When husband violated court order by absconding with child and failing to pay child support, trial court did not abuse its discretion in awarding judgment on husband’s child support arrearage to wife.
Henderson v. Henderson, No. 30A04-0907-CV-387, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 21, 2010)
Trial court erred in finding indirect contempt without following the required indirect contempt procedures; trial court also erred in failing to consider evidence at the final hearing on the petition for dissolution of marriage.
Smither v. Asset Acceptance, LLC, No. 55A04-0902-CV-70, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 12, 2010)
(1) The six-year statute of limtitations on “[a]ctions on accounts and contracts not in writing,” governs credit card accounts; (2) because a credit card is akin to an open account, the statute of limitations begins to run from the date the account is due; (3) whether “the date the account is due” is the date of debtor’s last payment or the next due date, the credit card company in this case filed its lawsuit more than six years after both of those dates; (4) whether a credit card company can invoke an optional acceleration clause to delay the statute of limitations, the credit card company in this case did not properly invoke such a clause, because it did not take any affirmative action to notify the debtor of its intent to do so.
Bowling v. State, No. 68A05-0906-CR-306, __ N.E.2d. __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 30, 2009)
Interstate Agreement on Detainers 180 day trial right is not triggered until prosecutor and court in prosecution state receive prisoner’s request for trial.
Mogg v. State, No. 29A04-0902-CR-82, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 31, 2009)
Proper showing was made for probation revocation evidence of alcohol use generated by Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor (“SCRAM”) bracelet.