“[S]o long as a father pays child support, exercises parenting time, and actively participates in the child’s life, then the best interests of the child may be served by giving the child the father’s surname to reinforce the bond between father and his nonmarital child, particularly if father is the noncustodial parent.”
Lunsford v. Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas, No. 30A01-1302-MF-63, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 20, 2013).
The bank had the senior claim on a property even though a land contract between the owner and buyer had been executed years earlier because the contract wasn’t recorded until after the mortgage was recorded.
Schwartz v. Heeter, No. 02S03-1301-DR-18, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Sept. 26, 2013).
A child support agreement incorporates the version of the Child Support Guidelines in effect for each particular year’s income.
M & M Investment Group, LLC v. Ahlemeyer Farms, Inc., No. 03S04-1211-CC-645 , __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Sept. 26, 2013).
The county auditor is obligated to notify a mortgage holder of an impending property sale only when that mortgage holder specifically requests a notice.
McWhorter v. State, No. 33S01-1301-PC-7, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Sept. 12, 2013).
Adheres to Indiana position that verdicts are not reviewable for being “inconsistent, contradictory, or irreconcilable,” and holds that collateral estoppel does not prevent defendant acquitted of murder from being retried for manslaughter in this case.