 911 N.E.2d 577
In Re GH · 906 N.E.2d 248
In Re Cg · 933 N.E.2d 494

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