In the Matter of J.B. and L.B.: J.J. (Mother) v. The Indiana Department of Child Services

OPINION ON REHEARING

VAIDIK, Chief Judge.

The Indiana Department of Child Services petitions for rehearing following our June 8, 2016 opinion in which we held that the CHINS court lost jurisdiction as soon as it discharged the parties, at which point the issue of custody reverted to the paternity court. DCS argues that the CHINS court’s custody-modification order survived the termination of the CHINS proceeding.

Father and Mother shared custody of their children pursuant to an order of a paternity court. After a car accident in which Mother was under the influence of drugs and the children were…