Termination: K S v. Indiana Department of Child Services

── Termination: K S v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-00860 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 11, 2026 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Altice concur Since well before Child’s birth, Mother has had a documented history of mental-health and substance-abuse issues. She has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and other mental-health disorders. Mother has two other children, both of whom have been removed from her care and for whom she pays child support. Child was born to Mother on February 12, 2023. [Child] was brought by EMT ambulance to a hospital after a home birth. Mother had a home birth and … was refusing to go to the hospital for the birth but her roommate called the ambulance.