The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed a CHINS adjudication because the child was receiving needed services in her father’s care and a possible return to mother did not establish a need for coercive intervention.
The Indiana Court of Appeals held that an attorney lien could not attach to foreclosure-sale surplus because the judgment was entered against, not in favor of, the law firm’s former client.
The Indiana Court of Appeals held that children with only indirect, contingent interests were not beneficiaries entitled to seek accountings of their parents’ trusts.
The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed medical-malpractice summary judgment because the trial court admitted providers’ late records but struck the patient’s timely invited response.
The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld a 13.5-year sentence and court-cost liens but reversed jail-booking and death-benefit fees that were collected by an unauthorized method.
The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed a protective-order extension because old statements and full compliance did not prove a present, credible threat of continuing harm.
The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed a neglect conviction because unsworn reports from jail staff did not establish that the defendant knowingly and voluntarily waived his right to attend trial.
A divided Indiana Court of Appeals upheld a refusal-to-identify conviction based on circumstantial proof that the defendant knew police had stopped him for an ordinance violation.
A divided Indiana Court of Appeals held that misdemeanor contributing to delinquency does not require proof that the defendant knew the recipients of alcohol were under eighteen.
The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld a probationer’s convictions, ruling that an unambiguous search waiver covered his cellphone and that later forensic extraction stayed within the warrant.
The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld a tenant’s $200,000 compensatory and $1.75 million punitive awards on federal credit-reporting and debt-collection claims, while remanding an overbroad costs award.
The Indiana Court of Appeals remanded a relocation and custody order because it lacked mandatory findings and placed the initial relocation burden on the wrong parent.
The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed a juvenile’s DOC commitment because Indiana law allowed the juvenile court to consider placement and wardship with the nonparent who had been caring for him.
The Indiana Court of Appeals held that two fog-line deviations created reasonable suspicion of impaired driving under the Fourth Amendment and Indiana Constitution.
The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed a mother’s child-molesting and conspiracy convictions but revised her 252-year sentence to 80 years as an outlier under Appellate Rule 7(B).
The Indiana Court of Appeals held that a lender could not revive and foreclose a mortgage after acceleration started the six-year limitations period and the underlying debt became unenforceable.
The Indiana Court of Appeals held that executing a full four-year suspended sentence was disproportionate where technical probation violations coincided with a documented psychiatric crisis.
The Indiana Court of Appeals held that the criminal restitution statute does not authorize reimbursement for a victim’s rental-car expenses.
The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld drug-dealing and firearm-theft convictions, finding prior transaction messages relevant under Rule 404(b) and the theft evidence sufficient.
The Indiana Court of Appeals held that DoorDash owed motorists a direct duty of care against risks allegedly created by its speed incentives and driver-facing app.
The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed an unsafe-start infraction because squealing tires alone did not prove that the driver created a danger.
Indiana’s statutory holiday date extended the filing deadline, and an officer remained an occupant of his cruiser for UIM coverage while briefly investigating on foot.
The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld a false-informing conviction based on specific, knowingly false accusations against police, distinguishing verifiable claims from protected political rhetoric.
The Indiana Court of Appeals held that ordinary staffing, scheduling, transportation, and cost concerns did not establish good cause for a remote civil-commitment review hearing, though the error was harmless.