Legal Dispute Over Muscatatuck Moves Finally Settled
BUTLERVILLE, IN, Jan. 22, 2003 -- A legal dispute between the State of Indiana and families of residents of Muscatatuck State Development Center ended Wednesday as a judge accepted a settlement agreed to by both sides.
The ruling by Jackson Circuit Judge William Vance means that the institution housing people with developmental disabilities will close in June of 2005, after homes in the community have been found for its 121 residents.