For purposes of the Interstate Agreement on Detainers, a failure-to-appear bench warrant issued after a formal information was filed after for failure to appear at a pretrial conference is sufficient to serve as a detainer.
Appeals
C.J.W. v. T.H., No. 26A-AD-1225, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 16, 2026).
A Level 5 criminal recklessness conviction did not bar the stepfather from adoption because the court ruled on the adoption petition after the five-year period had expired. This court found that the time period noted in the statute “refers to the date the court rules on the petition, not the filing date” of the petition.
Alexander v. State, No. 26A-CR-2705, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sep. 30, 2026).
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.
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.