Adoption agency’s ability to file a petition to voluntarily terminate parental rights to not restricted to the scope of its statutory authorization as a licensed child placing agency.
Civil
Ball Memorial Hospital, Inc. v. Fair, No. 18A02-1405-CT-316, __N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., March 2, 2015).
Based on the principles of notice pleading, Plaintiff can pursue negligence claims against the hospital’s pharmacist despite not making the claim to the medical review panel.
Meridian North Investments v. Sondhi, No. 49A02-1405-PL-311, __N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 24, 2015).
Plaintiff is not personally bound by exculpatory provisions in lease with Defendant that Plaintiff signed on behalf of his corporation.
In re E.W., No. 40A04-1407-JC-349, __N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 25, 2015).
“By ordering that all contact between Mother and Child cease, the trial court is effectively ending that relationship until Child is a legal adult…Whether or not this is technically a final judgment, it certainly operates as one.”
Ind. Bureau of Motor Vehicles v. Gurtner, No. 50A03-1407-MI-256, __N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 26, 2015).
Trial court was without authority to grant petition for judicial review for a suspended driver’s license for failure to provide proof of financial responsibility following an automobile accident.