A woman who was asleep in the passenger seat of her car, which her friend was driving, did not thereby commit the public intoxication offense.
N. Vaidik
J.B. v. E.B., 34A04-1002-DR-110, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 20, 2010)
J.B. v. E.B. (Ind. Ct. App., Vaidik, J.)-Child custody modification proceeding based on report the son had touched his sister inappropriately was not subject to the counselor/client privilege, so that records of son’s counseling were admissible.
State v. Lucas, No. 91A05-1003-CR-247, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 30, 2010)
Portable breath test mouthpiece is not a foreign substance which would invalid a subsequent Datamaster blood alcohol content test.
Kalwitz v. Kalwitz, No. 46A03-0912-CV-574, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 20, 2010)
As all small claims defenses are deemed at issue without a responsive pleading, a litigant wanting an “automatic” small claims change of judge must request it within 30 days of the date the case is placed on the CCS as having been filed.
Regalado v. Eastate of Regalado, No. 64A05-0911-CV-672, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 27, 2010)
Indiana Code section 29-1-2-7(b), which governs paternal inheritance to, through, and from a child born out of wedlock, requires a child to show she is a child born out of wedlock; because there was a genuine issue of material fact as to whether the child in this case was a child born out of wedlock, trial court erred in granting summary judgment in the child’s favor.