Termination: D J v. Indiana Department of Child Services

── Termination: D J v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JT-01854 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 17, 2022 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge May concur J.C.W. was born in November 2015, to Mother and J.W. 1 (“Father”). On June 19, 2016, DCS received a report that Mother left J.C.W. “alone in the home of his maternal grandmother.” Ex. Vol. I p. 82. DCS was unable to locate or 1 Father’s parental rights were also terminated, but Father does not appeal. contact Mother, and Mother later tested positive for THC. DCS filed a petition alleging that J.C.W. was a child in need of services (“CHINS”). 2 In July 2016, Mother admitted that J.C.W.