· 8/15/2014
In the Matter of: S.A. (Minor Child), Child in Need of Services and M.H. (Father) v. The Indiana Department of Child Services
Citations
- 15 N.E.3d 602
- 2014 WL 4049801
- 2014 Ind. App. LEXIS 394
How courts have described this case
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- holding that father’s disclosure that he suffered from PTSD could not provide grounds for continuing child’s adjudication as a CHINS because father’s PTSD was not presented in the CHINS petition as a basis for DCS involvement
- holding fathers PTSD diagnosis did not support CHINS finding where father had béen voluntarily addressing;it and there was no evidence father would need to bé coerced into obtaining additional treatment if necessary
- identifying a violation where the court held a fact-finding hearing but “had already determined” the child was a CHINS in light of the other parent’s admission
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Judges: Riley, Mathias, Crone
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