An attenuated familial relationship is sufficient for the definition of family or household member (Ind. Code 35-31.5-2-128) for a Level 6 felony battery.
J. Baker
Harris v. Harris, No. 49A04-1501-DR-14, __N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 7, 2015).
Husband consented to trial court’s personal jurisdiction when he asked the trial court to approve an agreed entry for decree of dissolution, authorizing the court to adjudicate all issues necessary to dispose of the marital property.
Johnson v. State, No. 49A02-1406-CR-437, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Mar. 6, 2015).
A trial court need not conduct an indigency hearing at the time probation fees are ordered, but must hold such a hearing before or upon completion of the sentence; probation fees “should reflect the time a defendant actually served on probation.”
Cartwright v. State, No. 65A01-1404-CR-170, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 25, 2015).
Search warrant was erroneously issued, as the application did not establish the informant’s reliability, and the good faith exception could not save the search
In re E.W., No. 40A04-1407-JC-349, __N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 25, 2015).
“By ordering that all contact between Mother and Child cease, the trial court is effectively ending that relationship until Child is a legal adult…Whether or not this is technically a final judgment, it certainly operates as one.”