Legal Opinion
In the Matter of S.D., Alleged to be a Child in Need of Services J.B. v. Indiana Department of Child Services
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided February 12, 2014No. 49S05-1309-JC-585PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUSH, Justice.
Child in need of services (CHINS) cases aim to help families in crisis-to protect children, not punish parents. Our focus, then, is on the best interests of the child and whether the child needs help that the parent will not be willing or able to provide-not whether the parent is somehow "guilty" or "deserves" a CHINS adjudication. But that help comes not by invitation, but compulsion-imposing the court's "coercive intervention" into family life. And a CHINS adjudication may have long-lasting collateral consequences for the family. The intrusion of a CHINS judgment, then, must…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Egly v. Blackford County Department of Public WelfareIndiana Supreme Court · 1992
- Yanoff v. MuncyIndiana Supreme Court · 1997
- N.L. v. Indiana Department of Child ServicesIndiana Supreme Court · 2010
- In the Matter of K.D. & K.S. S.S. v. The Indiana Dept. of Child Services and Child Advocates, Inc.Indiana Supreme Court · 2012
- Lake County Division of Family & Children Services v. CharltonIndiana Court of Appeals · 1994
3Cited by62 opinions
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- In Re: The Matter of D.J. and G.J., Children in Need of Services Gr.J. (Mother) and J.J. (Father) v. Ind. Dept. of Child ServicesIndiana Supreme Court · 2017
- State of Indiana and Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles v. Daniel ReinhartIndiana Supreme Court · 2018
- In the Matter of: J.R. and M.R., Children in Need of Services, D.R. (Mother) and M.R. (Father) v. Indiana Department of Child ServicesIndiana Court of Appeals · 2018
- In the Matter of S.M., J.M., A.M., H.G., Children in Need of Services, A.M. (Mother) v. The Indiana Department of Child ServicesIndiana Court of Appeals · 2015
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