Termination: L D v. Indiana Department of Child Services

── Termination: L D v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JT-00783 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 07, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Vigo Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur Mother’s children are: N.D., born in 2006, C.P., born in 2014, and Li.D., born in 2017. 1 On January 31, 2019, DCS filed a petition alleging N.D. was a child in need of services (“CHINS”). It asserted N.D. was the victim of educational neglect, had missed twenty-seven days of school and been tardy nine days, and was failing all of his classes except band. On April 16, 2019, the court entered an order adjudicating N.D. as a CHINS. Meanwhile, on March 7, 2019, DCS filed a petition alleging C.P.