“Whenever a trial court is confronted with one parent wishing to make an admission that the child is in need of services and the other parent wishing to deny the same, the trial court shall conduct a fact-finding hearing as to the entire matter.”
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Hardy v. Hardy, No. 51S01-1106-PL-36, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind., March 14, 2012).
The Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance Act does not preempt equitable claims against a federal employee life insurance policy.
Abbott v. State, No. 34S02-1202-CR-110, __N.E.2d __ (Ind., Feb. 22, 2012).
Maximum sentence was inappropriate when B felony enhancement was due to the arresting officer’s stopping the defendant’s car a few yards from a church.
Hill v. State, No. 45S03-1105-PC-283, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Jan. 24, 2012).
Standard for assessing effective performance of Post-Conviction Rule 2 counsel is the Baum “due-course-of-law” standard, not the two-prong Sixth Amendment Strickland standard.
Ramsey v. Moore, No. 45S05-1105-CT-281, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind., Jan. 12, 2012).
Because the trial court’s order was not a final appealable judgment, the Indiana Supreme Court has no subject matter jurisdiction to hear an appeal on the trial court’s order denying medical malpractice defendants’ request for a preliminary determination and requesting dismissal due to the plaintiff’s dilatory conduct.