Case Name: John DOE, Jane Doe, and Jane Doe as Next Friend of Their Infant Child, Baby Doe, Appellants (Plaintiff below), v. The HANCOCK COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH and Indiana State Board of Health, Appellees (Defendants below)
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1982-07-01
Citations: 436 N.E.2d 791
Docket Number: No. 782S249
Parties: John DOE, Jane Doe, and Jane Doe as Next Friend of Their Infant Child, Baby Doe, Appellants (Plaintiff below), v. The HANCOCK COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH and Indiana State Board of Health, Appellees (Defendants below).
Judges: HUNTER, J., dissents to the grant of petition to transfer and dismissal.
Reporter: North Eastern Reporter 2d
Volume: 436
Pages: 791–796

Head Matter:
John DOE, Jane Doe, and Jane Doe as Next Friend of Their Infant Child, Baby Doe, Appellants (Plaintiff below), v. The HANCOCK COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH and Indiana State Board of Health, Appellees (Defendants below).
No. 782S249.
Supreme Court of Indiana.
July 1, 1982.
Ralph Ogden, M. Anne Wilcox, Wilcox & Ogden, Indianapolis, for appellants.
Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Rollin E. Thompson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellees.

Opinion:
ORDER
Appellant's "Verified petition for Transfer" is Granted, without Opinion, and the Court hereby dismisses this cause, this 1st day of July, 1982. This Court sees no reason to interfere with the legislative policies in handling statistical data. This is especially true in the case at bar in view of the many legal methods available to provide a desired name for the child. The State's verified motion to Dismiss is Granted for the reasons stated therein.
HUNTER, J., dissents to the grant of petition to transfer and dismissal.