Although under federal law the court could not order husband to change the beneficiary on his Air Force Survivor Benefit Plan as required by the Marital Settlement Agreement, the trial court can determine the value of the Survivor Benefit Plan and reconsider the distribution of marital assets as an alternative remedy.
Appeals
State v. Lindauer, No. 87A05-1709-CR-2137, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., June 20, 2018).
Criminal Rule 4(C) was created to move cases along and not to create a mechanism to avoid trial. A defendant cannot habitually move to reset the preliminary hearing at which the trial date was to be set and then claim that his right to trial within a year was violated.
Marshall v. State, No. 64A05-1710-CR-2368, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., June 20, 2018).
Because the arresting officer could only testify that the defendant’s vehicle “was going over the posted speed limit”, he did not have specific articulable facts to support his initiation of a traffic stop, and therefore it violated defendant’s Fourth Amendment rights.
Horejs v. Milford, No. 45A03-1709-CT-2173, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., June 14, 2018).
The wrongful death statute precludes the statutory beneficiary who dies before judgment from recovering wrongful death damages when the statutory beneficiary dies with no heirs.
Brewer v. PACCAR, Inc., No. 55A05-1709-CT-2168,__ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., June 15, 2018).
If a party files a motion to correct error, it should either wait for a ruling on the motion before initiating the process of an appeal, or it should dismiss the motion to correct error.