An insurer owes a duty of good faith and fair dealing to an insured who is not the policyholder.
Civil
Hess v. Novicki, No. 19A-CT-1416, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 31, 2020).
Trial court has the legal authority to rule on the merits of a TR 60(B) motion to supplement/modify an agreed permanent injunction.
S.H. v. D.W., No. 19S-PO-118, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Jan. 31, 2020).
The Protection Order Act does not permit the reissuance, renewal, or extension of the protective order when there has been a single episode of physical violence with no follow-up act, no threat that the violence will recur, and no other reasonable grounds to believe there is present intent to harm.
In re Adoption of C.A.H., No. 20S-AD-5, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Jan. 10, 2020).
A parent’s implied consent to the adoption may not be based solely on their failure to appear at a single hearing.
Butler v. State, No. 19A-MI-5, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 27, 2019).
The trial court properly ordered the forfeiture of defendant’s car because the 2018 amendments to Indiana’s civil-forfeiture scheme were procedural in nature and do not constitute an ex post facto law; defendant failed to establish that the seizure of the car was in any way improper.