Student was contributorily negligent for his death when his leaving school to purchase either guns or drugs was not an exercise of reasonable care and caution for his safety.
Civil
In re M.I., No. 19S-JT-281, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Aug. 9, 2019).
Despite Mother’s ongoing inability to secure suitable housing, the trial court properly concluded that terminating her parental rights would not be in her children’s best interests.
Blankenship v. Duke, No. 19A-GU-518, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 9, 2019).
When a trial court orders parenting time in a guardianship case, it cannot allow the guardian to determine the parent’s parenting time with their child.
Indiana Land Trust Co. v. XL Investment Properties, LLC, No. 18A-MI-2150, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., July 30, 2019).
For a tax sale, auditor is still charged with knowledge of the contents of its records and is constitutionally obligated to search those records.
Edwards v. Edwards, No. 19A-DR-509, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., July 30, 2019).
Although the US Supreme Court opinion Howell v. Howell holds that state courts are not permitted to order a veteran to indemnify a divorced spouse for the loss of the spouse’s portion of the veteran’s retirement pay caused by the veteran’s waiver of retirement pay to receive service-related disability benefit, the trial court had subject-matter jurisdiction to enter an order on veteran’s retirement pay prior to that opinion.