In the Matter of the Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of K.R., J.T.R., J.L.R., & E.R. (Minor Children)…

Summary

The Indiana Supreme Court held that drug-test reports were admissible under the regularly conducted activity exception to the hearsay rule. The laboratory depended on the reports for regulatory compliance and ordinary operations, and the evidence showed sufficient safeguards, repetition, quality control, and professional duties to establish trustworthiness. The court also held that challenges to collection and chain of custody affected the weight of the evidence rather than its admissibility and affirmed the termination judgment.