Trial court’s decision to modify child custody instead of adjudicating children as CHINS did not deprive parent of a meaningful opportunity to engage in CHINS-related services.
Juvenile
State v. B.H., No. 24A-JV-1247, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 4, 2024).
An order rejecting a delinquency petition for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction is comparable to the dismissal of an indictment or information.
In re M.H., No. 23A-JC-2959, __N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 4, 2024).
With good cause, a court may sua sponte set a CHINS factfinding hearing beyond the 60-day deadline imposed by Ind. Code 31-34-11-1(a). However, judicial economy alone is not sufficient good cause.
In re Guardianship of Sebastian, No. 23A-GU-3059, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., July 10, 2024).
When a parent, having abandoned a child, dies in that state of abandonment, the child’s inability to reunify with that parent is still due to abandonment for purposes of the Special Immigrant Juvenile statute
B.K. and S.K. v. State, No. 23S-JV-344, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 18, 2024).
Because the juvenile restitution statute does not have a judgment lien provision, a juvenile court lacks the authority to enforce a restitution order as a civil judgment lien.