In re the Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of A.W. and G.S.: H.S. (Mother) v. The Indiana Department of Child Services

VAIDIK, Chief Judge.

Case Summary

[1] H.S. (“Mother”) and G.S. (“Father”) are married and have one child together, G.A.S. Mother has a second child, A.W., from a prior relationship. Mother and Father have raised both children together. After Mother and Father were arrested at the same'time, the Department of Child Services (“DCS”) took the children and eventually placed them in foster care. DCS filed petitions to terminate the parental rights of both Mother and Father to their respective children. At the time of the termination' hearings, Mother was incarcerated for a drug offense and scheduled…