Court Opinion

ID: 9532003
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 04:17:00.290745+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:28:38.819200
License: Public Domain

*1193SULLIVAN, Judge,
concurring.
I concur subject to the following caveat concerning the possible use of 470 I.A.C. § 3-l-3(a) as the sole basis for revocation of a license. As noted by the majority, the regulation mandates that foster parents “be mature individuals who are capable of exercising and do exercise good judgment in the handling of a child”. Op. at 1191.
In my view an allegation that a foster parent has violated that regulation must be specifically tied to certain conduct which would reflect to a reasonable person that the foster parent lacks the requisite maturity and good judgment. While I am not at all sure that an allegation of a failure to participate in a nurturing program necessarily and of itself demonstrates the requisite lack of maturity and good judgment, I am prompted to concur in the reversal and remand in order that the agency might make findings appropriate to whatever action is taken.