In an action for a name change, “a petitioner must submit with the petition for a name change the documents requested in I.C. § 34-28-2-2.5—including a driver’s license number or identification card number—if applicable…. [A]lthough we have decided that the language of subsection 2.5 does not carry a mandate, but rather a directory intent, the trial court is still obliged to discern the absence of a fraudulent purpose prior to granting a petitioner’s name change.”
Appeals
C.A.B. v. J.D.M., No. 37A03-1204-AD-149, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., Nov. 30, 2012).
Mother was denied due process when her children were allowed to be adopted while the appeal of her termination of parental rights was pending.
Thomas v. State, No. 64A03-1204-PL-191, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Nov. 28, 2012).
Ten year statute of limitations applies to habitual traffic violator suspensions; three-year delay in imposition of habitual traffic offender suspension was not shown to be subject to “extreme unfairness” basis for applying laches to bar an administrative regulatory sanction.
Lebo v. State, No. 46A05-1202-CR-104, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Nov. 16, 2012).
The B misdemeanor offense of failure to report child abuse or neglect is a continuing offense, and hence is not subject to the misdemeanor statute of limitations.
White v. State, No. 90A04-1111-CR-621, __N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Nov. 21,2012),
Statements of murder victim were properly admitted under Evidence Rule 804(b)(5), the “forfeiture by wrongdoing” hearsay exception.