The Grandparent Visitation Statute does not provide a way that a grandparent may seek visitation when her child has murdered the mother of her two grandchildren; the order granting grandparent visitation was void.
Patton v. State, No. 17A05-1210-CR-538, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., July 9, 2013).
Affirms probation condition prohibiting child sex offender from accessing Internet sites and programs in which children are likely to participate.
In re Infant T., No. 67A05-1301-JP-36, __ N.E.2d __, (Ind. Ct. App., July 11, 2013).
A petition to disestablish maternity is not cognizable, but maternity can be indirectly disestablished by a putative mother petitioning the court for the establishment of maternity and proving her maternity by clear and convincing evidence.
Gates v. City of Indianapolis, No. 49A04-1210-OV-503, __ N.E.2d __, (Ind. Ct. App., July 11, 2013).
Defendant is entitled to a jury trial on alleged violations of municipal ordinances.
Passwater v. State, No. 48S05-1210-PC-583, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., June 28, 2013).
Approves Indiana Pattern Jury Instruction on penal consequences of verdicts of not responsible by reason of insanity or guilty but mentally ill.