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· 4/15/1992

Indiana Department of Human Services v. Firth

Citations

  • 1992 WL 73467
  • 590 N.E.2d 154
  • 1992 Ind. App. LEXIS 482

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that we must give effect to the plain and ordinary meaning of a statute's language
  • “We presume words appearing in the statute were intended to have meaning and we endeavor to give those words their plain and ordinary meaning absent a clearly manifested purpose to do otherwise.”
  • words appearing in a statute intended to have meaning
  • statutory language given plain meaning

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Judges: Baker, Buchanan, Staton

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