“Given the uniqueness that pervades different family units, strict standards on the amount of permissible visitation under the Grandparent Visitation Act would be difficult to craft. As such, trial courts should be able to consider the various circumstances presented in each individual case to determine what is in the child’s best interest.”
Civil
First Bank of Whiting v. 524, LLC, No. 45A04-1410-MI-476, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., July 21, 2015).
To issue a tax deed pursuant to Ind. Code § 6-1.1-25-4.6(b) “there is implicit in the statute a sixth condition, which is that the petitioner is legally entitled to a tax deed after completing all of the requisite steps.”
In re I.J., No. 57A03-1501-AD-28, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., July 8, 2015).
The trial court erred in denying a possible father’s (third-party) request for genetic testing for a child born to a married couple who placed the newborn for adoption.
Obergefell v. Hodges, No. 14–556, __ U.S. __ (June 28, 2015).
Same-sex couples may exercise the fundamental right to marry.
Estate of Herin v. Herin, No. 39A05-1411-ES-537, __N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., June 29, 2015).
Only “clear and convincing evidence of a different intention at the time the account is created” can prove that a joint ownership account should be part of decedent’s estate (and not pass to the living joint owner).