Trial court properly granted unregistered putative father’s motion for relief from adoption when mother fraudulently claimed that she did not know the identity of child’s father.
Appeals
Ind. University Health So. Ind. Physicians, Inc. v. Noel, No. 18A-CT-1299, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Nov. 7, 2018).
Venue statute, Ind. Code § 23-0.5-4-12, conflicts with Trial Rule 75, so the statute is void.
In re Guardianship of Luis, No. 18A-GU-1312, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Nov. 8, 2018).
A trial court is required to make findings on special immigrant juvenile status in accordance with 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(27)(J).
Bradtmiller v. State, No. 18A-CR-884, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 17, 2018).
Although defendant properly waived his right to a jury trial on the underlying charges, he did not waive his right to a jury trial on the habitual-offender enhancement because he did not personally communicate to the judge a desire to waive that right.
DeCola v. State, No. 18A-MI-732, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 17, 2018).
Petitioners seeking expungement are not entitled to a jury trial. The Indiana Code does not allow for an individual to have a school suspension expunged from his records; expungement is a remedy limited to criminal arrests and convictions.