Termination: L R v. Indiana Department of Child Services

── Termination: L R v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JT-00560 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 07, 2021 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur On April 2, 2019, DCS family case manager Brooke Waltz (“Waltz”) was called to the Columbus Police Department to take emergency physical custody of Children. Despite the forty-degree temperature, neither child had a jacket or coat, and they smelled of urine. Waltz was advised that both parents1 were incarcerated in the Bartholomew County Jail and Mother’s boyfriend, who had been caring for Children, had just been arrested for allegedly shoplifting.