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No. 19-8180October Term 2019Decided Jun 1, 2020

Docket 19-8180October Term 2019 (2019–2020)

M. H. v. Ind. Dep't of Child Servs.

This case involves a dispute between M.H. and the Indiana Department of Child Services that was appealed from the Supreme Court of Indiana.

Case status

Current stage
Decided
Latest event
Decision released Jun 1, 2020
Case Accepted
Arguments
Decision ReleasedJun 1, 2020
What it's about

This case involves a dispute between M.H. and the Indiana Department of Child Services that was appealed from the Supreme Court of Indiana.

Question presented

1. Whether the Indiana Department of Child Services violated the Petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment rights to due process and equal protection by terminating her parental rights without providing adequate services or a fair hearing? 2. Whether the state court's failure to appoint counsel for the Petitioner during the initial stages of the Child in Need of Services (CHINS) proceedings violated her constitutional rights? 3. Whether the Indiana statutes governing the termination of parental rights are unconstitutionally vague or overbroad as applied to the Petitioner?

Case path

Supreme Court of Indiana / Decision released Jun 1, 2020

Area

Civil Rights