CHINS: E C, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services

── CHINS: E C, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JC-01318 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 07, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Switzerland Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Brown concur E.C. (“Mother”) and J.C. (“Stepfather”) are the mother and stepfather of twins N.S. and L.S., who were born in August 2011. In December 2022, they were all living together in Indiana, along with Mother and Stepfather’s other children. The twins’ father, T.S. (“Father”), lived about an hour away in Kentucky. Around December 18, Stepfather paddled N.S.’s backside using a wooden paddle or “sword” he had constructed to discipline the children. Tr. pp. 118-19. A few days later, when Father picked up the children to begin winter break, N.S.