Trial court did not err by denying Mother’s motion to dismiss the petition to terminate her parental rights because the evidentiary hearings were not completed within the statutory 180-day time frame when Mother affirmatively waived the time frame.
Appeals
Feather Trace Homeowners Assoc., Inc. v. Luster, No. 19A-SC-300, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 24, 2019).
Abrogation of homeowners’ association dues and assessments is not the appropriate remedy for an owner’s dissatisfaction with the way the HOA is performing or the conditions or quality of the neighborhood and its amenities.
In re K.R., No. 19A-JT-487, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 26, 2019).
Parents’ drug test results were admissible pursuant to the records of regularly conducted activity exception to the hearsay rule.
Archer v. State, No. 18A-PC-2681, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 12, 2019).
The presence of even one biased juror on the jury is a structural error requiring a new trial, and appellate counsel had an obligation to review the entire record of the trial proceedings, including the voir dire transcript.
Pulido v. State, No. 19A-CR-834, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 12, 2019).
It is not a crime to simply be intoxicated in public, and to sustain a public intoxication conviction based on personal endangerment, the state must show proof beyond a reasonable doubt and not by merely speculating that the person may be in some future danger.