In re D.J. v. Ind. Dep’t of Child Servs. did not relax the procedural requirements for appellate jurisdiction. The prerequisites for appellate jurisdiction are entry of an appealable order by the trial court and the trial court clerk’s entry of the notice of completion of the clerk’s record on the chronological case summary.
Civil
Powell v. Stuber, No. 71A03-1705-CT-967, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 13, 2017).
Trial court properly held, as a matter of law, that it is not foreseeable that a patron of a bar will be criminally attacked in the parking lot and then confront his assailants, placing himself at risk of further injury.
J.R. v. S.P., No. 31A04-1706-DC-1284, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 15, 2017).
Biological parent whose rights have been terminated cannot circumvent the law by filing a custody action under Ind. Code 31-17-2-3.
Miller v. Town Bd. Of Sellersburg, No. 10A01-1612-MI-2908, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Nov. 29, 2017).
Town clerk-treasurer could not mandate additional deputies; Ind. Code § 36-5-6-7 states that the town legislative body must approve the appointment of deputies.
In re Unsupervised Estate of Owsley, No. 49A02-1701-EU-207, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Nov. 21, 2017).
Because the victims of the civil rights action are the decedent’s survivors, not the decedent himself, no estate needed to be open for the sole purpose of pursuing a federal civil rights action.