Rent-to-buy agreement is not a lease subject to the Landlord-Tenant Act.
Appeals
C.S. v. State, No. 18A-JV-862, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 19, 2018).
Ind. Code § 31-37-18-1.3 requires that a delinquent child be given notice of and an opportunity to be heard during a dispositional or modification hearing; however, the child is not required to be physically present and participation via video conferencing is enough.
Gates v. O’Connor, No. 18A-CT-58, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 13, 2018).
Because the designated evidence negates the proximate cause element of the legal malpractice claim, the trial court properly granted summary judgment.
Hummel v. State, No. 75A03-1710-PC-2449, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 6, 2018).
A PCR court has the authority to accept agreements that modify the sentence in the underlying criminal case, whether that judge is an elected judge, a judge pro tempore, or a special judge. Once accepted, the State is bound by the terms of that agreement
Schmitt v. State, No. 83A04-1711-CR-2720, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 10, 2018
Courts are no longer statutorily required to have prosecutorial consent to modify a sentence, but if it makes a preliminary determination that it would grant a petition to modify it should request documentation from the DOC and hold a hearing on the petition.