In re the Adoption of E.B.F., J.W. v. D.F.

David, Justice.

As the destructive tentacles of the substance abuse epidemic continue to reach every corner of our State, Hoosier parents ravaged by addiction-particularly victims of opioid dependency-face difficult decisions to safeguard their children's welfare. Here, a child's quality of life was adversely impacted when addiction afflicted his mother. Hoping to spare her son the impact of her unfortunate circumstance, mother voluntarily agreed to modify custody. Under the agreement, she relinquished primary physical custody and the trial court awarded it to the child's biological father.…