Javier Lara Baron v. Carolina Duarte Alvarez

── Javier Lara Baron v. Carolina Duarte Alvarez ── Case No.: 25A-DC-01960 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 23, 2026 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur Father and Mother divorced in June 2023 with three children: G.L. (born October 2014), E.L. (born February 2018), and T.L. (born March 2021) (collectively, Children). The trial court’s dissolution decree granted Father and Mother joint legal custody of Children and 50/50 parenting time on a week-on, week-off basis. The decree also ordered Father to pay $252 per week in child support. [4] Father and Mother operated under the dissolution decree with clear disdain for each other for just over a year.