For an adoption petition, trial courts should address a petitioner’s advanced age as to whether “the petitioner or petitioners for adoption are of sufficient ability to rear the child and furnish suitable support and education.”
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Gierek v. Anonymous 1, No. 23S-CT-277, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Jan. 9, 2025).
Class certification by the trial court is a proper preliminary determination under the Medical Malpractice Act (MMA). The MMA covers all claims for medical “malpractice” and is not limited to claims involving only bodily injury or death.
Bradley v. State, No. 24S-CR-206, __N.E.3d __ (Ind., Dec. 18, 2024).
A trial court’s sua sponte order for a competency evaluation does not extinguish and reset time under Criminal Rule 4(B); so long as the defendant maintains a position reasonably consistent with his speedy-trial request, delays attributable to competency evaluations simply toll the applicable deadline.
Wohlt v. Wohlt, No. 24S-DR-385, __N.E.3d __ (Ind., Nov. 21, 2024).
Property settlement agreement had no ambiguity when it used the word “all” to describe division of assets; both forgotten and remembered assets were included in that description so that the property division would be final.
Finnegan v. State, No. 24S-MI-68, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Sept. 5, 2024).
Statutory procedures for asserting the insanity defense in criminal proceedings do not apply in an indirect criminal contempt action because it is not a criminal case.