Parent who chose to become unemployed to help her children with special developmental needs is not unemployed without just cause for purposes of determining child support.
Civil
Allen v. Allen, No. 13S01-1601-DR-00053, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 1, 2016).
Divorced parents are not obligated to pay the graduate or professional school expenses of their children pursuant to the Indiana child support statutes.
Schneider v. Paragon Realty, LLC, No. 32A01-1511-CT-1858, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 24, 2016).
Defendant property management company had no duty of care to plaintiff who was involved in a crash with a driver while both were intoxicated after leaving a bar managed by the company.
Doe #1 v. Ind. Dept. of Child Svcs., No. 49A02-1506-CT-682, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 26, 2016).
Under common law, DCS had a duty to protect the identity of a caller who reported children as being in need of service.
Jones v. State, No. 49A02-1508-CR-1148, __N.E.3D__ (Ind. Ct. App., May 17, 2016).
Warrantless search of residence is justified based on the exigent circumstances to conduct a welfare check on three minor children left unattended in the home in the middle of the night.