Terms Used In Indiana Code 31-35-6-3

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
   Sec. 3. An appeal of a court’s decision regarding the termination of the parent-child relationship does not prevent the court in the court’s discretion from referring the matter for adoption proceedings while the appeal is pending.

[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-5-5(c).]

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.18.