Trial court lacked authority to grant post-adoption visitation rights to child’s biological uncle.
Civil
Stone v. Stone, No. 49A02-1210-DR-820, __ N.E.2d __, (Ind. Ct. App., July 23, 2013).
The trial court properly refused to approve a settlement agreement entered into by parents regarding custody of minor children.
In re Guardianship of A.J.A. & L.M.A., No. 48S02-1305-GU-398, __ N.E.2d __, (Ind., July 18, 2013).
The Grandparent Visitation Statute does not provide a way that a grandparent may seek visitation when her child has murdered the mother of her two grandchildren; the order granting grandparent visitation was void.
In re Infant T., No. 67A05-1301-JP-36, __ N.E.2d __, (Ind. Ct. App., July 11, 2013).
A petition to disestablish maternity is not cognizable, but maternity can be indirectly disestablished by a putative mother petitioning the court for the establishment of maternity and proving her maternity by clear and convincing evidence.
Gates v. City of Indianapolis, No. 49A04-1210-OV-503, __ N.E.2d __, (Ind. Ct. App., July 11, 2013).
Defendant is entitled to a jury trial on alleged violations of municipal ordinances.