IN RE N.E.

No. 49S02-0906-JV-270.

919 N.E.2d 102 (2010)

In the Matter of N.E., A Child in Need of Services, N.L. (Father), Appellant (Respondent below), v. Indiana Department of Child Services, Appellee (Petitioner below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

January 6, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven J. Halbert, Carmel, IN, Attorney for Appellant.

Robert J. Henke, Indianapolis, IN, Deborah S. Burke, Marion, IN, Attorney for Appellee.


On Petition to Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 49A02-0806-JV-522

SULLIVAN, Justice.

The trial court adjudicated a child to be a "Child in Need of Services" ("CHINS") without specifically alleging that the child was a CHINS with respect to the child's father. The father contends that the CHINS adjudication does not apply to him. The question in a CHINS adjudication is not parental fault, but whether the child needs services. Because a CHINS...

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