When officer told juvenile he would be transported to the police station, the juvenile was “seized” for purposes of the Fourth Amendment, and as the office had no probable cause to believe the juvenile had committed a crime the firearm the officer found in patting the juvenile down was inadmissible.
Juvenile
C.L. v. State, No. 05A04-1306-JV-319, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 30, 2014).
Reverses delinquency adjudication for intimidation because child’s threats were all conditional about speculative or future events, not past conduct.
N. L. v. State, No. 47S01-1302-JV-126, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., July 1, 2013).
To order a delinquent child to register as a sex offender, the juvenile court must first hold an evidentiary hearing and “expressly” find “by clear and convincing evidence that the juvenile is likely to commit another sex offense.”
In re Adoption of J.T.A., No. 37A03-1212-AD-525, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., June 10, 2013).
When the child’s father and the father’s fiancée were not married at the time of the adoption hearing, if the child’s adoption was granted to the father’s fiancé, then it would sever the mother’s parental rights but not the father’s.
C. B. v. State, No. 49A04-1207-JV-379, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 21, 2013).
Juvenile court must independently determine probable cause for a violation of a “conditional admission agreement,” and must afford the juvenile an opportunity to challenge the probable cause.