Petitioner could not supplement his expungement petition to expunge the records from a case that was ineligible for expungement at the time that the petition was filed.
Civil
Baldwin v. Standard Fire Ins. Co., No. 25S-CT-33, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Oct. 21, 2025).
Slaughter, J. When insurance coverage is insufficient to satisfy multiple claimants, insurers face a dilemma. An insurer can seek individual settlements, but this approach risks exhausting policy limits before satisfying all claimants. Another option is to refrain from individual settlements in hopes of attaining a global settlement, but this approach may fail and expose the […]
O’Connell v. Clay, No. 25S-MI-34, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Oct. 16, 2025).
Paternity by estoppel applies to grandparents’ visitation. Grandparent had standing under the Grandparent Visitation Act to petition for visitation with grandchild when custodial mother stipulated to the father’s paternity in an agreed visitation order.
In re E.K., No. 25A-JC-703, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 16, 2025).
The Court could not take judicial notice of substantive controversial facts and rely on those facts in orders issued by a court in a non-adversarial proceeding where many typical due process protections are not observed.
Brown v. Charles Sturdevant Post of the American Legion Post #46, No. 25A-PL-513, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 30, 2025).
The ten-year durational period for a successful claim of adverse possession does not require one legal owner during that time period.