Parents have authority to petition to change the gender marker of their child on the child’s birth certificate. The appropriate standard is whether the change is in the child’s best interests.
R. Pyle
Prater v. Wineland, No. 20A-GU-895, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Nov. 30, 2020).
In a guardianship, trial court erred in denying mother’s petition for visitation of her child without a hearing.
Knight v. State, 20A-CR-268, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sep. 15, 2020).
The imposition of community service, as a term of probation, is beyond the trial court’s discretion where the condition is not specified in the plea agreement and where the plea agreement contains language that limits the trial court’s discretion to impose such a condition.
Anonymous Physician 1 v. White, No. 19A-CT-1262, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., July 29, 2020).
Plaintiff, son who learned that physician had used physician’s own sperm rather than a medical school resident’s donor sperm to artificially inseminate his mother, sufficiently stated breach of contract and tort claims for which relief can be granted.
Shorter v. State, No. 19A-CR-2904, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., July 6, 2020).
That officers knew defendant wanted to leave town was an exigent circumstance justifying defendant’s warrantless arrest.