When an insurance company includes an explicit exclusion in its policy to cover loss resulting from an intentional act by a co-insured, an “innocent co-insured spouse” is barred from recovery.
Civil
Ryan v. Janovsky, No. 45A03-1304-DR-145, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 5, 2013).
Proposed Qualified Domestic Relations Order (“QDRO”) presented for signature over twenty years after the entry of the settlement agreement was not time-barred.
Fulp v. Gilliland, No. 41S01-1306-TR-426, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Nov. 22, 2013).
“[W]hile a revocable trust is revocable, the trustee only owes a duty to the settlor.”
F.D. v. Ind. Dept. of Child Services, No. 82S01-1301-CT-19, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Nov. 26, 2013).
Department of Child Services is not immune under the Indiana Tort Claims Act or the child abuse reporting statute.
Roop v. Buchanan, No. 88A01-1304-DR-171, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Nov. 27, 2013).
Trial court properly ordered party to pay accrued child support obligation to the now emancipated child for satisfaction of funeral expenses for the deceased father, but the trial court could not award the remainder of the child support arrearage to the emancipated children.