CHINS: K A v. Indiana Department of Child Services

── CHINS: K A v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JC-00577 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 01, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Spencer Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur Father and S.T. (“Mother”) have one child together, Child, born August 5, 2021. After Child’s birth, the family lived with Father’s parents, K.A.III (“Grandfather”) and C.A. (“Grandmother”) (collectively, “Grandparents”). In December, Mother moved out, leaving Child with Father and Grandparents. 1 A short time later, Father’s new girlfriend, M.H., moved in. In August 2022, Grandparents and Father got into a verbal altercation over a parking space, and Grandfather used a stick to hit the back of a chair in which Father was sitting.