Parents no longer have a fundamental right to consent to the adoption of child after their parental rights were terminated; the question of the proper adoptive home for child is a question for the adoption court.
Juvenile
F.H. v. State, No. 19A-JV-1716, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 22, 2020).
A juvenile is not subject to a determinate term in the DOC absent a specific determination by the juvenile court that statutory criteria have been satisfied.
C.J. v. State, No. 19A-JV-255, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 23, 2020).
Juvenile’s waiver of his Miranda rights was not knowing, intelligent, and voluntary because of his demonstrated lack of maturity, the fact that he was not advised of the crime and possible consequences, and his minimal consultation with a parent.
State v. N.B., No. 19A-JV-1659, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 10, 2020).
A juvenile court has subject matter jurisdiction to entertain a delinquency petition and waive a defendant to adult criminal court but does not have jurisdiction to adjudicate a defendant over age twenty-one a delinquent child and enter a disposition.
In re Paternity of M.A.M., No. 19A-JP-771, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 11, 2019).
Prosecutor can pursue paternity proceedings at alleged father’s behest outside the two-year statute of limitations.