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M. DeBoer

Sharon Parsons, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Timothy Parson, et al. v. Crum & Forster Specialty Insurance Comp. & Danielle Benjamin, et al., No. 25A-CT-2307, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jun. 22, 2026).

June 22, 2026 Filed Under: Civil Tagged With: Appeals, M. DeBoer

Bound by precedent from our Supreme Court construing similar pollution provisions in insurance policies, we find that because the Crum & Forster policy did not unambiguously identify methanol as a pollutant, the trial court erred in applying the TPPL part to the Parsons’ claims.

Burton v. State, No. 25A-CR-2659, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., June 5, 2026).

June 8, 2026 Filed Under: Criminal Tagged With: Appeals, M. DeBoer

The assisting a criminal statute, Indiana Code section 35-44.1-2-5, does not require proof of the assisted party’s interstate flight when the State charges a defendant with having assisted a fugitive from justice.

Olbera, et al. v. Sykes, No. 25A-JP-2005, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Mar. 30, 2026).

March 30, 2026 Filed Under: Civil Tagged With: Appeals, M. DeBoer

Marital presumption as legal parent rebutted by biological father of child as biological father did not relinquish his rights to legal parentage.

In re the Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of A.W., No. 24A-JT-3052, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 8, 2025).

December 8, 2025 Filed Under: Juvenile Tagged With: Appeals, C. Bradford, M. DeBoer

In a termination of parental rights case, parents’ due process rights were violated by the trial court’s failure to compel DCS to disclose the names and contact information of child’s foster parents because that information could have led to the discovery of admissible evidence.

In re E.K., No. 25A-JC-703, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 16, 2025).

October 20, 2025 Filed Under: Civil, Juvenile Tagged With: Appeals, M. DeBoer

The Court could not take judicial notice of substantive controversial facts and rely on those facts in orders issued by a court in a non-adversarial proceeding where many typical due process protections are not observed.

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