Tristan Dean Gerhardt v. State of Indiana

── Tristan Dean Gerhardt v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00396 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 31, 2025 Author: Judge Rudolph Pyle County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Altice and Judge DeBoer concur The facts most favorable to the judgment reveal that Gerhardt and Carla Clark (“Mother”) (collectively “Parents”) began dating in December 2022. At that time, Gerhardt lived in Illinois. When Mother, who is on the autism spectrum and who has a shunt in her brain because she suffers from hydrocephalus, became pregnant, Gerhardt moved to Indiana to live with Mother in the basement of maternal grandparents’ (“maternal grandparents”) home. Also living in maternal grandparents’ home were: (1) seven-year-old A.C.