Legal Opinion
A.C. v. Hamilton County Department of Child Services
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided June 25, 2009No. 29A02-0812-JV-1175PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RILEY, Judge.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Appellant-Respondent, A.C. (Mother), appeals the trial court's Disposition Order determining that her minor daughter, J.L., was a Child In Need of Services (CHINS) pursuant to Indiana Code section 31-34-1-1.
We affirm.
ISSUE
Mother raises one issue on appeal, which we restate as follows: Whether the Appel-lee-Petitioner, Hamilton County Department of Child Services (DCS), proved by a preponderance of the evidence that J.L. is a CHINS when Mother did not use illegal substances in J.L.'s immediate presence.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On August 15, 2008, the…
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- Cleasant v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2002
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