Townsley v. Marion County Department of Child Services

OPINION

SULLIVAN, Judge.

Appellant, Cleveland Townsley 1 (“Father”), challenges the juvenile court’s order determining his child, C.T., to be a child in need of services (“CHINS”). Upon appeal, Father challenges the CHINS adjudication by claiming that the admission of child hearsay evidence during the hearing did not comport with the requirements of Indiana Code § 31-34-13-3 (Burns Code Ed. Repl.2003), and that in light of this inadmissible evidence, there was insufficient evidence to support the CHINS adjudication. 2

We reverse and remand.

C.T. was born on October 7, 1996 and was eight years old…