The adoption of two children was voidable under T.R. 60(B)(7) when the natural mother’s termination of parental rights was reversed on appeal.
Civil
In Re A.H. & S.H., No. 10A01-1302-JM-93, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 21, 2013).
Department of Child Services interviewing a child as part of the initial assessment in response to a report of child abuse or neglect does not violate due process.
Toradze v. Toradze, No. 71A05-1212-DR-623, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 22, 2013).
“Because the trial court had established a duty to support the children in a court order issued prior to July 1, 2012 and the children were younger than twenty-one years of age, Mother was entitled to file her petition for post-educational expenses based on I.C. § 31-16-6-6(a) & (c).”
Littke v. Littke, No. 64A03-1211-DR-509, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 13, 2013).
Under the 2013 amendment to Ind. Code § 31-16-6-6, retroactive to July 1, 2012, a petition for postsecondary educational expenses for a nineteen-year-old child was timely.
Hortenberry v. Palmer, No. 10A04-1301-CT-17, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 15, 2013).
Trial Rule 3 is a “bright-line rule”; paying the filing fee is required for the commencement of an action.