Trial court properly granted unregistered putative father’s motion for relief from adoption when mother fraudulently claimed that she did not know the identity of child’s father.
R. Pyle
Fairbanks v. State, No. 49A02-1707-CR-1675, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 1, 2018).
The trial court properly admitted evidence that the defendant’s daughter’s death was no accident under Evid. Rule 404(b)’s lack-of-accident purpose, even though the defendant did not affirmatively claim mistake or accident.
Payne v. State, No. 79A02-1707-CR-1606, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 28, 2018).
State must authenticate defendant’s signature on plea agreement entered in prior violent felony in order sustain a conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm by serious violent felon.
J.R. v. S.P., No. 31A04-1706-DC-1284, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 15, 2017).
Biological parent whose rights have been terminated cannot circumvent the law by filing a custody action under Ind. Code 31-17-2-3.
Polk v. State, No. 49A02-1703-CR-622, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Nov. 30, 2017).
When a person is placed on probation for a felony conviction, the trial court is statutorily required to impose probation fees and may not direct the probation department to conduct a financial assessment. The trial court must also conduct an indigency hearing.