No statutory requirement exists requiring publication of notice of intent to change gender marker. Although there is a statutory requirement to publish notice of intent to change one’s name, the record can be sealed and publication waived under Admin. Rule 9 if there is a showing of “a significant risk of substantial harm” for a transgender person to change name.
City of Fort Wayne v. Southwest Allen County Fire Protection District, No. 02A05-1612-PL-2883, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 10, 2017).
Trial court had subject matter jurisdiction over annexation issue. “Although annexation inevitably affects the allocation of tax revenue among units of government within the annexed area, it does not automatically follow that an action for a declaratory judgment with respect to an annexation statute arises under Indiana tax law and involves a dispute as to the interpretation of a tax law.”
Nickels v. State, No. 09A02-1703-CR-534, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 3, 2017).
Trial court must allow defendant the opportunity to make a closing argument before announcing a preliminary finding of guilt.
Walton v. State, No. 79A04-1604-CR-768, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 4, 2017).
A serious violent felon who possesses more than one firearm has committed more than one offense.
Edwards v. Edwards, No. 64A03-1608-DR-1954, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 3, 2017).
Dissolution court had jurisdiction over the disbursement of pension and retirement benefits after the death of one of the parties to the dissolution.