Termination: S J v. Indiana Department of Child Services

── Termination: S J v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-00425 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 30, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Shelby Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Scheele concur Mother gave birth to Child in June of 2017. Child’s father is unknown. Beginning in 2019, Mother’s decades-long struggle with alcohol and illegal substance use led to a series of criminal and child-welfare cases eventually culminating in this termination of parental rights action. Early in 2019, Mother was charged and convicted of misdemeanor operating while intoxicated (“OWI”) endangering a person and sentenced to 365 days, with all but eight days suspended to probation.