In an action for a name change, “a petitioner must submit with the petition for a name change the documents requested in I.C. § 34-28-2-2.5—including a driver’s license number or identification card number—if applicable…. [A]lthough we have decided that the language of subsection 2.5 does not carry a mandate, but rather a directory intent, the trial court is still obliged to discern the absence of a fraudulent purpose prior to granting a petitioner’s name change.”
T. Crone
In re the Matter of G.W., No. 07A01-1201-JM-6, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 10, 2012).
A trial court may order a parent to make a child available for an interview requested by DCS to assess that child’s “condition” pursuant to Ind. Code § 31-33-8-7, where the child’s older sibling has made and then recanted allegations of sexual abuse against a family member who lives in the children’s home.
F.D. v. Ind. Dept of Family Svcs., No. 82A01-1109-CT-432, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 30, 2012).
There is no private right of action for failure to report child abuse under Ind. Code § 31-33-18-4.
E.J. v. Okolocha, No. 45A03-1201-CT-15, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 13, 2012).
A doctor has no duty to release a baby’s medical records to the baby’s prospective adoptive parents without the proper authorization to release the medical records.
Ludack v. State, No. 49A02-1109-CR-930, __N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Apr. 25, 2012).
Defendant’s question to detective on cross as to whether defendant admitted any of the allegations against him during detective’s interview opened the door to State questions eliciting from detective that defendant had neither admitted nor denied any allegations.