Litigant waived her appellate claims by citing nonexistent legal authorities and to real legal authorities that have nothing to do with the propositions they purport to support.
Civil
Noons v. First Merchants Bank, No. 25A-CC-419, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 19, 2025).
Time to respond to a motion is tolled while a case is removed to federal court; the time period to respond resumes where it left off once the case is remanded to the state court again.
Sanders v. US Bank Trust Nat’l Assoc., No. 24A-MF-1265, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 27, 2025).
Ind. Code 32-30-10-14, regarding the distribution of sheriff sale proceeds, allows junior mortgagees to retain their rights to surplus proceeds when their liens are displaced by a senior foreclosure.
In re Paternity of G.S., No. 25A-AD-100, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 13, 2025).
Paternity proceeding was not required to be transferred to the county where adoption was pending.
Williams v. Kirch, No. 25A-SC-196, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 18, 2025).
Generative AI can produce citations to non-existent authorities, and the Court cautioned litigants to verify citations before including them in briefs.