Fact-finding hearings on CHINS petitions must be completed within 120 days of filing, regardless of any act or agreements of the parties involved.
Civil
Wamsley v. Tree City Village, No. 18S-CT-502, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 11, 2018).
Trial Rule 60(B)(1) only requires “slight evidence of excusable neglect” to set aside a default judgment.
Elkhart Foundry & Machine Co., Inc. v. City of Elkhart Redevelopment Commission, No. 20A03-1709-CT-213, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 3, 2018).
Ind. Code 34-11-2-11.5 is the statute of limitations for Environmental Legal Actions; as soon as a person incurs a cleanup cost, the ten-year period starts to run with respect to that cost.
State v. Norfolk So. Railway Co., No. 18S-IF-193, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Sept. 24, 2018).
The Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act preempts Indiana’s blocked-railroad crossing statute.
Rainbow Realty Group, Inc. v. Carter, No. 49A02-1707-CC-1473, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 27, 2018).
Rent-to-buy agreement is not a lease subject to the Landlord-Tenant Act.