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.
Hess v. Novicki, No. 19A-CT-1416, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 31, 2020).
Trial court has the legal authority to rule on the merits of a TR 60(B) motion to supplement/modify an agreed permanent injunction.
S.H. v. D.W., No. 19S-PO-118, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Jan. 31, 2020).
The Protection Order Act does not permit the reissuance, renewal, or extension of the protective order when there has been a single episode of physical violence with no follow-up act, no threat that the violence will recur, and no other reasonable grounds to believe there is present intent to harm.
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.