Trial courts have considerable deference in family law matters, and the trial court had ample support to hold that it was in the child’s best interests to remain in the state.
Civil
Robertson v. B.O., No. 49S04-1111-CT-671, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind., Oct. 31, 2012).
Indiana Code § 34-18-15-3(5) precludes the Patient Compensation Fund from disputing the existence or cause of the plaintiff’s claimed injury.
National Wine & Spirits, Inc. v. Ernst & Young, LLP, No. 49S02-1203-CT-137, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind., Oct. 23, 2012).
Collateral estoppel precludes the deception claim because the issue underlying that claim was decided during the arbitration proceedings.
Black v. Huck, No. 79A04-1202-CT-61, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 17, 2012).
DCS is entitled to statutory immunity as to all of the parties’ claims except for fraud. Under the facts of this case, extended family members had a liberty interest in their relationship with child such that they had standing to bring suit.
In re the Matter of G.W., No. 07A01-1201-JM-6, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 10, 2012).
A trial court may order a parent to make a child available for an interview requested by DCS to assess that child’s “condition” pursuant to Ind. Code § 31-33-8-7, where the child’s older sibling has made and then recanted allegations of sexual abuse against a family member who lives in the children’s home.