Supreme Court reversed trial court’s final adoption order, because it was improper to waive various legislative safeguards designed to protect infants who are proposed for adoption, including the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children.
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Gray v. State, No. 10S01-0808-CR-476, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Mar. 31, 2009)
Defendant’s behavior and statements at the two separate robberies were sufficient, without more, to prove that he had a “gun” in his pocket, but his apprehension immediately after the second robbery with only an electric shaver in his pocket precluded an “armed” enhancement for that robbery.
Estate of Mintz v. Connecticut General Life Ins. Co., No. 49S05-0805-CV-214, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind., Mar. 25, 2009)
Proximate cause, comparative fault allocation, and whether (and to what extent) defendant acted as a “reasonably prudent person” are questions of fact for the fact-finder to resolve.
In re Paternity of K.I., No. 13S05-0805-JV-213, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind., Mar. 25. 2009)
Whether a grandparent is entitled to visitation when custody is modified from that grandparent to a natural parent is determined by the grandparent visitation statute, not the de facto custodian statute.
Jackson v. Scheible, No. 03S01-0807-CV-390, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Mar. 10, 2009)
Restatement of Torts 363 on liability of a land possessor for harm caused by trees can apply to a seller of the land if the seller retains possession or control of routine maintenance; in this case buyer had possession and seller was not liable.