S.M. v. Elkhart County Office of Family & Children

OPINION

KIRSCH, Judge

S.M. (Mother) appeals the termination of her parental rights in her four children. She presents two issues:

I. Whether the trial court erred by allowing the State to recall her to testify on the second day of the termination hearing; and

II. Whether the trial court erred by excluding her from the courtroom during her children’s testimony.

We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In January of 1995, Mother came home intoxicated and began hitting her two older children, ages seven and nine. Mother’s sister, who had been babysitting for the children, reported the abuse to the…