Paternity proceeding was not required to be transferred to the county where adoption was pending.
Appeals
Williams v. Kirch, No. 25A-SC-196, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 18, 2025).
Generative AI can produce citations to non-existent authorities, and the Court cautioned litigants to verify citations before including them in briefs.
In re P.R., No. 25A-JC-825, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 18, 2025).
Special judge could have a magistrate cover a hearing, but not the same magistrate that previously heard the merits of the case before the change of judge was filed.
Planned Parenthood Great Nw., Haw., Alaska, Ind., Ky., Inc. v. Med. Licensing Bd. of Ind., No. 24A-PL-2467, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 11, 2025).
The right to an abortion that is protected under Article 1, Section 1 requires the abortion to be a necessary procedure to protect the woman’s life or to protect her from a serious health risk, and requires the determination that an abortion is necessary to be a reasonable medical judgment. The statutory Hospital Requirement also does not impair the constitutional right to an abortion.
Sanchez v. State, No. 24A-CR-802, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., July 15, 2025).
Altice, C.J. Jose L. Lopez Sanchez, charged with operating while intoxicated (OWI), brings this interlocutory appeal of the trial court’s denial of his request to compel the discovery of police reports related to his criminal prosecution. He contends that the trial court erred in determining that the Access to Public Records Act (APRA), Ind. Code […]