R S v. A O, et al.

── R S v. A O, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-AD-00243 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 22, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur R.S. appeals the Lake Superior Court’s order granting Adoptive Parents’ petitions to adopt his children: K.S., born on August 19, 2016, and G.T., born on May 15, 2019. The children were placed in Adoptive Parents’ care during Child in Need of Services proceedings (“CHINS”) that the Department of Child Services (“DCS”) had initiated in October 2020. Specifically, when DCS filed petitions alleging the children were CHINS, the children were removed from the care of R.S.