Adoption agency’s ability to file a petition to voluntarily terminate parental rights to not restricted to the scope of its statutory authorization as a licensed child placing agency.
P. Mathias
Ind. Bureau of Motor Vehicles v. Gurtner, No. 50A03-1407-MI-256, __N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 26, 2015).
Trial court was without authority to grant petition for judicial review for a suspended driver’s license for failure to provide proof of financial responsibility following an automobile accident.
Madden v. State, No. 39A01-1404-CR-173, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 4, 2015).
Probation condition for supervision by community corrections “with determination of appropriate conditions to be made by” community corrections was not an improper delegation of authority to decide whether probationer should be subject to electronic monitoring.
Mundy v. State, No. 53A01-1403-CR-122, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Nov. 19, 2014).
Detectives’ entry of blocked driveway violated the Indiana Constitution, Article 1, Section 11 protection against unreasonable searches.
Esmond v. State, No. 56A05-1404-CR-163, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Nov. 13, 2014).
Defendant found incompetent to stand trial was not entitled to have counsel present during an insanity defense psychiatric examination by the State’s mental health expert.