The Home Improvement Contracts Act requires a contractor to provide a written contract; the oral agreement between homeowner and contractor was unenforceable and the award of damages was set aside.
Appeals
State v. B.H., No. 24A-JV-1247, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 4, 2024).
An order rejecting a delinquency petition for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction is comparable to the dismissal of an indictment or information.
FG v. State, No. 24A-CR-560, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 4, 2024).
Accessing obscene animated child pornography from one’s own home is protected conduct under the First Amendment.
In re M.H., No. 23A-JC-2959, __N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 4, 2024).
With good cause, a court may sua sponte set a CHINS factfinding hearing beyond the 60-day deadline imposed by Ind. Code 31-34-11-1(a). However, judicial economy alone is not sufficient good cause.
Basso v. State, No. 24A-CR-500, __N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 24, 2024).
A crime victim does not commit perjury merely by changing his opinion regarding the proper punishment for the defendant at the defendant’s sentencing hearing.