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MARIGA v. FLINT

No. 79A02-0407-CV-612.

822 N.E.2d 620 (2005)

Julie MARIGA, Appellant-Respondent, v. Lori FLINT, Appellee-Petitioner. In the Matter of the Adoption of Two Minor Children, Julie R. Mariga, Appellant-Petitioner, v. Lori Flint, Appellee-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Indiana.

February 16, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher D. Corrigan, Sean M. Pers, Withered Corrigan & Burns, Lafayette, IN, Attorneys for Appellant.

Earl McCoy, The Law Office of Earl McCoy III, Lafayette, IN, Attorney for Appellee.

OPINION

BAKER, Judge.

This case requires us to examine the nature of parenthood. Whether a parent is a man or a woman, homosexual or heterosexual, or adoptive or biological, in assuming that role, a person also assumes certain responsibilities, obligations, and duties. That person may not simply choose to shed the parental mantle because it becomes inconvenient, seems ill-advised in retrospect, or becomes burdensome...

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