Parent with legal custody of child has the exclusive authority to dictate child’s religious training. Parent’s decision that child does not participate in the other parent’s church does not violate the other parent’s 1st Amendment rights.
P. Mathias
In re Civil Commitment of C.P., No. 22A-MH-2960, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 14, 2023).
The collateral consequences that accompany order of involuntary civil commitment make appeal from that order not moot even though the term of commitment has expired.
Hinton v. State, No. 23A-CR-107, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., July 21, 2023).
The plain-view exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement allows an officer to seize an object without a warrant if (1) the officer is lawfully in a position from which to view the object, (2) the incriminating character of the object is immediately apparent, and (3) the officer has a lawful right of access to the object.
Cooley v. Cooley, No. 22A-DN-1202, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., April 14, 2023).
In a dissolution of marriage, the trial court had the discretion to order husband to secure a life insurance policy as security for his equalization payment for division of his pension.
Knowles v. State, No. 22A-CR-2133, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 7, 2023).
Failure to participate in the completion of a presentence investigation report may be punishable by indirect, rather than direct contempt.