When, without probable cause, police officers approached defendant at gunpoint and handcuffed him, and defendant remained handcuffed and guarded by one or the other officer while two searches of his vehicle were conducted, the officers’ actions exceeded the scope of an investigatory stop and became an arrest without probable cause.
Care Group Heart Hospital, LLC v. Sawyer, No. 49S05-1710-PL-671,__ N.E.3d __ (Ind., March 23, 2018).
The Court enforced the plain meaning of the contract; “terminated for any reason” means any termination, for any reason.
In re the Adoption of E.B.F., No. 18S-AD-167, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., March 23, 2018
Mother’s consent was necessary to grant the adoption because (1) although Mother failed to have significant communication with Child for a period of more than one year, her willingness to shield her son from the adverse effects of her addiction, coupled with her good-faith attempt at recovery and noticeable progress, constitute justifiable cause for her failure to communicate. (2) Father and Stepmother thwarted whatever occasional attempts Mother made to communicate with Child, in violation of the agreed-upon custody modification order.
S.B. v. Seymour Comm. Schools, No. 36A01-1710-PO-2252, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., March 26, 2018).
School corporations, through their officials, are permitted to act on behalf of their students to seek orders for protection against threatening individuals.
Kempf v. Clerk of Vanderburgh Cnty., No. 82S01-1705-PL-334,__ N.E.3d __ (Ind., March 26, 2018).
A civil-judgment-creditor can garnish a cash bond held by a court clerk that a judgment-debtor has posted in an unrelated criminal matter, but those funds are available to the judgment-creditor only if the criminal court has ordered the bond released.