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.”
Juvenile
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.
State v. I.T., No. 20A03-1202-JV-76, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Mar. 20, 2013).
“[T]he State is without authority to appeal a juvenile court’s order withdrawing its approval of the filing of a delinquency petition.”
KJ.R. v. M.A.B., No. 41S01-1209-MI-00556,___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind., March 7, 2013).
Grandparent visitation was order was voidable, because it failed to address required findings, and was remanded to correct those defects through new findings and conclusions.