Guardian’s closure of payable on death accounts to consolidate ward’s finances into a single account was not prohibited estate planning.
P. Riley
Hillebrand v. Supervised Estate of Charlotte Fern Large, No. 70A01-0902-CV-72, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App. Oct. 13, 2009)
The damages awarded in a wrongful death action may include the reasonable attorney fees necessary to pursue the action, and these damages inure to the exclusive benefit of the estate for the payment of such costs.
League of Women Voters of Indiana, Inc. v. Rokita, No. 49A02-0901-CV-40, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 17, 2009)
Indiana’s Voter I.D. law violates the equal privileges and immunities clause of the Indiana Constitution.
Slone v. State, No. 57A03-0904-CR-162, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 9, 2009)
Evidence that defendant bought two twenty-count packages of pseudoephedrine within one week during cold season was insufficient to prove defendant knowingly purchased drugs containing more than three grams of ephedrine within one week.
Lang v. State, No. 67A01-0905-CR-241, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 17, 2009)
Under notice-based approach, entry of final judgment, from which time period to file notice of appeal began to run, was not when sentence was announced in court or when posted to the RJO but rather when the judge signed the sentencing order.