A judicial mandate cannot be issued to control Department of Child Services caseload requirements.
Civil
Bd. of Cmm’r of Union Cty. v. McGuinness, No. 81S01-1708-PL-529, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Aug. 15, 2017).
County did not have third-party standing to sue on behalf of its residents.
Jones v. Wilson, No. 03A04-1701-PL-233, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 15, 2017).
Using the broad type of plaintiff/broad type of harm analysis, third-party criminal act was not foreseeable. Defendant, wrestling event promoter, had no duty to plaintiff, attendee, who was attacked in the parking lot leaving the event.
Leonard v. State, No. 02S00-1604-LW-185, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Aug. 11, 2017).
In the Richmond Hill explosion murder case, the evidence was sufficient to support the murder convictions and the statutory aggravator; the trial court properly refused to include the lesser-included jury instruction; and, Indiana’s life without parole statute is constitutional.
In re the Name Change of A.L, No. 79A02-1703-MI-473, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 10, 2017).
No statutory requirement exists requiring publication of notice of intent to change gender marker. Although there is a statutory requirement to publish notice of intent to change one’s name, the record can be sealed and publication waived under Admin. Rule 9 if there is a showing of “a significant risk of substantial harm” for a transgender person to change name.