A valid forum-selection clause, in which the parties agree by contract to litigate their disputes in a specific forum, does not deprive a trial court of personal jurisdiction over parties that would otherwise be subject to the court’s jurisdiction.
Civil
Town of Brownsburg, Ind. v. Fight Against Brownsburg Annexation, No. 19S-PL-342, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 5, 2019).
A trial court hearing a remonstrance proceeding on judicial review must consider the evidence submitted by both the municipality and the remonstrators, and need not defer to either the municipality’s own evidence supporting the annexation or its determination that it met the statutory requirements.
In re Paternity of Bonilla, No. 18A-JP-2488, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., June 5, 2019).
Trial court had the authority and duty to make requisite findings on special immigrant juvenile status in accordance with 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(27)(J).
Alcorn v. State, No. 18A-CR-2849, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 28, 2019).
The trial court did not abuse its discretion when it found the county auditor in contempt for having failed to pay the court’s payroll voucher.
Perrill v. Perrill, No. 18A-DN-1616, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 28, 2019).
All essential contractual elements were present in the premarital agreement with or without exhibits identifying excluded property.