CHINS: W A v. Indiana Department of Child Services

── CHINS: W A v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JC-02215 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 08, 2022 Author: Judge Robert Altice County of Origin: Orange Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Mathias concur Case Summary W.A. (Mother) appeals the trial court’s adjudication of her eight-year-old daughter, A.A. (Child), as a child in need of services (CHINS). 1 Mother raises a single issue for review, which we restate as follows: Whether the trial court clearly erred when it determined that the coercive intervention of the court was required to protect Child. We affirm. Facts & Procedural History Mother has three minor children, the oldest of whom is Child. The other two are not school age and have different fathers than Child.