Remote proceedings for a termination of parental rights hearing did not deprive mother of her due process rights.
Miller v. Patel, No. 21S-CT-455, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Oct. 7, 2021).
Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act’s statute of limitations does not preempt an amendment under Trial Rule 15(C).
Rotert v. Stiles, No. 21S-TR-452, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Oct. 8, 2021).
Statutory prohibition against restraints on marriage applies only to a devise to a spouse by will and not to other dispositions, like a trust.
Blake v. State, No. 201-CR-405, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 28, 2021).
The Covid-19 pandemic constituted an emergency for purposes of Criminal Rule 4(B
Beachey v. State, No. 20A-CR-2121, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 28, 2021).
The Indiana Supreme Court explicitly established that, beginning on January 1, 2020, “the court should utilize the results of an evidence-based risk assessment approved by the Indiana Office of Court Services, and such other information as the court finds relevant.” Crim. R. 26(B). This requirement cannot be circumvented by simply choosing not to order the preparation of an evidence-based risk assessment.