A trial court must hold a hearing that complies with Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460 (2012) when the effect of a sentence imposed on a juvenile will amount to a de facto life sentence.
J. Baker
In re Name Change of M.E.B., No. 19A-MI-118, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., June 21, 2019).
AR 9 does not require that a transgender person requesting a name change provide evidence of violence occurring to that person because of gender identity or of violence being perpetrated against an Indiana resident who identifies as transgender.
In re Name Change of K.H., No. 18A-MI-3077, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., June 21, 2019).
The trial court improperly required that a person provide notice to the Attorney General of intent to waive publication and seal the record of a name change case pursuant to AR 9.
Burton v. Benner, No. 19A-CT-135, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., June 13, 2019).
Summary judgment should have been denied when the facts were without dispute, but the inferences that could be made from and conclusions that could be based on those facts can be disputed.
In re L.S., No. 18A-JT-2881, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 21, 2019).
Drug test results do not fall under the business records exception to the rule against hearsay.