When there had never been any custody determination made, the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act did not apply to mother’s Indiana petition to get child born out of wedlock back from father who had taken the child to another state.
Appeals
Washington v. State, No. 49A02-0907-CR-649, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Mar. 4, 2010)
Warrantless search of vehicle during infraction stop to find a handgun which driver admitted he had and for which he possessed a valid permit violated the Fourth Amendment when the officer lacked an articulable basis of concern for officer safety.
Ault v. Brewer, No. 36A04-0907-CV-407, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Mar. 2, 2010)
Guardian’s closure of payable on death accounts to consolidate ward’s finances into a single account was not prohibited estate planning.
In re Adoption of L.D., No. 49A02-0907-CV-671, __ N.E.2d. __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 25, 2010)
Since paternal grandparents adopting their grandchild were adoptive rather than biological grandparents, the maternal grandparent was not eligible for visitation under the Grandparent Visitation Act.
Hampton v. State, No. 49A04-0906-CR-331, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 8, 2010)
Statute providing that the first thirty years of an A felony child molesting sentence may not be suspended does not operate to change the minimum sentence for such an offense from twenty years to thirty.