Termination: N R v. Indiana Department of Child Services

── Termination: N R v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JT-02539 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 01, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Floyd Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur Child was born to S.H. (“Mother”) 1 and Father on January 26, 2010. On March 14, 2019, the Department of Child Services (“DCS”) received a report alleging Child’s sibling, L.H. (“Sibling”), had eleven unexcused absences from school. Additionally, when DCS went to Mother’s home to investigate, DCS noticed “the house was very dirty, not in conditions of [sic] a child to be living there, a lot of empty alcohol bottles[.]” (Tr. Vol. II at 223.) During subsequent interviews, DCS noticed Mother seemed intoxicated.