The legislature intended that contributing to delinquency as a Class A misdemeanor does not require the defendant’s knowledge of the child’s age, but the greater offense of contributing to delinquency as a Level 5 felony does require such knowledge.
Appeals
T.M. v. State, No. 25A-JV-645, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sep. 29, 2026).
Under Indiana Code section 31-37-19-6, a dispositional decree may, among other things: remove the child from the child’s home and place the child in another home . . . and award wardship to a person, other than the department
Hre v. State, No. 26A-CR-1089, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sep. 22, 2026).
The cost of alternative transportation incurred by a victim who lost the use of a vehicle as a result of the defendant’s criminal conduct is not subject to restitution because it does not fall within any of the restitution statute’s five enumerated statutory categories.
Leonard v. State, No. 26A-IF-365, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sep. 16, 2026).
Squealing tires while departing from a traffic light, standing alone, does not prove that a driver committed the civil infraction of unsafe start.
Harrison County Parks & Rec. v. David Hussung, No. 26A-EX-780, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 4, 2026).
This is the first Indiana case to apply the “moving vehicle” rule set forth in Kovatch, which stated that if an employee is injured “the effects of such a fall are compensable if the employment places the employee in a position increasing the dangerous effects of such a fall, such as on a height, near machinery or sharp corners, or in a moving vehicle.”