Steven M Stanley v. State of Indiana

── Steven M Stanley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01176 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 25, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Brown concur Stanley was born March 19, 1990. He and Rebecca Manual are the biological parents of A.H., born in 2013, and two younger children. In October 2021, the Indiana Department of Child Services (“DCS”) became involved with the family, which had been living in a room in a Budget Inn in Plainfield since late 2019 or early 2020. During the DCS investigation, A.H. disclosed Stanley had sexually abused her. DCS referred then eight-year-old A.H. to Susie’s Place, a child advocacy center, where a staff member conducted child forensic interviews of A.H.