Slaughter, J. In 2020, we held juvenile courts lose jurisdiction once an alleged delinquent child reaches twenty-one years of age. But we left open the question whether the State can file criminal charges against a person who committed the charged conduct before turning eighteen but is no longer a child under the juvenile code. Under […]
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State v. Pemberton, No. 21A-CR-668, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., March 31, 2022).
Absent specific exceptions outlined by our legislature in other statutes, acts that would be criminal offenses if committed by adults are defined by Indiana law as delinquent acts when committed by individuals under age eighteen, and Indiana law gives exclusive jurisdiction of delinquency proceedings to juvenile courts.
Conley v. State, No. 21S-PC-256, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., March 23, 2022).
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.
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.