Termination: A F, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services

── Termination: A F, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-00575 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 14, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Hancock Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur Mother and Father are the parents of L.F. (“Child”), born in December 2019. Parents have another child, J.F., who was born in December 2022 during these proceedings. In September 2021, the Department of Child Services (DCS) received a report that Mother was using illegal drugs around Child and had left Child with a friend so she could enter rehab. A DCS family case manager (FCM) visited the friend’s home and found that it smelled of marijuana and there were “marijuana remnants” within reach of Child. Ex. p. 34.