That Department of Child Services failed to allege that one of the three waiting periods giving parents time to reunify with their children had in fact passed is fatal to their petitions to terminate Father’s parental rights.
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Kennedy Tank & Mfg. Co., Inc. v. Emmert Industrial Corp., No. 49S02-1608-CT-431, __N.E.3d__ (Ind., Jan. 3, 2016).
Indiana’s 10-year statute of limitations is not preempted by the federal statute of limitations in the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act.
Rogers v. Martin, No. 02S05-1603-CT-114, __N.E.3d__ (Ind., Oct. 26, 2016).
Although landowner had no duty to protect an invitee from an unforeseeable harm, she did have a duty to protect the invitee from the foreseeable exacerbation of the injury occurring in her home. Under Indiana’s Dram Shop Act, a person does not “furnish” alcohol by providing it to someone who already possesses it.
Griffith v. State, No. 27S00-1503-LW-145, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Sept. 29, 2016).
Supreme Court upholds murder, robbery, and conspiracy to commit robbery conviction and sentence of life imprisonment without possibility of parole (LWOP).
D.A. v. State, No. 48S02-1604-MI-183, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Sept. 1, 2016).
“Under the plain language of Indiana Code section 35-38-9-4, civil forfeitures are not included within the “conviction records” that may be expunged.”