New statutory discretion for a judge to convert a D felony conviction to a Class A misdemeanor conviction does not mandate that a judge order such a conversion.
D.T. v. Ind. Dept. of Child Services, 49A02-1205-JT-420,___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 25, 2013).
A 15-year-old who fathered a child was not deprived due process because a guardian ad litem was not appointed for him during termination of parental rights proceedings.
Anderson v. Huntington Co. Bd. of Comm., No. 35A04-1207-MI-357, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 29, 2013).
Requesting email records of public officials over a certain period of time does not satisfy the “reasonably particular” requirement of the Access to Public Records Act.
Alldredge v. Good Samaritan Home, Inc., No. 82A01-1206-CT-249, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 31, 2013).
Fraudulent concealment tolls the Wrongful Death Act’s two-year statute of limitations.
Doe v. Prosecutor, Marion County, Indiana, No. 12-2512, __ F.3d __ (7th Cir., Jan. 23, 2013).
The First Amendment is violated by Ind. Code 35-42-4-12, which imposes A misdemeanor or D felony liability on certain sex offenders who use social networking web sites or instant messaging or chat room programs which the offenders know allow use by persons under eighteen.