Seventeen-year-old petitioner did not receive ineffective assistance of counsel because of trial counsel’s failure to present evidence of defendant’s age and juvenile brain development.
Juvenile
In re Termination of Parent-Child Relationship of I.L., No. 22S-JT-77, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., March 2, 2022).
Trial court did not violate parent’s due process rights by holding the termination of parental rights hearing via remote video hearing.
In re K.W. v. Indiana Dep’t of Child Servs., No. 21A-JC-598, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 21, 2021).
CHINS fact-finding hearing and dispositional hearings were properly continued for good cause pursuant to Trial Rule 53.5.
In re Termination of Parent-Child Relationship of I.L., No. 21A-JT-418, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 5, 2021).
Remote proceedings for a termination of parental rights hearing did not deprive mother of her due process rights.
I.G. v. State, No. 21A-JV-479, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 10, 2021).
The odor of marijuana, by itself, is not enough to establish probable cause to arrest the occupants of a vehicle.