The Protection Order Act does not permit the reissuance, renewal, or extension of the protective order when there has been a single episode of physical violence with no follow-up act, no threat that the violence will recur, and no other reasonable grounds to believe there is present intent to harm.
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In re Adoption of C.A.H., No. 20S-AD-5, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Jan. 10, 2020).
A parent’s implied consent to the adoption may not be based solely on their failure to appear at a single hearing.
American Consulting, Inc. v. Hannum Wagle & Cline Engineering, Inc., No. 18S-PL-00437, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Dec. 18, 2019).
The liquidated damages provisions in the noncompetition and non-solicitation agreements are unenforceable penalties because the provisions are too broad and capture too much conduct to be construed as a reasonable measure of damages resulting from a breach.
Heraeus Medical, LLC v. Zimmer, Inc., No. 19S-PL-471, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Dec. 3, 2019).
Parties to noncompetition agreements cannot use a reformation clause to contract around the blue pencil doctrine, which provides that reviewing courts may delete, but not add, language to revise unreasonable restrictive covenants.
A.M. v. State, No. 19S-JV-603, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Nov. 12, 2019).
A court should evaluate a juvenile’s claim of ineffective counsel in a delinquency disposition-modification hearing by using a due process standard; it should consider counsel’s overall performance to determine if the child received a fundamentally fair hearing resulting in a disposition that served his best interests.