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── MATTHEW J GOODE v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-00374 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 06, 2020 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Crone concur On August 10, 2018, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Officer Alexander Craft ran the license plate of a white Chrysler Sebring, received information …
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Neutral
── Termination: K H v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 20A-JT-00263 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 18, 2020 Author: Judge Elaine Brown Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Crone concur Father’s several children include Ki.H. who was born on June 23, 2015, and K.H. and Kr.H. (the “Twins,” and with Ki.H., …
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Neutral
── Ian Francis Creamer v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01192 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 30, 2020 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Remanded Judge Robb and Judge Crone concur On January 23, 2020, Creamer knowingly or intentionally possessed methamphetamine weighing at least twenty-eight grams and altered, damaged, or removed the …
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Neutral
── Melody Barrows v. Crossroads Bank ── Case No.: 20A-MF-00978 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 30, 2020 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Miami Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Crone concur Barrows executed a promissory note dated May 30, 2012, evidencing a loan from Crossroads to her in the original principal amount of $23,250 …
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Neutral
── Maurice McClung, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-PC-00413 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 30, 2020 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Grant Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Crone concur The relevant facts as discussed in McClung’s direct appeal follow: On August 14, 2008, Darrell Hollins (“Hollins”) was in Marion, Indiana …
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Neutral
── Precision Gun Range LLC, et al. v. Owen County Board of Zoning Appeals, et al. ── Case No.: 20A-PL-00231 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 30, 2020 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Owen Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Crone concur Jerry Wise and Kathy Wise reside in Owen County, Indiana, approximately 1,119 yards …
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Neutral
── Neal M Siegel v. Sue M Tomion ── Case No.: 20A-CT-00173 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 09, 2020 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur In 2016, Siegel was driving a vehicle when he was involved in an automobile accident with Sue Tomion. On March 23, …
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Neutral
── Billy Joe Conn, Jr v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 19A-CR-02307 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 15, 2020 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur On August 29, 2018, Indiana State Police Master Trooper James Wells received information from Ohio law enforcement that Conn would …
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Neutral
── Joel E. Taylor v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01252 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 16, 2020 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Delaware Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur Taylor and A.D. met in 2004 and had two children who were born in 2005 and 2006. Taylor and A.D. did …
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Neutral
── Charlie Barber v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-PC-01164 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 21, 2020 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marshall Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur On October 23, 1977, the State charged Barber with three counts of forgery as class C felonies as Counts I, II, and …
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Neutral
── Paternity: Eric Smith v. Shanna M Lamar ── Case No.: 20A-JP-00657 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 21, 2020 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Shelby Category: Juvenile Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur Smith and Shanna LaMar have a child together. On November 28, 2017, the trial court entered an order that …
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Neutral
── Termination: B J, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 20A-JT-00063 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 21, 2020 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Crone concur Parents’ children include: Q.J., Jr. who was born on September 11, 2001, Q.J. who was born on …
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Neutral
── Ernest Eugene Dixon v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01214 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 23, 2020 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Shelby Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur In January 2009, Dixon and the State filed a Joint Motion to Enter Guilty Plea in which Dixon agreed to plead …
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Neutral
── Scott Miller v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 19A-CR-02870 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 23, 2020 Author: Judge Elaine Brown Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur On July 28, 2004, the State charged Miller with Count I, dealing in methamphetamine as a class A felony, and Count II, dealing in a Schedule …
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Neutral
── Tad T Bohlsen v. Victoria D. Bohlsen ── Case No.: 20A-DC-01395 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2020 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur On April 15, 2019, the trial court entered a decree of dissolution with respect to the …
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Neutral
── Edward Meiggs v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-PC-01067 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2020 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur The relevant facts as discussed in Meiggs’s direct appeal follow: On May 6, 2015, A.W. went to Evansville Metaphysics for an hour-long …
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Neutral
── Dylan M Morgan v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-00634 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2020 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Vigo Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur On the evening of August 4, 2018, Gage Eup, who was eighteen years old, attended a party, and around midnight, Eup’s …
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Neutral
── CHARLES D. LAMBRIGHT v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01533 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 15, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur On July 24, 2019, Lambright knowingly exerted unauthorized control over merchandise of Chalet Party Shoppe in Goshen with the intent to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joshua James Wozniak v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-00947 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 20, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur Larry Wozniak (“Larry”) suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema, and atrial fibrillation. Larry was on pain medication for an extended …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── John Blaylock, et al. v. Russell Harkness ── Case No.: 20A-SC-00245 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 28, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur Russell Harkness signed a proposal dated November 18, 2019, to perform certain drywall and framing work for $1,000, to be …
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Neutral
── Thomas Barr Willis v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01442 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 29, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marshall Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur At some point on August 10, 2019, Willis, Kevin Weber, who knew Willis when they were teenagers, and Weber’s friend, Kelsey …
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Neutral
── Gary Joseph Hanney v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01377 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 29, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Porter Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur In July 2017, Hanney, who was born in 1987, and Tamika Conley, the mother of C.B., who was born in 2015, …
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Neutral
── James Collins v. Inland Technologies International Limited ── Case No.: 20A-PL-01008 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 18, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur Inland offered employment to Collins in a letter dated March 28, 2005, which provided: 1) Position: Vice President, Inland Fluids (Job Description attached) 2) Base …
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Neutral
── Damon Jabor Lewis, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01528 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 23, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur Approximately one week prior to February 4, 2019, Lewis and some of his family members were involved in a physical …
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Neutral
── D H v. B W ── Case No.: 20A-PO-01849 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 25, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur D.H. and B.W. were married in 2002 and have four minor children. On April 16, 2020, the Madison Circuit Court in Kentucky entered a decree of dissolution …
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Neutral
── Shantell Williams v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01762 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 25, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur On July 1, 2019, Williams and two others entered a Torrid retail store in Hamilton County, were observed placing merchandise in their …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Josh Mitchell v. Debra Mitchell, et al. ── Case No.: 20A-CT-01669 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 26, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur On March 16, 2020, Brayden Mitchell, Josh’s minor son, by his mother and next friend, Jocylen Mitchell, filed a Complaint and …
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Neutral
── Samuel Lee Jackson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-PC-01538 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 16, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur The relevant facts as discussed in Jackson’s direct appeal follow: [O]n June 18, 2000, Glendora Shorts had an argument and physical …
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Neutral
── Bryan Fields v. Loriann Fields ── Case No.: 20A-DC-01896 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 18, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur Husband and Loriann Fields (“Wife”) were married in 2003 and have one minor child. On September 6, 2019, Wife filed a petition …
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Neutral
── LEEVI CHESTER EMERY v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01770 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 19, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Clark Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur On August 6, 2018, Stevie Cornett’s remains were found in a cupboard underneath stairs of a residence. Emery had previously shared …
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Neutral
── W F v. Review Board ── Case No.: 20A-EX-01839 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 31, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown Category: Other Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Vaidik concur Foley worked as a salesperson or sales consultant for Twin City Dodge, Inc. (“Employer”), a car dealership, until April 27, 2020. The Indiana Department of Workforce Development …
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Neutral
── Brian Wesley Curry v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01505 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 31, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Vaidik concur At approximately 10:00 p.m. on July 22, 2019, Sheridan Police Officer Michael James Foote received a dispatch to a call regarding …
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Neutral
── Mark A Bonds v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01449 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 31, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Bradford and Judge Vaidik concur In 2012, a jury found Bonds guilty of two counts of child molesting as class A felonies.1 On November …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Rex Carroll v. Long Tail Corporation ── Case No.: 20A-PL-01285 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 31, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur In 2009, Kinkar Saha began CodeClouds in Calcutta, India (“CodeClouds India”), and he later relocated to New …
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Neutral
── Joseph Olivares v. Anonymous Doctor TG ── Case No.: 20A-CT-02337 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 21, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Remanded and Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Vaidik concur [1] Joseph F. Olivares, pro se, appeals the trial court’s order denying his motion to transfer venue, granting Dr. T.G.’s …
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Neutral
── Narkeen Altamirano v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01606 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 21, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Vaidik concur On August 18, 2018, Vianka Velasquez had a birthday party at her house in Indianapolis at which Vianka, her boyfriend Pedro Membreno, …
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Neutral
── Qwanya S. Robinson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-02185 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 27, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Vaidik concur On November 14, 2018, the State charged Robinson with Count I, child molesting as a level 1 felony; Count II, child …
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Neutral
── Shri Rukmani Balaji Mandir Trust, et al. v. Michigan City, et al. ── Case No.: 20A-PL-01831 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 27, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Vaidik concur This case involves Michigan City’s attempts to satisfy default judgments against Sheonarayan and Jaidevi for incurred …
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Neutral
── Dan L. Broering v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-02232 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 30, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Ripley Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik concurs. Judge Bradford concurs/concurs in result On February 27, 2020, Indiana State Police Trooper Thomas C. Ratliff observed a vehicle turn into a gas station …
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Neutral
── Jeremy L Rodgers v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-02162 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 30, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Wayne Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Vaidik concur On February 1, 2018, Wayne County Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Sams received information that Rodgers, who had an active warrant for a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Guardianship: Austin Weichold, et al. v. Joseph L. Gaudin, et al. ── Case No.: 20A-GU-02123 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 30, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Decatur Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Vaidik concur In August 2015, R.P. was born to B.P. (“Father”) and T.W. (“Mother”). Two weeks after her birth, …
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Neutral
── J M v. T W, et al. ── Case No.: 20A-AD-00788 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 07, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Henry Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Robb and Judge Crone concur B.D.H. was born to J.M. and T.W. (“Mother”) in March 2009. In October 2010, the trial …
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Neutral
── Termination: A A v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 20A-JT-00501 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 07, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Crone concur On November 15, 2011, J.P. was born to K.P. (“Mother”) and Father. On April 6, 2017, DCS filed a petition alleging …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jacob Wesley Donald Bengert v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-02258 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 10, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Vaidik concur K.B. was born on September 16, 2019, to Chelsea Marksberry and Bengert, and they lived in the basement of the …
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Neutral
── Dept. of Business & Neighborhood Services v. Scott Beasley ── Case No.: 20A-SC-01928 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 14, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Bradford and Judge Vaidik concur In 2018, Scott Beasley purchased a commercial building on Lots 86 and 87 in Lukenbill’s East 10th Street Addition, which is located east …
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Neutral
── Kelly Jo Marshall v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-02314 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 18, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Vaidik concur Marshall and Undray Moody were dating and had a five-year-old child, K. On May 11, 2019, Moody returned from an afternoon …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Unsupervised Estate: JAMIE L SMELTZER v. THOMAS SMELTZER, et al. ── Case No.: 20A-EU-02159 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 20, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Bradford and Judge Vaidik concur On November 2, 2016, Thomas Smeltzer filed a petition for probate of will stating that Ray E. Smeltzer died in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: Rhett Loftsgard v. Stephanie Muir ── Case No.: 21A-JP-00217 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 26, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Vaidik concur On February 5, 2018, Stephanie Muir, by the State as intervenor, filed a petition to establish child support in the Hamilton Superior …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Unsupervised Estate: Belinda Wycoff, et al. v. Brookville Mobile Estates, LLC. ── Case No.: 20A-EU-02379 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 28, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Bradford and Judge Vaidik concur This case involves a mobile home trailer (the “Trailer”) which had belonged to Wycoff’s father, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jesse E. Atwood v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-02391 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 07, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Shelby Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford concurs. Judge Vaidik dissents Atwood sold methamphetamine to a confidential informant (the “CI”) on four occasions during September and October of 2018. On September 20, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Maria Vazquez v. German Township Trustee ── Case No.: 20A-CT-02302 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 09, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Vaidik concur At approximately 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 19, 2019, Vazquez exited her parked car in the upper-level parking lot of German …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Oscar Sanchez Hernandez v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00019 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 16, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Vaidik concur Hernandez and M.S. were in a relationship and lived together beginning in 2010. M.S. is the mother of L.A. 1 According …
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Neutral
── J K v. J T ── Case No.: 21A-PO-00137 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 22, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Warren Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Crone concur King and J.T. were in a relationship and lived together from May 2019 until July 21, 2020, along with J.T.’s three children from …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Krause-Franzen Farms, Inc., et al. v. Tippecanoe School Corporation ── Case No.: 21A-PL-00115 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 28, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Crone concur This case involves certain real property located in Tippecanoe County owned by Landowners (the “Real Estate”) which, according to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brett W Walters v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00074 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 28, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Mathias concur On July 29, 2019, Fort Wayne Police officers were dispatched to a Walmart store in Fort Wayne in reference to an …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Nathaniel Jerome Asbury v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-02338 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 28, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Mathias concur Alexis L. participated in a plan with Asbury, Isiah Barboza, and Elias Costello to rob the home of her stepmother, L.L. …
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Neutral
── Termination: G S v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JT-00076 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 14, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Scott Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Tavitas concur G.D.S. was born in October 2008. In October 2018, the Department of Child Services (“DCS”) filed a petition under …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brent Wayne Roe v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-02373 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 14, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Tavitas concur On November 1, 2019, Roe was in a relationship with M.R. and lived with M.R. and M.R.’s mother. On that day, …
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Neutral
── Anthony Zachery Tedesco v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00500 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 22, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Ripley Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Vaidik concur On May 10, 2019, the State charged Tedesco under cause number 69D01-1905F6-72 (“Cause No. 72”) with Count I, resisting law enforcement …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kevin Martin v. State of Indiana, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-CT-00066 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 22, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Sullivan Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Vaidik concur On May 28, 2020, Martin filed a “notice to the court” under cause number 77C01-2005-CT-241 in the Sullivan Circuit Court …
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Neutral
── MICHAEL A SMITH v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00238 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 30, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Riley concur On March 12, 2019, Smith had an argument with his wife, G.R., at their house. According to G.R., Smith was asking …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Derrick Gist v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00100 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 30, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Vaidik concur Gist worked as a personal trainer at ICE Athletic Center. In September 2017, the head personal trainer looked at the company’s …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CouponCabin, LLC v. MICHAEL CHRISTOFIELD ── Case No.: 21A-SC-00410 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 16, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Riley concur On January 14, 2021, Christofield filed a notice of claim against CouponCabin alleging that he earned $76.86 using the company’s cash back service, …
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Neutral
── CHINS: K C v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JC-00320 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 25, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Shelby Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Riley concur In November 2020, the Indiana Department of Child Services (“DCS”) filed petitions alleging that S.G., who was born in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jennifer J Dearborn v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-00754 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 25, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Washington Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Riley concur On April 25, 2017, Dearborn possessed methamphetamine in an amount greater than ten grams but less than twenty-eight grams. On April …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael Love v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00478 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 26, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Riley concur On October 24, 2019, the State charged Love with unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon as a level …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kirk Shaffer v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00400 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 26, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Riley concur On October 1, 2019, law enforcement initiated a traffic stop of Shaffer in LaPorte County and found him in possession of approximately …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James Neil v. Joe Byers, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-CT-00431 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 31, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Riley concur On September 23, 2019, Neil filed a Complaint for Damages. 1 Also on that date, Dean J. Arnold (“Attorney Arnold”) filed …
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Neutral
── Paternity: Tiffany Brandon v. Daniel Moore ── Case No.: 21A-JP-00742 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 15, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Najam and Judge Riley concur On August 27, 2013, Child was born to Mother and Daniel Moore (“Father”). Mother and Father lived together for …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Shawn A. Johnson v. Don Hobson Irrevocable Trust ── Case No.: 21A-CT-00627 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 21, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Delaware Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Riley concur At around 9:40 p.m. on August 9, 2018, Johnson was driving his vehicle on State Road 167 in Delaware County …
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Neutral
── Paternity: Benjamin J. Isack v. Sarah Ann Chidister ── Case No.: 21A-JP-00590 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 28, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown Category: Juvenile Decision: Dismissed Judge Najam and Judge Riley concur On September 10, 2020, the trial court entered an Order on Relocation, Custody, and Parenting Time which granted the request of Sarah Ann Chidister …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Marr Peter Brown v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00272 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 28, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Najam and Judge Riley concur In September 2017, James Walker met Brown and developed a business relationship with him in which Walker would …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Korie Shantel Miller v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00718 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 29, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Wells Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Riley concur After two controlled buys involving Miller and a confidential informant on August 17, 2018, and September 4, 2018, the State charged …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Proctor Gray, III v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 19A-CR-01752 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 29, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Vigo Category: Criminal Decision: Dismissed Judge Najam and Judge Riley concur In 1990, a jury found Gray guilty of burglary as a class A felony under Count I and murder under Count …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Willam Foreman v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00769 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 30, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Riley concur On October 15, 2019, Pamela Hickman, an employee at the Tippecanoe County courthouse, lost her debit card over her lunch hour. When …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── PAUL ROSS v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00898 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 20, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Riley concur E.C.’s mother met Ross when E.C. was two years old and moved in with him in December 2017. In December 2018, …
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Neutral
── DEMARCUS ANTOINE NELSON v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00445 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 20, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Riley concur In April 2020, the State filed a charging information alleging that Nelson committed domestic battery as a class A misdemeanor under …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Janie Givens, et al. v. Estachia Eberle, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-PL-00925 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 28, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Owen Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Mathias concur On March 22, 2018, Kindred, pro se, filed a “Complaint for Defamation Per Se” against Charlotte Church, a family …
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Neutral
── Ernest L. Douglas v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00763 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 29, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Riley concur Douglas and Satanna Douglas (“Satanna”) were married in November 2018. In December 2018, Douglas went to live with a friend and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Broadway Logistics Complex LLC, et al. v. Lake County Treasurer's Office, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-PL-00738 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 29, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Riley concur The Lake County Auditor (“Auditor”), through its tax sale department, administers and serves as the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: Darrah L. Draper v. Casey A. Umbarger ── Case No.: 21A-JP-00561 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 29, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Henry Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Riley concur K.U. was born to Mother and Casey Umbarger (“Father”) in 2008. On February 24, 2019, Mother filed a petition to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Chris Lawrence Rochefort v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00768 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 17, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Riley concur On January 30, 2018, the State charged Rochefort under cause number 45G041801-F5-8 (“Cause No. 8”), the cause from which this appeal …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brice Kennedy, et al. v. Mooresville Consolidated School Corporation ── Case No.: 21A-CT-00830 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 24, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Najam and Judge Riley concur On July 12, 2016, then twelve-year old, Brice, and his father, Brian Kennedy, signed an “Online …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Sharon Kaufman v. J&M Enterprise Corporation of Northern Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CT-01262 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 30, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Kosciusko Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Riley concur On April 15, 2018, Kaufman fell while at The Channel Marker, a restaurant and bar. On October 31, 2019, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael Spirtos v. Metropolitan Title of Indiana LLC ── Case No.: 21A-PL-00892 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 30, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Najam and Judge Riley concur On December 3, 2019, Spirtos filed a Complaint for Declaratory Judgment and for Damages. On March 19, 2020, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kristopher K. Blouir v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01030 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 08, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur Blouir was born in November 1973 and is the biological father of M.B. Between October 19, 2015, and October 19, 2016, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jason Nicholas Luttrell v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00343 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 08, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Riley concur On March 21, 2019, Lafayette Police Officer Michael Zambon was driving a fully marked police vehicle and noticed a maroon vehicle …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── David Alconedo Barrera v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01550 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 21, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur On September 22, 2019, Barrera, who was born on July 10, 1988, was at the home of a woman and her …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Alicia L. Cruz v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01818 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 22, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Cass Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur On June 8, 2020, Cruz, together with her brothers Raniel and L.B. and two others, drove to a house in Logansport …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── RICHARD PALMER v. GREGORY AKE, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-CT-01245 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 22, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Pyle concur On December 18, 2018, Palmer was working on the roof of a pole barn and was injured when part …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Courtney Lamont Reece v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00864 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 22, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur On August 10, 2005, Reece was convicted of conspiracy to commit burglary as a class B felony. On January 4, 2021, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Supervised Estate: Robert Montgomery v. Law Office of David Gladish, P.C., et al. ── Case No.: 21A-ES-01439 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 28, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Najam and Judge Riley concur On April 13, 2010, Attorney Montgomery and Judy Durnin (“Judy”) entered into an …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: R N v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-JT-01236 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 29, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur M.O. was born to Father and R.N. (“Mother”) on January 29, 2008. 1 On November 3, 2011, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── M M v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-AD-00720 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 29, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur On August 17, 2015, M.M. filed a petition for adoption of S.A.C., who was born on September 2, 2005, under …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: L Y, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JC-01600 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur Father and Mother (“Parents”) are the parents of S.J., Le.J., Le.Y., and L.J. In September 2020, the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Rhett Allen Martin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-02326 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2021 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Benton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur Sonya Riegle (“Sonya”) dated Nick Riegle (“Nick”) for about five years and married him. In approximately 2017, Nick’s …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jermaine Dewayne Marshall v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01123 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 07, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur On December 18, 2020, the State charged Marshall with criminal trespass as a class A misdemeanor and criminal mischief as a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── MICHAEL MARTIN v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00827 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 14, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Pyle concur J.H. was born on February 12, 2003. On April 14, 2017, he was fourteen years old when he moved …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── K C v. B M ── Case No.: 21A-PO-01669 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 31, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur On June 14, 2021, B.M. filed a Petition for an Order for Protection and Request for a Hearing in the Jay Circuit Court. The petition named K.C. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── M. Todd Thalls, As Trustee Of The M. Todd T, et al. v. Elizabeth A. Draving, The Surviving Co-Trustee ── Case No.: 21A-PL-01138 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 09, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Kosciusko Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur This case concerns the ownership and use of a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── LAVON EDWARD BEVERLY v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01463 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 16, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur On November 14, 2019, parole agents for the Indiana Department of Correction (the “DOC”) located Beverly, who had a previous conviction …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Makyi Toliver v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01882 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 18, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur Toliver and Chiqueal Baker were friends. At some point, Baker found a gun under a trailer and began carrying it with …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Mary M. Flannagan v. LoanCare, LLC, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-MF-02043 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 23, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur Flannagan owned certain property in Indianapolis. In return for a loan of $76,892, Flannagan executed a promissory note, dated October …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kendall J. Hart v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01230 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 23, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur On September 6, 2018, Tony Currie and Paris Siler exchanged messages on Facebook Messenger. At 8:15 p.m., Siler and Miykel Anderson …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Marquise Javon Hunter v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02109 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 28, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur In July 2019, pursuant to a plea agreement, Hunter pled guilty to theft as a level 6 felony in Hamilton County. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Travis Arthur Graham v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02019 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 28, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur On September 5, 2017, the State charged Graham with robbery as a level 3 felony, auto theft as a level 6 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Supervised Estate: Stanley W Balcerak v. The Estate of Roger D Craft, Deceased, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-ES-01731 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 28, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Brown Category: Civil Decision: Remanded and Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur On January 5, 2017, Roger D. Craft as the seller and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Nicholas Owens v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01523 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 28, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Wayne Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur On December 13, 2019, Richmond Police Officer Sergio Santiago was dispatched to a residence regarding a disturbance between Owens and his girlfriend …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Garry Lee Higgins, IV v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02396 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 16, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur On or about June 12, 2019, Higgins, who was born in March 2002, used a mobile application to contact J.P., …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Cyrita Desiree Costello v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01592 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 16, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur In June of 2020, Costello lived with Charles Simmons, who was seventy-three years old, in a duplex which he rented in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Greg Schafer v. Menards ── Case No.: 21A-SC-01782 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 18, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Porter Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur On January 6, 2013, Schafer signed a special order contract for the purchase of a custom door from Menards. Approximately two or three weeks …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: Christopher Bixler v. Spring Nicole Delano ── Case No.: 21A-JP-02054 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 22, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Owen Category: Juvenile Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Pyle concur On July 8, 2021, Spring Delano (“Mother”) filed a letter with the trial court expressing concern for her and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── D B v. Review Board ── Case No.: 21A-EX-01170 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 28, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown Category: Other Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur On June 9, 2020, a claims investigator with the Adjudication Center of the Indiana Department of Workforce Development (“DWD”) issued a determination which stated “during the week …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ashley N Edwards v. Dustin M. A. Edwards ── Case No.: 21A-DC-02160 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 31, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Franklin Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Pyle concur Mother and D.E. (“Father”) were married and had two children. On January 8, 2021, the parties filed a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Douglas Smith v. Freedomroads, LLC, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-CC-01597 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 31, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur On June 11, 2013, RWS Financial, LLC, (“RWS”) filed a complaint against CJC Enterprises, Inc., and Charles Coriaty in cause number …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Linda L. Looney, et al. v. Nestle Waters North America, Inc. ── Case No.: 21A-CT-02227 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 31, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur At approximately 4:56 a.m. on June 22, 2018, Joseph Looney (“Joseph”) was driving to work when his …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Steven Ingalls v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-PC-02050 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 11, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur The relevant facts as discussed in Ingalls’s direct appeal follow: B.P. was born in June 2011 and suffered from a number …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Diyante Dickens v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01410 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 13, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Wayne Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur On April 16, 2020, Wayne County Sheriff’s Deputy Gabriel Ward observed Brittany Snider, who he knew had a previously-suspended driver’s license, drive …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jason B Noble v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02441 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 20, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Henry Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur On February 21, 2021, Noble knowingly or intentionally possessed fifty-six grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver. On February 23, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── MARVIN LEERIC SYKES, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01940 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 22, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Molter concur On June 22, 2020, South Bend Police Officer Alexander Gutierrez and other officers were dispatched to a residence in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James A Grewe, et al. v. Alvin R Boggs, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-PL-02296 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 29, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Washington Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Molter concur In August 2020, the parties all owned property in Pine Hills Lake Development, Inc., in Washington County, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── B M, et al. v. A J, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-PO-02290 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 29, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Lawrence Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Pyle concurs. Judge May concurs in result On September 13, 2021, A.J., by next friend R.J., 1 filed a petition for an …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Latisha L. Bradley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01790 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 29, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Daviess Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur On July 9, 2019, an argument between Bradley and Calvin Jackson began over the discipline of one of their children, and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of J H ── Case No.: 21A-MH-02862 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 11, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge Mathias concurs. Judge Molter concurs in result On November 19, 2021, the Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County d/b/a Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center (“Eskenazi”) filed a Petition …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── RUFUS EDWARD JONES v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02639 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 18, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Mathias concur On April 12, 2019, the State charged Jones with robbery as a level 5 felony, kidnapping as a level 5 felony, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Erik Obryan Washington v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02673 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 19, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Molter concur On August 10, 2021, the Evansville Police Department responded to 911 calls reporting gunfire and that a person had been shot …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── O5 Arena, LLC v. Weston Property Management LLC ── Case No.: 21A-PL-02901 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 31, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Molter concur Weston, as landlord, and O5 Arena, as tenant, entered into a Retail Lease Agreement (the “Lease”) dated February 1, 2021, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Nikki Matlock v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02900 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 31, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Molter concur On March 25, 2021, the State charged Matlock with resisting law enforcement as a level 6 felony and driving while suspended as …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Supervised Estate: Elizabeth Hollrah, et al. v. Lisa Barker, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-ES-02432 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 31, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Decatur Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Mathias and Judge Molter concur In a previous memorandum decision, we stated: Laura E. Barker [(“Laura”)] and Dewey P. Barker [(“Dewey”)] were …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Micah D Perryman v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00128 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 09, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Molter concur On May 5, 2003, the State charged Perryman with: Count I, dealing in cocaine or a narcotic drug as a class …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── FIVE STAR ROOFING SYSTEMS INC v. ARMORED GUARD WINDOW & DOOR GROUP INC ── Case No.: 21A-PL-01964 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 09, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Porter Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Pyle concur On April 20, 2015, Five Star signed a subcontractor agreement (“Subcontractor Agreement”) …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James Franklin Fletcher v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02604 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 10, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Johnson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Molter concur M.H. was born in July 1996. In approximately December 2006, M.H. moved with her mother and siblings to a home on …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ryan T. Halligan v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02839 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 20, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Molter concur On the morning of October 23, 2020, Emaly Baxter drove into the parking lot of an ice-skating rink in Bartholomew County …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── KNESHA T. CARRUTHERS v. State of Indiana, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01807 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 20, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Molter concur On July 26, 2019, Carruthers and her husband Jimmy Gillam had several people at their house in Elkhart County, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Marsha Rush v. New Albany Housing Authority ── Case No.: 22A-SC-00042 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 21, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Floyd Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Molter concur On July 26, 2021, Rush filed a Notice of Claim against the Housing Authority in the Floyd Superior Court Small Claims …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── R D v. M K, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-AD-02152 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 21, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Cass Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Molter concur Mother and T.C. (“Father”) are the parents of H.D., who was born in October 2012. In 2014, the Department of Child …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brooklyn Powers v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01915 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 22, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed Judge Mathias and Judge Molter concur At approximately 2:07 a.m. on February 7, 2021, Danville Police Sergeant Jeffery Slayback traveled east on US 36 with his canine, Zeke, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Guardianship: Niki P Galanos v. George P Galanos ── Case No.: 21A-GU-01909 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 22, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Molter concur Niki and George Galanos (“George”) are the children of Eugenia P. Galanos (“Eugenia”). Eugenia is the trustee of the Galanos …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: D O v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JT-02910 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 29, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Molter concur Father and M.N. (“Mother,” and collectively with Father, “Parents”) are the parents of Z.O., born in 2011, T.O., born in 2012, and M.O., …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── M H, et al. v. S B ── Case No.: 21A-PO-02906 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 29, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Howard Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge Mathias and Judge Molter concur On July 16, 2020, S.B. filed a petition for a protective order against M.H. and a request for a hearing under …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christopher M. Burdett v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00463 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 30, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Ripley Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Molter concur On August 11, 2020, the State charged Burdett under cause number 69D012008-F6-119 (“Cause No. 119”) with seven counts of invasion of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── State of Indiana v. Justin David Pearson ── Case No.: 22A-PC-00095 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 30, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Molter concur In September 2013, the State charged Pearson under cause number 32D011309-FA-9 with: Count I, burglary resulting in bodily injury as a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jeremy L. Richardson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00006 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 14, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Molter concur On May 8, 2014, the State charged Richardson with Count I, possession of methamphetamine as a class B felony, and Count …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jamarcus A Tucker v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02231 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 15, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Molter concur On December 12, 2020, Gabriel Carswell rented Room 319 at the Coliseum Inn, and his cousin Tucker, his second cousin Michael …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Dayana Sarahid Medina-Flores v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02259 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 20, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Monroe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Molter concur Medina-Flores lived in a room at a motel in Bloomington together with her husband Luis Posso and their children, including twelve-year …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── WILLIAM F BRAUN MILK HAULING, INC., et al. v. PEGGY MALANOSKI ── Case No.: 22A-CT-00333 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 27, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Crone concur On August 19, 2019, Peggy Malanoski was driving a vehicle and was in a collision with a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: H S v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-JT-00291 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 28, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Delaware Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Molter concur Mother and D.H. are the parents of A.H., born in 2005, and K.H., born in 2006. 2 Mother and W.M., III, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── K J v. Review Board ── Case No.: 22A-EX-00751 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 29, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown Category: Other Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Molter concur In a letter to K.J. dated January 27, 2022, an administrative law judge (“ALJ”) provided a summary of the case indicating that K.J. filed an appeal on …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── David Charles Reed v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00262 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 29, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Kosciusko Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Molter concur On July 28, 2020, law enforcement officers conducted a controlled buy of methamphetamine from Reed. The officers equipped a confidential informant …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lanny Fultz v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02475 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 29, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Wayne Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Molter concur At approximately 1:37 a.m. on August 1, 2018, Richmond Police Officer Paul Hutchison observed that a license plate light on a Nissan …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── LUTHER GUALALUPA BRIONES v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02452 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 29, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Molter concur On October 14, 2019, Briones and Emily Pera made plans to meet after Pera finished working. After work, Pera picked up …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Gavin Allen Ford v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00274 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 17, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Delaware Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Molter concur On February 12, 2020, under cause number 18C02-1912-JD-104, the trial court ordered Ford to participate in the Teaching and Empowering Adolescent …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jessica McGraw v. Todd Truitt ── Case No.: 21A-DC-01665 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 17, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Mathias and Judge Molter concur On February 10, 2021, Mother and Todd Truitt (“Father”) filed a Mediated Decree of Dissolution of Marriage which provided that they …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ruth Anne Herber-Bunting v. Daniel Bunting ── Case No.: 21A-DR-02707 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 26, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Remanded and Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Mathias concur Dan and Ruth Anne were married in August 2000. There are two mortgages on the marital residence which Dan and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Alan Dean Bivens v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00705 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 29, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Jefferson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur On February 4, 2021, the State charged Bivens under cause number 39C012102-F6-114 (“Cause No. 114”) with nonsupport of a child as …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: F B v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-JC-00585 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 29, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Molter concur Mother is the adoptive mother of I.B., who was born in 2008, E.B., who was born in …
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Neutral
── Joseph L. Randall v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00480 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 29, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Jay Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur 1 On February 18, 2022, the court held a bench trial. G.B. testified that he was thirteen years old and lived …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Shawn A Haslam v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00911 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 30, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Montgomery Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Mathias concur On June 8, 2021, the State charged Haslam with Count I, operating a vehicle with an alcohol concentration equivalent of .08 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Pritam K Emmons v. Robin R Craig ── Case No.: 22A-CC-00189 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 30, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey and Judge Mathias concur On August 12, 2020, Robin R. Craig filed a complaint against Christine Woodruff and Emmons under cause number …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── JACQUEZ A HOOKS v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02516 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 30, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Molter concur On March 19, 2021, the State charged Hooks with: Count I, unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── William Balfour v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01710 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 30, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Delaware Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Molter concur On July 2, 2015, Balfour and Artie Thomas decided to purchase marijuana from C.O. at his and S.J.’s home, 1 with Daveon …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Gabriel Cornelius West, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02594 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 31, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur At 3:07 p.m. on November 21, 2019, Johnathan Quarles, 1 West, and a third man visited the house where Aaron …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tracey Wheeler v. Jay Hall, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-SC-02211 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 15, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Madison Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Mathias concur On May 27, 2020, Wheeler filed a Notice of Small Claim against Knight and Hall alleging that he lost twenty-five days …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: W M v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JC-00668 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 22, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur Father and D.M. (“Mother”) are the parents of A.M., S.M., An.M. and E.M. 1 Father and Mother were married in 2004. Mother filed …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jerry Dixon v. Shiel Sexton Company, Inc. ── Case No.: 22A-CT-00847 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 28, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Mathias concur Dormakaba USA, Inc., (“Owner”) hired Shiel Sexton Company, Inc., (“Sexton”) to serve as the general contractor in connection with the construction …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Casey J. O'Hara v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00537 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 29, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Delaware Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur On March 29, 2021, O’Hara called 911 because he “was unsure what [his] girlfriend took and [she] wasn’t waking up.” Transcript …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── William Applegarth, et al. v. Jim Rans, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-PL-00214 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 29, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur In May 2007, the Applegarths entered into an agreement with Rans Custom Builders, Inc., for the construction of a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jerry Christopher Coleman v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02877 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 29, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Orange Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Mathias concur At approximately 6:39 p.m. on July 4, 2020, Indiana State Police Sergeant Chad Dick received a call from dispatch asking him …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ronald E Burke v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01119 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 30, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Vermillion County Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur Burke was convicted of arson as a level 4 felony in April 2021 under cause number 83C01-2010-F4-9 (“Cause No. 9”), …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── TERRANCE LEE WARREN, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00215 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 30, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur In the early morning hours of May 11, 2019, law enforcement officers were dispatched to Club Venus in Indianapolis on …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Chad M. Grimball v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00810 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 19, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Boone Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur On November 29, 2020, Grimball and Christy Grimball, who was his wife at the time, lived in Lebanon, Indiana, and visited …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: J D, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JT-01072 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 27, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Montgomery Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur Child was born in April 2016. The Indiana Department of Child Services (“DCS”) became involved on August …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brian Matthew Williams v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01285 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 07, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur W.C. is the mother of B., and Williams is B.’s father. On September 4, 2018, the trial court issued a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Dean White, et al. v. John Moultrie ── Case No.: 22A-MI-00944 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 07, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Civil Decision: Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur On November 20, 2017, Plaintiffs filed a complaint under cause number 46C011711-MI-1959 (“Cause No. 1959”) against John Moultrie for damages related …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── John Taylor v. Estate of Jearlean Marie Covington, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-CT-00891 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 07, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur On December 11, 2018, Jearlean Marie Covington died. Taylor removed her automobile from the state of Indiana, money …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: L D v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JT-00783 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 07, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Vigo Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur Mother’s children are: N.D., born in 2006, C.P., born in 2014, and Li.D., born in 2017. 1 On January …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── WILLIAM JAY BURNS v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00787 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 09, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur In August 2021, Breanna Thompson lived in Galesburg, Illinois, which is about “four and a half hours away” from South …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── TIM A RIVERS v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01291 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 10, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Washington Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur On April 18, 2022, the State charged Rivers in cause number 88C01-2204-F5288 (“Cause No. 288”) with: Count I, domestic battery with …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Blake Schaefer v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01426 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 17, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Warrick Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur Blake Schaefer, who was born in 1967, and Jeanie Schaefer (“Jeanie”) are the parents of A.S., who was born in 2005. When …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Nicholas A. Gregory v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01284 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 17, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur On the night of July 28, 2019, Gregory and his girlfriend, Jerrica Watson, argued and used drugs. On July 29, 2019, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Cynthia Sue Shafer v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01001 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 21, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Jackson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice concurs. Judge Tavitas concurs in result In December 2017, Lisa Engelking’s house in Seymour caught fire, and she and her son temporarily relocated while the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Thomas Charles Hayden v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01569 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 08, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur On January 11, 2021, the State charged Hayden with: Count I, burglary as a level 4 felony; Count II, theft of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Everitt Fox v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01394 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 08, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Scott Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur D.E. has known Fox since she was fourteen years old. “In the beginning,” the relationship was “good” and later became “just a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Marlena A Pohlman v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01639 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 09, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Vigo Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur On September 18, 2020, the trial court entered a judgment of conviction and sentencing order providing that Pohlman pled guilty pursuant …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: Vanessa Marie Beatrice v. Andrew Joseph Grubb ── Case No.: 22A-JP-01576 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 12, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Monroe Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur Mother and Andrew J. Grubb (“Father”) are the parents of D.G., who was born in November 2011. On May 14, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paul Terrault, et al. v. Jean-Christophe Scheere ── Case No.: 22A-PL-00914 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 15, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Porter Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur On January 19, 2019, Kraft Auction Service LLC (“Kraft Auction”) held an auction at which it placed for sale a scaled …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Robert Lowers v. Town of Ellettsville, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-PL-01416 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 16, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Monroe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur In 2008, Lowers acquired a property, zoned as single-family residential, in Ellettsville, Indiana. On September 8, 2017, the Department of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Demarco Wayne Roach v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01105 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 19, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur On May 4, 2021, Vanderburgh County Sergeant Jeff South initiated a traffic stop of Roach, and Detectives John Montgomery and Brian …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lester L. Sumrall v. LeSea, Inc. ── Case No.: 22A-PL-00045 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 19, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur On May 1, 1966, LeSEA issued 370 bonds for the purpose of providing funds to erect a church in South Bend. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── LADRIEL CHAPMAN v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00635 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 20, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur Chapman and Doneasha Galbreath, who was born in December 1998, had two young children together. On June 6, 2020, Gary Kendal observed …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── L W v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-JV-01680 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 21, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur On April 13, 2021, the State filed a petition alleging that L.W., who was born in December 2007, committed delinquent acts on …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Indiana Farmers Mutual Insurance Company v. HomeWorks Management Corporation, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-PL-01232 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 21, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur Indiana Farmers issued separate insurance policies (collectively, the “Policy”) to HomeWorks Management Corporation. Each commercial general …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joseph Jerral Adkins v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01317 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 27, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur On June 15, 2020, Officers Samuel Gawaluck and Matthew Santerre of the Lafayette Police Department received a request for a well-being …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Thomas Grover Brooks III v. Tracy Joy Brooks ── Case No.: 22A-DC-01528 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 28, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur In October 2018, the trial court issued a Final Decree dissolving the marriage of Father and Tracy Joy …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── JERMAINE MARTISE LAMAR v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01435 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 28, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur Lamar and A.J. began a relationship in 2012. On November 29, 2019, Lamar, A.J., and A.J.’s coworker, Latashia Sims left A.J.’s …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Phillip Gregory Mourey v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01983 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2022 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Ripley Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur On February 22, 2019, the State charged Mourey with: Count I, possession of methamphetamine as a level 4 felony; Count II, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── JAMES ANDREW BOWMAN v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01308 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 11, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Dismissed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur On August 11, 2020, the State charged Bowman under cause number 49G052008-F5-24973 (“Cause No. 73”) with: Count I, domestic battery resulting …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jamilia Shenese Hodge v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01210 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 12, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur On the morning of May 4, 2017, 911 received a phone call and dispatched an officer for a death investigation. When …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Randall R. Kirk Revocable Trust (Randall R. Kirk, Trustee), et al. v. John Brown, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-PL-01984 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 26, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Brown Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur On March 22, 2022, Randall R. Kirk and Brenda Rae Kirk filed …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Stephen J. Michael v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02485 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 27, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Greene Category: Criminal Decision: Rehearing Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur [1] Stephen J. Michael petitions for rehearing of this Court’s memorandum decision in which we affirmed his convictions for Counts I …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Nicholas Ryan Bethards v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00796 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 30, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Floyd Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur In 2016, Bethards entered the True North Boutique (“True North”), which was owned by Michelle Ryan, and asked Ryan for a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lamarrio Sierra Fields v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02198 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 31, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur On August 11, 2021, the State charged Fields with thirty-seven counts of child molesting as level 1 felonies. On August 24, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Harinder Singh v. Gursimran Kaur Dhanda ── Case No.: 22A-DC-01672 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 31, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Johnson Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur Father and Gursimran Kaur Dhanda (“Mother”) were married in November 2014 and have two children who were born in October 2016 and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Faye E. Hunter, et al. v. J & M Displays, Inc. ── Case No.: 22A-CT-01454 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 31, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Johnson Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur On February 27, 2019, J & M and the Lamb Lake Lot Owners Association, Inc., entered into …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Montrell Lavell Baker v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01884 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 10, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Cass Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur At approximately 2:40 a.m. on April 22, 2021, Cass County Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Thomison observed Baker’s vehicle traveling the wrong direction …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jesy A. Evitts v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01271 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 17, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Pike Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur On May 14, 2021, the State charged Evitts with Count I, child exploitation as a level 4 felony, and Count II, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── JOSEPH A TINDALL v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01960 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 20, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur On July 31, 2020, the State charged Tindall with: Count I, domestic battery resulting in serious bodily injury as …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── IAN FORBES v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01060 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 20, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Remanded and Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur In 2012, Forbes and S.H. began a relationship which resulted in two children. On March 9, 2019, S.H. rented an …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── ANTONIO DION WILLIAMS v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02641 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 22, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur In November 2016, the trial court issued an Order on Plea Hearing indicating that Williams pled guilty pursuant to a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Andrew Lee Barnett v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01841 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 24, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur On May 30, 2020, police received information that Barnett was waving a gun near an apartment building. Evansville Police Officer Mike …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── KEENAN J.P. MARDIS v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-PC-00994 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 24, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur The relevant facts as discussed in Mardis’s direct appeal follow: On December 19, 2014, Mardis and others confronted Lenell Williams and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHRISTIAN O. RENTAS BENITEZ v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02427 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 28, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur In June 2018, the child (“K.R.”), who was born in September 2012 to Benitez and A.P. (“Mother”), lived with Benitez. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: Korey B Ricciardi v. Christina Feiock ── Case No.: 22A-JP-02255 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 08, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Johnson Category: Juvenile Decision: Reversed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur Father and Christina Feiock (“Mother”) are the parents of C.R., who was born in October 2006. Father obtained sole legal and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jermond Alexander King v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01234 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 08, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur A.T. lived in a house with her daughters who were five and almost two years old. A.T. met King in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Stephen Keith Bolin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02525 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 20, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Vermillion County Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur On July 5, 2019, the State charged Bolin with: Count I, failure to reside at sex offender registered address or …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Rupinder Thind v. Delaware County, Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-PL-02332 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 20, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Delaware Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur Thind owns certain land on North Shaffer Road in Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana. On July 13, 2022, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jesse T. Meckley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02225 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 20, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Franklin Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur In or between October 2015 and February of 2017, at a residence on Big Cedar Road in Franklin County, Meckley, who …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Charles T. Langley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02730 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 31, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Greene Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur On January 18, 2021, Langley operated a motor vehicle knowing that his driving privileges had been forfeited for life. The State …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joshua Wayne Rowley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02688 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 31, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Vigo Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur On November 21, 2021, Rowley inflicted injury on Paul Aubin that “caused protracted loss or impairment of the function of a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Adam Tempest v. FIFTH THIRD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ── Case No.: 22A-PL-02222 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 31, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Decatur Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur On May 10, 2022, Tempest filed a “Statement of complaint” alleging Fifth Third was “not the holder in due course” …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Reuben W Ginns v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02011 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 31, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur At about 2:10 p.m. on May 19, 2021, S.F., who was thirteen years old and in the eighth grade, left school …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: W F v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JC-02518 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 18, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur Father and S.T. (“Mother”) are the parents of Child, who was born in September 2020. In 2022, Father, Mother, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── THOMAS DE COLA v. CLEVELAND RICHARD G 1/6 & CLEVELAND JOSHUA C JORDAN 1/6 & ET AL., et al. ── Case No.: 23A-PL-00230 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 26, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Porter Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur On December 27, 2022, DeCola filed a “Verified Petition …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── DANIEL D KARBINO v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02710 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 26, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Decatur Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur On November 26, 2020, Thanksgiving Day, Greensburg Police Officer Kyle Hildebrand responded to a call regarding a reckless driver. He located …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Vassil Markov Marinov v. Wastewater Treatment Utility, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-SC-02382 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 26, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur In June 2020, Marinov filed a notice of claim against Appellees in small claims court alleging that he had …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lesley A Caswell v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02334 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 26, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Jefferson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur On November 10, 2014, the State charged Caswell with dealing in methamphetamine as a class A felony under cause number 39C01-1411-FA-964 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Nicole M. Carlson v. Consolidated Insurance Company ── Case No.: 22A-PL-02511 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 27, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Jasper Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur On September 24, 2021, Consolidated Insurance Company (“Consolidated”) filed a complaint against Carlson alleging that it was the insurer of Kyle …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Dale Douglas Perkins, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02840 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 28, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Decatur Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur On October 28, 2021, the State charged Perkins under cause number 16D012110-F5-1048 (“Cause No. 1048”) with operating a motor vehicle …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Durell T Crain v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-PC-00933 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 28, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur The relevant facts as discussed in Crain’s direct appeal follow: On October 9, 2017, Crain called his sixty-two-year-old cousin Freddie Hollis …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── AARON DAVID MCDUFFEE v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02503 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 12, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur Van Wyck Croshier posted a set of eight-lug rims and tires for sale using OfferUp. On January 9, 2019, McDuffee, using …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Menard, Inc. v. Marilyn K. Terew ── Case No.: 22A-CT-01679 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 15, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur On February 10, 2019, Terew fell in the parking lot of Menard’s store in Avon, Indiana, and sustained injuries. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── MEGA OIL, INC., et al. v. CITATION 2004 INVESTMENT LLC ── Case No.: 22A-MI-01275 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 17, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Gibson Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur On August 30, 1937, pursuant to an oil and gas lease (the “Keck Lease”), J.H. McClurkin obtained oil …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jeremy Lee Johnson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02560 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 18, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Henry Category: Criminal Decision: Remanded and Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Crone concur On or about November 3, 2021, Johnson broke and entered into a metal pole barn and lean-to barn in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jason Hinton v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02520 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 30, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur Devin Barron and Jazmin Garcia were in a relationship and had two children together. A couple of months before July 2020, Garcia …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Matthew Jack Todosijevic v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01965 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 30, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Porter Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur Todosijevic, who was born in 1980, and Sheena Ewing are the parents of I.T., who was born in August 2009. Sheena …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Desmond Crews v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00044 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 31, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Crone concur On October 31, 2021, Crews was driving his girlfriend’s car when Tariq Silas, in a separate vehicle, received a phone call from …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Travis Barry Nichols v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-03012 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 31, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur On November 22, 2016, the State charged Nichols under cause number 79D011611-F2-36 (“Cause No. 36”) with Count I, conspiracy to commit …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Nica Auto and Fleet Repair v. Adaobi Alston ── Case No.: 22A-SC-01472 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 31, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur On April 13, 2022, Alston filed an amended Notice of Claim against Nica in small claims court alleging that she took her car to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── D S v. Review Board, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-EX-03100 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 14, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown Category: Other Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Crone concur Employee worked for Employer from November of 2017 until his employment was terminated on August 22, 2022, and Employee applied for unemployment benefits. On September …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── The Clinton County Sheriff's Office, et al. v. The Board of Commissioners of Clinton County, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-PL-02640 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 14, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur On January 1, 2019, Richard Kelly began his term as the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Stephen Michael Ford v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00205 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 20, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Hancock Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Robb concur Ford is the son of Polly Ford, the stepson of Ronald Ford, and the brother of April Ford. In February 2022, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jeffrey Lynn Schnabel v. Janmarie Schnabel ── Case No.: 22A-DC-03082 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 26, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Crone and Judge Robb concur Husband and Janmarie Schnabel (“Wife”) were married in 1998 and have three children. In November 2018, Wife filed …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Stephen Calvin Stidam v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02930 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 26, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Jackson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Robb concur On April 24, 2021, police searched for Stidam to serve an arrest warrant. After seeing Stidam’s vehicle exit the driveway of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Freddie Otto Crandall, III v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00328 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 30, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Robb concur On August 7, 2021, Crandall operated a motor vehicle after his driving privileges had been suspended. A police officer pulled …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Shawn D Colwell v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00133 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 20, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Kenworthy concur In 2006, the trial court sentenced Colwell to an aggregate sentence of forty years with five years suspended for burglary resulting …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Melanie Messer v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-PC-02501 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 20, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Robb concur In 2016, the State charged Messer with aggravated battery of A.A., who was born in April 2015, as a level 1 felony …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christopher K Bell v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00244 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 21, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Robb concur On September 21, 2012, the State charged Bell with Count I, murder, and Count II, conspiracy to commit robbery resulting in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: R N v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-00346 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 24, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Scott Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Robb concur Father and C.N. (“Mother,” and together with Father, “Parents”) are the parents of S.N., who was born in June …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Marcus Montell Wilson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00022 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 25, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Robb concur On September 5, 2019, Evansville Police Detective Monty Guenin received information about a possible sale of narcotics at an address in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Melinda Crowe v. Chris Allen Drenter ── Case No.: 22A-CT-02815 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 25, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Jefferson Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Crone and Judge Robb concur Chris Drenter owns a parcel of real property in Jefferson County, Indiana (the “Drenter Parcel”). Crowe resides on a parcel of real …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Dijoun Sims v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00391 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 26, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Robb concur In July 2022, LaDonna Sims (“LaDonna”), Sims’s mother, believed Sims was homeless. LaDonna would deliver clean clothes to the shelter at which …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jody Elkins v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00290 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 26, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Robb concur Elkins and K.E. were married in 2014, and Elkins filed for divorce in August 2021. They have one child, V.E. In …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: David Barnekow v. Autumn Brickley ── Case No.: 23A-JP-01064 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 31, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Shelby Category: Juvenile Decision: Reversed Judge Crone and Judge Robb concur On March 6, 2023, Barnekow filed a Verified Petition to Determine Issues Relating to Custody, Parenting Time and Support alleging that Autumn …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jacinda A. Batchelor v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00512 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 31, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Fountain Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Robb concur In December 2020, the State charged Batchelor with Count I, possession of methamphetamine as a level 6 felony; Count II, possession …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Larry Blackstock v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02820 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 31, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Wayne Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Robb concur In September 2016, Blackstock sold drugs to a confidential informant (the “C.I.”). The State charged Blackstock with two counts of dealing in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Zachary A Woodward v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02962 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 11, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Decatur Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Felix concur The relevant facts as discussed in Woodward’s prior direct appeal follow: Woodward failed to appear for a hearing on March 2, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Shane Willingham v. Anderson Center ── Case No.: 23A-CT-00459 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 14, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Madison Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Felix concur On July 24, 2022, Willingham filed a Complaint for Damages against Anderson Center – St. Vincent Anderson Regional Hospital (“Anderson Center”). The complaint …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Bruce A. Vanlue v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00755 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 23, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Knox Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Felix concur Vanlue, who was born in 1966, is married and is the paternal grandfather of J.V. and L.V. (collectively, “the Children”). In …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Carl W Lowe v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-03018 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 24, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Felix concur Lowe lived with Angela Pierpont until their relationship ended in January 2021, and Pierpont changed her locks that month. On March …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jane C. Irby v. Michael A. Spear ── Case No.: 22A-PL-02968 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 25, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Clark Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Felix concur Irby owns real property of approximately 120 acres in Clark County, Indiana. Michael A. Spear owns real property of about 0.918 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Derrick Lamont Marble v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01010 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 28, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Hancock Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Felix concur Marble is the ex-husband of Tiffany Marble (“Tiffany”). On August 23, 2021, the trial court entered a no contact order against …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Patrick Atkins v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00659 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 28, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Franklin Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Felix concur On February 26, 2022, Franklin County Sheriff’s Deputy Kyle Hartman noticed a leaky muffler on a vehicle driven by Atkins and activated …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Salfiou Pessouore v. Frito Lay, Inc ── Case No.: 23A-EX-00350 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 29, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown Category: Other Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Felix concur Pessouore was employed as a packer by Frito Lay on September 17, 2018, when he sustained an injury to his wrist while unloading boxes of chips. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Robert T. Drake v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00189 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 31, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Whitley Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Felix concur In the early morning hours of March 14, 2022, Joseph Guerra observed Curtis Thomas put a hatchet through the windshield of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Nicolas C Alvarez v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00023 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 31, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Posey Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Felix concur In 2020, Posey County Prosecuting Attorney’s Investigator Kenneth Rose worked for a drug investigation called Operation Aftershock to investigate numerous drug …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Thomas Behling, Sr. v. Joyce Behling ── Case No.: 23A-DC-00282 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 18, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix concurs. Judge Crone dissents On December 12, 2019, Joyce Behling (“Wife”) filed a Verified Petition for Dissolution of Marriage which alleged that the parties were …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Morgan S Mayer v. Jeffrey L Mayer ── Case No.: 23A-DC-00301 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 19, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: DeKalb Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Felix concur Mother and Father are the parents of C.M., born in April 2011, and E.M., born in September 2013. On December 4, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Juliet C Roberts v. John A Roberts, Jr. ── Case No.: 23A-DN-00588 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 20, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Felix concur Wife and John A. Roberts, Jr., (“Husband”) were married in 1962. Harriet Cain, who was Wife’s mother, created a trust …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Aron Ray Hall v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01173 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 21, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Jefferson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Bradford concur On January 19, 2022, the State charged Hall under cause number 39D01-2201CM-69 (“Cause No. 69”) with Count I, invasion of privacy …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Shyanna M. Roberts v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01002 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 21, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Bradford concur On July 29, 2020, the State charged Roberts with: Count I, possession of methamphetamine as a level 6 felony; Count II, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: Phillip J. Dukett v. Symona R. Miles ── Case No.: 23A-JP-01030 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 25, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Dismissed Judge Vaidik and Judge Bradford concur On April 28, 2023, the trial court entered a Final Order on Modification which observed that paternity of J.D. had …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of O G ── Case No.: 23A-MH-00895 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 26, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Bradford concur On February 25, 2022, The Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County, d/b/a Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center (“Eskenazi”), filed an Application for Emergency …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ryann Scott Early v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00470 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 27, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Boone Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Felix concur At approximately 7:15 a.m. on October 18, 2020, Early was driving his Toyota Tacoma westward on a two-lane road in Boone …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paul A. Mast v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01061 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 28, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Bradford concur On October 30, 2022, Mast knowingly, in a public place, appeared in a state of nudity with the intent to arouse …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael Hesser, et al. v. John Abney, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-CT-00773 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 29, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Felix concur Dowell Masonry employed Gonzalez for work on a job site in Ladoga, Indiana. Gonzalez had worked there for at …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jaylin Hughes v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00351 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 29, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Felix concur On September 13, 2018, the State charged Hughes under cause number 45G021809-F3-94 (“Cause No. 94”) with attempted rape as a level 3 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Wiley Jones v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00739 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 10, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Floyd Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Crone and Judge Felix concur On November 18, 2022, the State charged Jones with six counts of possession of child pornography as level 5 felonies. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Mark Chandler v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02769 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 23, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Felix concur In 2014, Sh.M. and Chandler began an intimate relationship and Chandler moved into her home. After two or three months, Chandler became …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ethan A. Coots v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00630 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 24, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Jefferson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Bradford concur On March 13, 2022, Madison Police Officer Cameron Blankenship positioned his fully marked patrol vehicle where he could see the vehicles …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lucy Hanfield, et al. v. Brandy Rollins ── Case No.: 22A-SC-02991 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 24, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Madison Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Felix concur On August 20, 2020, Handfield and Brandy Rollins were involved in an automobile accident. On February 2, 2022, Petrunak and Handfield …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brian R. Hook v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-PC-00876 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 26, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Wayne Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Bradford concur On December 5, 2013, the State charged Hook under cause number 89C011312-FA-34 (“Cause No. 34”) with multiple offenses and alleged he …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Gina McNeil v. Omni Severin Hotel, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-CT-00268 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 27, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Crone and Judge Felix concur In February 2018, McNeil filed a complaint against Omni and the City. In a second amended complaint …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Richard D. Barnes v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01422 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 31, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Ohio Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Bradford concur In January 2021, the trial court entered a judgment of conviction after Barnes pled guilty pursuant to a plea agreement to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brian D Pieper v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00971 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 31, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Wayne Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Bradford concur On September 14, 2022, Centerville Chief of Police William Buchholz was on patrol and had Officer Devon Robbins riding with him …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Mark Stoner v. Julia M. Stoner, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-DC-01185 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 13, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik and Judge Bradford concur In September 2021, the trial court entered a decree dissolving the marriage of Julia Stoner and Zachary Stoner …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── JaRiquez Darquan Brown v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01562 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 14, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Vaidik and Judge Bradford concur On August 1, 2014, the State charged Brown under cause number 29D01-1408F3-6293 (“Cause No. 93”) with: …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: C G v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-JC-01768 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 27, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Clark Category: Juvenile Decision: Reversed Judge Vaidik and Judge Bradford concur Father and C.L. (“Mother,” and together with Father, “Parents”) are the parents of J.M.G., who was born …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Anonymous Provider 2 v. Estate of Ryan K. Askew, by Fonetta Askew, Personal Representative ── Case No.: 23A-CT-00992 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 28, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge Vaidik and Judge Bradford concur In December 2021, the Estate filed a proposed complaint against AP2 and two other …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kevin Webster v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00799 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 29, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Bradford concur In August or September 2017, Amanda Allen and Jason Smith lived on 41st Street in Indianapolis and held a homecoming celebration attended …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── S S, et al. v. Julie Rizen, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-CT-00765 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 29, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Bradford concur At approximately 5:46 a.m. on March 17, 2020, American Medical Response Ambulance Service, Inc., (“AMR”) received a 911 call …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Anthony A. Brummett, et al. v. Brian Bailey ── Case No.: 23A-CT-00683 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 29, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Delaware Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Vaidik and Judge Bradford concur On the evening of January 4, 2020, into the early morning of January 5, 2020, Brian Bailey, Lauren Segura, and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kris E. Nuetzman v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01597 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 01, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Bradford concur On November 24, 2021, Nuetzman had been drinking and became intoxicated. He and his mother had a verbal altercation, his …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Austin James Hollifield v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01014 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 01, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Greene Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Bradford concur On December 17, 2022, Heather Goodman (“Heather”) drove her brother, Brandon Goodman (“Brandon”), to an address in Greene County in her …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Davion Jones v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01216 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 06, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Bradford concur On February 27, 2020, the State charged Jones with: Count I, attempted rape as a level 3 felony; Count II, criminal confinement …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: I W v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-01499 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 07, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Shelby Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Bradford concur Father and R.B. (“Mother,” and together with Father, “Parents”) are the parents of J.B., J.W., and H.W. (the “Children”). …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of A N ── Case No.: 23A-MH-01658 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 08, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Bradford concur On February 23, 2023, Hannah Spiegel, a Behavioral Health Intake Coordinator and Triage Clinician, filed an Application for Emergency Detention alleging A.N. was suffering …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tom Watson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01191 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 11, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Bradford concur In 2017, the State charged Watson with intimidation and operating a vehicle after forfeiture of license for life as level 5 felonies …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Katie Arnold v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01376 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 14, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Bradford concur On August 6, 2022, Arnold went to her grandmother’s home where Kevin Carnell was living. 1 Carnell answered the door. Arnold had …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── T T v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-JV-01274 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 14, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Bradford concur At about 5:30 p.m. on January 26, 2023, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Officer Kyle Jones was in the 3600 block of Kenwood Avenue …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lacey Ann Murphy v. William Cook ── Case No.: 23A-SC-01614 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 20, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Floyd Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey and Judge May concur On September 8, 2020, the small claims division of the Floyd Superior Court entered a default judgment against Murphy and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Chad Clifford Lewandowski v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01794 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 21, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Bradford concur On July 17, 2018, the State charged Lewandowski under cause number 29C011807-F2-4955 (“Cause No. 55”) with Count I, burglary as a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Sonny Davis v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-PC-00426 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 21, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Bradford concur On April 24, 2001, Davis was convicted of two counts of robbery as class C felonies under cause number 49G01-0010-CF-185265 (“Cause No. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Milestone Contractors North, Inc. f/k/a Walsh and Kelly Inc. v. Re-Energize USA, LLC ── Case No.: 23A-CT-01607 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 22, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Vaidik and Judge Bradford concur In December 2021, Milestone filed a complaint against ReEnergize. 1 On November 4, 2022, Milestone …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Har San v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00784 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 28, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge May concur San and Ro Se Ma Re (“Ro Ma”) were married and had a daughter. 1 In August 2020, Ro Ma called 911, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brandon Lee Kendall v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01473 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 29, 2023 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Greene Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur On July 27, 2022, Linton City Patrolman Davis Aerne received a dispatch to investigate a call. After arriving in the area, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jeff L. Roach, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01858 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 10, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Boone Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Bradford concur In July 2022, Michelle Huff, a human resources manager at Green Rabbit, had a discussion with Roach, who had worked …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jeffrey Todd Long v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01179 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 10, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Carroll Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge May concur In 2008, Long and Ashley Long were married. In 2019, Long lived with his mother, Ashley, his thirteen-year-old stepdaughter, A.L., and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michaela M Voyles v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02119 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 18, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Foley concur On March 18, 2022, Voyles was the driver of a vehicle that was involved in an accident and knowingly or intentionally …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Theodore D. Takacy v. Beth Ann Milliner ── Case No.: 23A-DN-00919 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 22, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Clark Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Bradford concur Husband and Beth Ann Milliner (“Wife”) were married in June 2018. On August 7, 2020, Husband filed a petition for dissolution …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: Darlene Lewis v. Christopher J Ballinger, Sr. ── Case No.: 23A-JP-01268 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 23, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Bradford concur Z.D.B. (“Child”) was born in August 2014, and Child’s biological mother died eight days after Child’s birth. Christopher J. Ballinger, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jeremy D. Myers v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01637 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 31, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Adams Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Foley concur In November 2019, Myers pled guilty but mentally ill to two counts of attempted aggravated battery as level 3 felonies pursuant …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Supervised Estate: Luz D Reyes v. Semeret Adhanom ── Case No.: 23A-ES-01669 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 13, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur On May 26, 2022, Reyes petitioned for supervised administration of the Estate and appointment as personal representative of …
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── John Anderson, et al. v. Terry R. Holder as Personal Representative of the Estate of Arthur G. Holder ── Case No.: 23A-EV-02096 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 14, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Lake Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Foley concur On February 3, 2022, the Estate filed an “Eviction Notice of Claim” …
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Neutral
── Termination: A M, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-01967 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 15, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Foley concur Mother and Father (together, “Parents”) are the parents of Aa.M., Ae.M., Ja.M., and Js.M. (“Children”). In August 2018, the Department of …
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Neutral
── John Wayne Swayzer, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01867 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 20, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Boone Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Foley concur At approximately 12:00 p.m. on May 14, 2022, Melissa Pursley parked her vehicle in the parking lot of a shopping …
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Neutral
── Jeremiah Shawn Randolph v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02383 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 23, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Foley concur On May 18, 2023, law enforcement found two bags of methamphetamine with an aggregate weight of 7.53 grams on Randolph’s person …
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Neutral
── Bertha L Gray v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02281 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 28, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Foley concur On October 8, 2023, Bryan Davis called 911 and reported that Gray had threatened to kill him and threw a knife …
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Neutral
── Zachary R Chetwood v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01935 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 28, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Franklin Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Foley concur On May 13, 2022, Chetwood called 911, threatened suicide, and claimed to be armed with a gun. 1 Franklin County Sheriff’s …
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Neutral
── Radiology Imaging Consultants, S.C. v. Ruby Brown ── Case No.: 23A-CT-01804 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 08, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik and Judge Bradford concur On December 19, 2016, Anthony Harvell was taken to the emergency room of Anonymous Hospital, where he underwent …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Nicholas Ray Eugene Brummett v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01298 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 12, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford concurs. Judge Vaidik dissents At 8:42 p.m. on March 21, 2020, Anderson Police Officer Brandon Reynolds was patrolling in an area known as a …
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Neutral
── Rock Creek Capital, LLC v. Brianna Tibbett ── Case No.: 23A-CC-00531 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 13, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: White Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur On September 10, 2020, Rock Creek filed a complaint alleging it was a foreign limited liability company registered with the Indiana …
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Neutral
── Juana Linares v. Andres Jaimes ── Case No.: 23A-DC-02209 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 20, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Monroe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Foley concur Wife and Andres Jaimes (“Husband”) had a church ceremony in Mexico in 2002 and were married in Bloomington, Indiana, in September 2013. They …
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Neutral
── J M v. Review Board, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-EX-02967 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 25, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown Category: Other Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Foley concur On September 14, 2023, a claims investigator with the Adjudication Center of the Indiana Department of Workforce Development (“DWD”) issued a determination to Employee stating …
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Neutral
── Terrance Mitchem v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02862 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 26, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Foley concur The relevant facts as discussed in Mitchem’s direct appeal from his convictions follow: On June 12, 1995,[1] [Mitchem] and two codefendants, …
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Neutral
── Fredrick R. Dees, II v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01605 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 28, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Brown Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Foley concur On March 10, 2022, Joshua Wilborn and Dees had a “fight” concerning “some type of disrespect” where Wilborn was not …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jeffery Alan Vlietstra v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01786 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 03, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Weissmann concur On February 15, 2022, Schererville Police Sergeant David Hunter responded to an alarm at AAA Supply Corporation in Schererville, Indiana. When …
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Neutral
── Rory Kerwood v. Elkhart County Sheriff's Department ── Case No.: 23A-PL-02229 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 10, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Foley concur On August 1, 2017, the trial court issued an order granting Kerwood’s petition for expungement. The order stated Kerwood “was arrested …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tyrone A. Palmer v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00969 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 12, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Felix concur On August 16, 2019, the State charged Palmer with Count I, child molesting as a level 1 felony; and Count II, …
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Neutral
── Eric Levi Benge v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02726 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 15, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Shelby Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Foley concur On October 10, 2022, Benge broke into and entered a building with the intent to commit a felony. On October 11, …
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Neutral
── Steven F. Carter v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02611 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 15, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Foley concur On June 6, 2023, Carter knowingly or intentionally possessed, with the intent to deliver, cocaine having a weight of at least …
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Neutral
── Cornelius Johnson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01152 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 15, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Foley concur On July 13, 2020, Laquandra Jones, who lived next to Melissa Childs and her daughter, Tracee Childs, was watching television with her …
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Neutral
── Jose Antonio Cordova v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02507 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 26, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Foley concur In March 2023, S.M. was in an “on and off” relationship with Cordova. Transcript Volume II at 125. S.M. lived with …
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Neutral
── Tammy A Thompson, et al. v. Aaa Acceptance Corporation ── Case No.: 23A-SC-02398 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 26, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Foley concur On January 11, 2010, Tammy Crouch filed a notice of claim for “[b]ack rent and damages,” “Nov late fee,” …
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Neutral
── Harley Perkins v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02327 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 29, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Foley concur On November 27, 2017, the State charged Perkins with failure to return to lawful detention as a level 6 felony under cause …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── A C v. N W ── Case No.: 23A-AD-02721 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 30, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Fountain Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Foley concur In May 2022, A.C. filed a petition to adopt Child, who was born in December 2014. A.C. alleged that she and V.S.-S. (“Mother”), …
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Neutral
── Jeffrey Paul Canen v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01949 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 30, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Foley concur In February of 2022, Canen married Martha Haynes. The couple, who had been in a relationship for two years, resided together …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joseph Turner v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02910 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 15, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Foley concur On the evening of June 14, 2023, Elijah Takushi, a ministerial worker at the Church of Christ in Marion County, locked the …
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Neutral
── Kevin Martin v. Robinson, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-CC-00074 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 21, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Sullivan Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Foley concur On June 10, 2020, Martin filed a complaint against DOC employees T. Stevenson, H. Mills, J. Seprodi, E. Mefford, E. Drada, F. …
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Neutral
── Alexander Miranda Ortiz v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01252 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 21, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Foley concur Andrea Aguirre and Juan Aviana were married and had two children together. They lived at a home on 5th Street in …
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Neutral
── Mahvash K LLC v. Hardwood Timber & Veneer Inc ── Case No.: 23A-CT-02705 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 03, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Riley and Judge Foley concur The current case comes to us following a bench trial, appeal, remand to the trial court, and …
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Neutral
── Roel Hernandez, III v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-03056 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 04, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Foley concur During the period of January 1, 2020, through March 5, 2020, Hernandez, who was born in January 2000, and the victim, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Adam David Cardoza v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02492 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 04, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Noble Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Foley concur Cory Turnbull and Michael Ryon are transportation divers who haul campers from a manufacturer in Goshen to sellers in other states. …
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Neutral
── Steve Rosenbaum, et al. v. Gregory Thompson, Sr. ── Case No.: 23A-EV-01846 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 04, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Hendricks Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Foley concur On June 21, 2023, Gregory A. Thompson, Sr., filed a claim against Steve and his daughter Megan (“Defendants”) requesting an order for …
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Neutral
── Paternity: Adrienne K Camacho v. Christopher Wrightsman ── Case No.: 23A-JP-02981 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 05, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Hancock Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Kenworthy concur On June 13, 2020, Mother gave birth to Child. On August 17, 2023, Mother filed a Petition to Establish Paternity, Custody, …
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Neutral
── Ashalique T. Williams v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02969 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 06, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur On June 15, 2021, Evansville Police Department officers were dispatched in response to a report that a child had been shot. …
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Neutral
── Joshua Craig v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02858 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 12, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Whitley Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Foley concur At approximately 8:30 a.m. on November 18, 2022, Indiana State Police Troopers Kris Coffey and Todd Reed were patrolling US 30. Trooper …
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Neutral
── Darren S. Corbett v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02374 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 12, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Fulton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Foley concur After talking to Chassidy Swihart, the mother of W.S., who was born on March 31, 2022, on a dating app for …
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Neutral
── Carol Church v. Steven Church ── Case No.: 23A-DC-02830 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 13, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Foley concur Wife and Steven Church (“Husband”) were married in September 2000 and adopted two children during the marriage. In February 2020, Wife filed a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Thomas DeCola v. Donald Wegner, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-PL-00008 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 14, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Starke Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur On June 30, 2022, DeCola filed a “Verified Complaint for Quiet Title” under cause number 75C01-2206-PL-9 (“Cause No. 9”), the cause …
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Neutral
── Dalandus Glasco v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02900 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 20, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur On May 6, 2023, Benton Hall, a manager in the meat department at Safeway Foods in Indianapolis who had been with the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James R Robertson, et al. v. Krieg DeVault LLP ── Case No.: 23A-CC-02447 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 20, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Foley concur On April 29, 2022, Krieg DeVault LLP (“Krieg DeVault”) filed a complaint against Nu-Life and Robertson alleging that Robertson …
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Neutral
── Valdez Leshawn Reed v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-03085 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 24, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Howard Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Pyle concur On January 12, 2010, the State charged Reed with Count I, dealing in cocaine as a class A …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ieisha N Haynes v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02677 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 24, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur On March 16, 2022, the State charged Haynes with resisting law enforcement as a level 6 felony. In September 2022, Haynes …
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Neutral
── Termination: A D v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-03071 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 25, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur Father and K.W. (“Mother,” and together with Father, “Parents”) are the parents of Ak.D., who was born in April 2008, and J.W., who …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Shorewood Forest Utilities, Inc. v. Robert A Welsh, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-PL-02342 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 25, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Porter Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Foley concur The undisputed material facts follow. Shorewood is a nonprofit corporation that provides sewer service to certain residents in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── William L Martin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02479 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 26, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur In the fall of 2021, Martin was eighteen years old. J.B. was in sixth grade and turned twelve years old that …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Wade Wiley v. United Farm Family Mutual Insurance Company ── Case No.: 24A-PL-00076 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 10, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Hancock Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur On September 13, 2021, Jonathan Howard was driving a 2017 Honda Civic owned by Amy Smith when he was …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Demarice Jason Williams v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00064 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 10, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur On July 23, 2021, Ma’Cirra Williams (“Ma’Cirra”) was at work and learned that the father of her children, Williams, had …
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Neutral
── Matthew David Castro v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01050 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 15, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Porter Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur In March 2021, Michael Overton, Castro’s best friend, lived with Castro in Castro’s studio apartment. On March 21, 2021, Castro’s upstairs …
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Neutral
── Alejandro Rodriguez-Soto v. Janet Luna ── Case No.: 24A-DC-00166 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 18, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur Husband and Janet Luna (“Wife”) were married on June 7, 2019. On July 8, 2022, Husband filed a petition for dissolution of marriage …
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Neutral
── Termination: J W, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-00092 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 18, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Wayne Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur Mother and Father are the parents of Child, born on August 11, 2017. In March 2022, the …
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Neutral
── Brian A. Buchtel v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00600 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 19, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Noble Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur In July 2005, the court sentenced Buchtel under cause number 57C01-0503-FB17 to ten years with four years suspended for child molesting …
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Neutral
── Michael W Simpson, Jr., et al. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02133 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 19, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur C.H. was born on February 18, 2008. She lived with her mother, Tequilla, and her father, Charles Hoskins, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Arieal Smith v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02894 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 26, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur At approximately 10:30 p.m. on February 25, 2022, Allan Umphrey, III, an R&B and rap artist who was seeing Ebonie Parks romantically, …
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Neutral
── Teresa Jean Bolen v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00656 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 29, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: DeKalb Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur In January 2023, the State charged Respondent with: Count I, cruelty to an animal as a class A misdemeanor; and Count …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Morgan L. Bell v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01931 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 30, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Delaware Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur Bell and Robert Scott, III, were in a romantic relationship and began living together in January 2020. The couple separated just …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tracy Regan Hopkins v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00507 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 05, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur On June 13 and July 30, 2021, Hopkins drew a knife and threatened Dennis Morris, a Walmart loss prevention associate, when …
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Neutral
── James Small v. Kelly Small ── Case No.: 24A-DC-00460 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 07, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Delaware Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Pyle concur Husband and Kelly Small (“Wife”) were married in 1998. In September 2021, Wife filed a petition to dissolve the marriage. An …
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Neutral
── Timothy J. Brewer v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00105 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 07, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Pyle concur Levi Garrett and Teresa Hayden lived in a camper parked next to the house of Levi’s mother, …
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Neutral
── Dalton E. Griffith v. Dawn M. Griffith ── Case No.: 24A-DN-00580 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 07, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Kosciusko Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur Husband and Dawn M. Griffith (“Wife”) were married in 1998. In 2019, Wife filed a petition to dissolve the marriage. The …
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Neutral
── Kirstin Marie Wallace v. Timothy John Wallace ── Case No.: 23A-DC-02965 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 14, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur Mother and Timothy John Wallace (“Father”) are the parents of daughter A.W., age eleven, and son J.W., age nine. J.W. is …
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Neutral
── L Z v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-JV-00482 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 21, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur On July 18, 2023, an incident involving firearms occurred at a gas station in Marion County. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Officer Jacob Chestnut …
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Neutral
── John Burnett v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00805 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 22, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Washington Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur In July 2023, the State charged Burnett with operating a motor vehicle endangering a person as a class A misdemeanor and operating …
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Neutral
── Paul D Stucker v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-PC-00127 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 22, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur The relevant facts as discussed in Stucker’s direct appeal follow: [I]n October 1983, Stucker and Johnny Hodge were both inmates at …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Timothy A. Snell, III v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00363 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 27, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Boone Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur On July 3, 2023, Snell communicated a threat to commit a forcible felony to Kylee Thurston with the intent that …
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Neutral
── CHINS: B U v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JC-00407 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 27, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur On July 18, 2023, the Indiana Department of Child Services (“DCS”) filed petitions alleging the Children were children in need of services (“CHINS”). …
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Neutral
── Sherman J Jackson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00703 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 30, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur On June 29, 2015, Jackson pled guilty, pursuant to a plea agreement, to five felony charges in exchange for dismissal of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lonnie Terrence Ivy v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00480 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 30, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Pyle concur Ivy shares a three-bedroom house in Marion County with his two brothers, Lonzo and Terence. On July 29, …
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Neutral
── Lori Lynn Carpenter v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00923 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 04, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Clark Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur On August 31, 2023, the State charged Carpenter with three counts of attempted murder as level 1 felonies related to her …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael Boyd v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-MI-01349 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 04, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Madison Category: Civil Decision: Rehearing Judge Foley and Judge Riley concur The State has petitioned for rehearing following our reversal and remand to the Madison Circuit Court to transfer Michael Dale Boyd’s petition …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Rosco Wilkins v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00415 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 12, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur On March 28, 2022, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Detective Jonathan Phelps and Detective Bill Wogan, both members of the Indiana Crime Gun Task …
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Neutral
── Trevin Lee Colglazier v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01163 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 19, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur In December 2023, Colglazier and the State entered into a plea agreement pursuant to which Colglazier agreed to plead guilty to …
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Neutral
── Brian A. Batta v. Christina S Batta ── Case No.: 24A-DR-00192 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 19, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Pyle concur In December 2012, Christina S. Batta (“Mother”) filed a petition for dissolution of marriage. In January 2013, the court …
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Neutral
── Dongwook Ko v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00098 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 20, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Clay Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur In July 2019, Ko was convicted in Monroe County of criminal confinement with a deadly weapon as a level 3 felony. His …
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Neutral
── Jalen Frierson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00773 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 02, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Remanded and Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Kenworthy concur On April 23, 2022, D’Nijah Long, Diamond Troutman, Hakeem Jackson, and Frierson traveled in Long’s vehicle to a “smoke shop” …
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Neutral
── Johnnie L Luellen v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-PC-00828 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 03, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur The relevant facts as discussed in Luellen’s direct appeal follow: In the summer of 2016, eleven-year-old J.J., her mother, and J.J.’s …
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Neutral
── Roger Dewayne Redding v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-03068 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 03, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur In 2020, Redding and Marina Redding (“Marina”) were married. They had a tumultuous and volatile relationship depending on Redding’s level of …
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Neutral
── Roy Chester Akins v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01225 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 07, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle concurs. Judge May concurs in result On August 22, 2020, Akins was present in the parking lot of a gas station in Lake County with …
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Neutral
── Jesse Doyle, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00735 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 07, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Kenworthy concur In 2011, the State charged Doyle with attempted child molesting as a class A felony, two counts of child molesting while …
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Neutral
── Gerald Doll v. Charlene Burkett ── Case No.: 24A-CT-00996 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 08, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Kenworthy concur On February 8, 2024, Doll, an inmate at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, filed a “Verified Complaint” for a “Civil Tort” …
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Neutral
── James A Simon v. William R Simon Farms Inc. ── Case No.: 24A-PL-00935 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 08, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur Simon Farms is an Indiana corporation that was formed in 1979 and is currently owned by Sheri Johnson (“Sheri”) …
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── Commitment of D C ── Case No.: 24A-MH-02170 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 11, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur D.C. is sixty-nine years old and has been married to seventy-four-year-old H.C. for forty-four years. They have two adult sons. D.C. and H.C. lived …
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Neutral
── Ivan Hernandez-Vargas v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01306 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 17, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Mathias and Judge Kenworthy concur In October 2021, the State charged Hernandez-Vargas with operating a motor vehicle after forfeiture of license for life as a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Maria M. Lynch, et al. v. Prime Body and Paint ── Case No.: 24A-SC-00957 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 23, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Kenworthy concur On May 13, 2022, Plaintiffs were involved in an accident in their Chevrolet Colorado and had the vehicle …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michelle K Deaton-Hedge, et al. v. Dale Hartlerode ── Case No.: 24A-MI-01266 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 06, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Scott Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge Mathias and Judge Kenworthy concur In December 2022, the Scott Superior Court entered a decree of adoption under cause number 72D01-2210-AD-44 which granted a petition …
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── State of Indiana v. James Wade Baker, Jr. ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00914 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 07, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Kenworthy concurs. Judge Mathias dissents During the early morning hours of June 12, 2023, Carmel Police Officer Thomas Szybowski patrolled the parking lot …
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Neutral
── Timothy Lamont Parker v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00614 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 07, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Kenworthy concur On March 13, 2022, Andrew Mumford was at his apartment complex and walked back to his apartment after retrieving some trash …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Xavier Valencio Breland v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01769 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 19, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Kenworthy concur On February 27, 2022, officers with the Carmel Police Department conducted a “lawful” search of Breland’s residence. 1 Transcript Volume II …
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── Corby J Lee v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01119 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 21, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Kenworthy concur Lee lived with Alisa True and their three-year-old child, I.L., in Fort Wayne. In the early morning of September 19, 2023, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── De'Mario Streeter v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00821 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 21, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Porter Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Kenworthy concur In September 2023, Streeter, an inmate in the Porter County Jail, used the jail call system known as Telmate to communicate with …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Travis Lee Kent v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01229 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 04, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Shelby Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Kenworthy concur In October 2018, while he was serving probation in Cause Number 73C011312-FA-034 (“Cause No. 34”), the State charged Kent with possession …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Pierre Enock v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01614 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 09, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Kenworthy concur In June 2023, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Officer Brian Ramey was dispatched to an address in Marion County in reference to a disturbance …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Charles Sauter v. Robert Brack, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-PL-01143 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 09, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Kenworthy concur The relevant facts as discussed in this Court’s August 31, 2020 memorandum decision follow: At the heart of this action is …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael V. Winters v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02065 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 16, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Blackford Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Kenworthy concur On July 23, 2022, Winters, who was born in 1995, communicated with a fourteen-year-old and solicited her to engage in sexual …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lironte Devon Biggs v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01561 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 16, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Mathias and Judge Kenworthy concur The State, in an amended information, charged Biggs with unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── J I v. J I ── Case No.: 23A-PO-02789 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 16, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Pyle concur Father and Y.M. (“Mother”) met in 2006, began living together in 2010, and had a son together, Ja.I. (“Child”). 1 Father “exhibited some …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Allen L Calligan v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02875 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 19, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Grant Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Kenworthy concur On August 19, 2008, the State charged Calligan with unlawful possession of a firearm as a class B felony and carrying …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Amber Tewell, et al. v. Circle City Land Holdings ── Case No.: 24A-EV-00882 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 23, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown Decision: Dismissed Judge Mathias and Judge Kenworthy concur On October 5, 2023, Tenants filed a Notice of Claim in the Center Township Small Claims Court against Circle City Land Holdings (“Landlord”) and the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Menashi Cohen v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00710 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 23, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed Judge Mathias and Judge Kenworthy concur At some point, the State began investigating Cohen and his former wife, Fran Cohen, and businesses including CD Land and Deal Zone. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. v. S W, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-JC-01841 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 27, 2024 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Franklin Category: Juvenile Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Mathias and Judge Kenworthy concur In May 2023, DCS filed a petition alleging Child, born in July 2006, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Thomas Majors v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01422 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 02, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Kenworthy concur On June 27, 2022, Majors was with his girlfriend Teresa Radford, his friend Gregory Ware, and Ware’s girlfriend Deayjiha Brown, at Radford’s …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: K G v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JC-01674 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 13, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Kenworthy concur The evidence most favorable to the trial court’s CHINS adjudication indicates that Father is the biological father of K.G., …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jeremy Vondale Griffin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01939 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 16, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Kenworthy concur On June 22, 2023, South Bend Police Officer Antonio Rodriguez, Jr., transported Griffin to the St. Joseph County Jail. Griffin …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Hugh B McLean v. Joetta L Mclean ── Case No.: 24A-DN-01406 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 16, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Boone Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Kenworthy concur Husband and Wife were married on June 17, 2017. On October 3, 2023, Husband filed a petition for dissolution of marriage. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Larry Wayne Knight v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02257 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 23, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Decatur Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur Between February 16, 2024, and March 21, 2024, Knight, who had a prior unrelated conviction for failing to register as a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: P D v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JC-01929 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 23, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Jennings Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur The evidence most favorable to the trial court’s CHINS adjudication indicates that Father is the biological father of S.D., …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jordan Page Bey v. Fifth Third Bank National Association ── Case No.: 24A-MF-01741 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 24, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur Tamara S. Green and Brooke R. Page (together, “Borrowers”) executed a promissory note dated April 11, 2023, in favor …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brian K. Valenti v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02128 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 10, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Blackford Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur On September 5, 2022, the Hartford City Fire Department was dispatched to Valenti’s residence regarding an open fire burning in the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── J.Felix Malagon v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01940 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 17, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Noble Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur The evidence most favorable to the jury’s verdict indicates that in 2020, tenyear-old B.M. lived with her mother Linda and B.M.’s sisters …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tyler S Bobay v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01418 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 17, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur On February 16, 2023, the State charged Bobay in cause number 02D04-2302F6-194 (“Cause No. 194”) with Count I, unlawful possession of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Derrick C Brown v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02094 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 18, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur On December 22, 1999, the State charged Brown with three counts of attempted child molesting as class A felonies and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of T B ── Case No.: 25A-MH-00170 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 19, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Robb concur In December 2024, twenty-six-year-old T.B. lived at home with his father, stepmother, and siblings. At that time, T.B. had previously been diagnosed with and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: M M S, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JC-01758 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 21, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur Child was born to Parents in June 2023. On November 16, 2023, the Department of Child Services (“DCS”) received a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Gabriel T Sarfaty v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01497 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 24, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Tavitas concur Sarfaty and S.H. began a romantic relationship in November 2022. S.H. owned a small cleaning company and, on September 14, 2023, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lorraine Lucas v. Jason Lucas ── Case No.: 24A-DC-01859 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 26, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur In May 2017, Mother filed a petition for dissolution of her marriage to Jason Lucas (“Father”). Mother and Father …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Penny Stevens v. Country Ayre, Inc., et al. ── Case No.: 24A-CT-02325 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 28, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Gibson Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur In 2016, Stevens purchased a condominium unit in Haubstadt, Indiana, from Aaron Enterprises, Inc. On February 23, 2023, Stevens filed …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── State of Indiana v. Wesley Eugene Baker ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01862 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 04, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed Judge Altice concurs. Judge Tavitas dissents On October 11, 2010, the trial court entered judgment of conviction against Baker for child solicitation as a class D felony, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Matthew K Nickell v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02767 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 07, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Decatur Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur On June 16, 2023, Nickell pled guilty to operating a motor vehicle after forfeiture for life as a level 5 felony. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Eduardo Lozano Maldonado v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02708 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 07, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Kosciusko Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur In February 2021, thirty-year-old Maldonado began corresponding with fifteenyear-old D.V. over Snapchat. He knew D.V.’s age, and she informed him that …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── 4D MFG, LLC, et al. v. JSI Steel Distribution & Fabrication, Inc ── Case No.: 24A-CC-01884 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 11, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Pulaski Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur On February 24, 2023, JSI Steel Distribution & Fabrication, Inc., (“JSI”) filed a complaint against Russell …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Troy Eugene Barrus v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02730 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 17, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Wabash Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur Barrus and Amanda Barrus (“Amanda”) were married in 2018. Between January 1 and June 26, 2022, their relationship was volatile and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christopher Greg Wilson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01962 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 17, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Johnson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur On October 30, 2022, Johnson County Sheriff’s Office Detective Travis Wampler was conducting a “covert” “[o]nline child internet sex sting.” Transcript …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Darron Matthew Davis v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02430 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 18, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur On April 29, 2024, Tippecanoe County Community Corrections Officer Steven Ogle received a tip from another staff member that “[t]here was …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Marc Antony Burnett v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02944 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 28, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur R.P. has a child, C.C., who was born in November of 2020. 1 On March 8, 2023, twenty-year-old Burnett had sole …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kathryne Tillett v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01413 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 28, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Floyd Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Tavitas concurs. Judge Altice dissents On February 11, 2022, the State charged Tillett with two counts of child molesting as level 1 felonies related to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tykill Nahkeem Qasif Wilson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01509 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 31, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur Wilson and C.S. were married on November 9, 2023. 1 Wilson and C.S.’s relationship was “toxic.” Transcript Volume II at …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Van Lian v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02633 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 04, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur In July 2021, R.L. stayed at Lian’s house while her mother went grocery shopping. 1 R.L. and one of Lian’s children watched …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Elijah Reginald Davis v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01904 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 07, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur In August 2022, nineteen-year-old Marcus Martinez spoke with sixteen-yearold Samir Griffin about wanting to purchase a gun for an acquaintance. Griffin …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brandon Francis Schaefer v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01387 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 11, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Foley concur On January 1, 2023, twenty-one-year-old Schaefer called 911 and reported that he had killed a man. Schaefer told the dispatcher where …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: R R, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-02613 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 15, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur Parents are the biological parents of H.R., born in July 2020, Hal.B., born in September 2021, and Hak.B., born in May …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael Richard Huhn v. Kim L Huhn ── Case No.: 24A-DR-01972 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 24, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur Husband and Kim L. Huhn (“Wife”) married in 1975. Wife filed a petition for dissolution of marriage in May 2003. In …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── MIB, LLC, et al. v. City of Noblesville, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-PL-01893 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 24, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur A. The Director of the Department of Planning and Development On April 26, 2022, the Director of the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lewis Gene Grimes v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02746 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 25, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur On April 23, 2023, Grimes was traveling in the back seat of a van. Grimes’s mother, Elisa, was driving the van, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kevin G. Dixon v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01978 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 25, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur On January 22, 2021, Dixon signed a Post-Conviction Acknowledgment of Electronic Monitoring Terms and Conditions which provided that he would not …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Shelter Mutual Insurance Company v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company ── Case No.: 24A-PL-02863 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 28, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur On September 6, 2018, Lee Naylor was involved in a motor vehicle accident with Mary Siener in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael W. Todd v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02779 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 13, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Gibson Category: Criminal Decision: Dismissed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur On November 15, 2023, Todd sent text messages to Tammy Holder. One of the messages stated that Todd would “[e]at her …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: R M v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-02696 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 13, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Vigo Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur Father and B.W. (“Mother”) 1 are the parents of An.M., born in December 2013, twins D.M. and Ca.M., born …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kevin L Louden v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02661 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 13, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice concurs. Judge Tavitas dissents In August 2023, the State charged Louden with attempted burglary as a level 4 felony under cause number 03-D01-2308-F4-4564 (“Cause No. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kevin E Smith v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02501 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 14, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur At around 9:00 p.m. on October 30, 2023, Smith walked into O’Sullivan’s, a crowded pub in Fort Wayne, and ordered a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── David Noble, et al. v. John Bird, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-CT-02917 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 15, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Washington Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Altice concurs. Judge Tavitas dissents On January 8, 2021, the Nobles filed a Complaint for Damages against Fairview, John Bird, and Dakota Thompson (collectively, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Anonymous Child 1, et al. v. Anonymous Physician, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-CT-01874 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 15, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur Child was born in 1985. On May 26, 2022, Child filed a Proposed Complaint for Damages …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Patricia Leighanne Roberts v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02099 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 16, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Noble Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur On March 25, 2022, Kendallville Police Officer Justin Beall initiated a traffic stop of a vehicle due to “[i]mproper display of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christian Nathanyal Gewinner v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02931 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 27, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Huntington Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur Beginning in 2019 and into the summer of 2020, Gewinner’s mother, Lee Ann, babysat her good friend Alicia’s children, including twelve-year-old …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jamarris Harrison Lewis v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02511 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 27, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Delaware Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur When K.M., who was born in 2005, was around the ages of eleven to fourteen years old, her mother dated Lewis, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Marty J Wilson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00115 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 30, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Lawrence Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur In May 1998, the State charged Wilson with child molesting as a class B felony alleging that he performed deviate sexual …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── H R v. M R ── Case No.: 25A-PO-00017 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 30, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Scott Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur H.R. is the father of M.R. On July 12, 2024, then twenty-four-year-old M.R. filed a petition for protective order against H.R. alleging that …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael Edison Whitehead v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01968 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 30, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Grant Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur At approximately 8:00 a.m. on January 29, 2022, Marion Police Officer Joseph Smith responded to a call at Marion General Hospital …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kelly Miller v. Robert L. Lucas, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-PL-02451 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 06, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Kosciusko Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur Phillip Kuhn (“Phillip”) recorded the “Plat of Kuhn’s First Addition to Kuhn’s Plat” (the “First Addition Plat”) on October 8, …
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Neutral
── Simon Property Group, Inc. a/k/a Simon Property Group, L.P., et al. v. Kaya P.R. Stewart, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-CT-01700 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 09, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur The well-pleaded facts of the Plaintiffs’ January 30, 2024 Amended Complaint …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Eve B. Sparks v. Jefferson Capital Systems, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-PL-00251 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 12, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Greene Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur On November 20, 2024, Sparks filed a “Plaintiff’s Complaint/Pleading” against Jefferson Capital Systems, LLC (“JCAP”). Appellant’s Appendix Volume II …
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Neutral
── H W v. M R ── Case No.: 25A-PO-00016 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 16, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Scott Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur H.R. is the father of M.R. H.W. is H.R.’s thirty-one-year-old girlfriend. On July 12, 2024, then twenty-four-year-old M.R. filed a petition for protective …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Mara Orrico, et al. v. Harley Snyder, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-PL-02950 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 26, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Porter Category: Civil Decision: Remanded and Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur The undisputed material facts reveal that the Snyders lived in a house on Thornbury Drive in Valparaiso …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James L Saylor, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02516 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 26, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur In July 2020, Kylie Haithcox, who had been dating Saylor and later married him in 2022, purchased a Springfield Hellcat …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Zachary Nicholas Whitus v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00125 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 27, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur On August 7, 2024, Lafayette Police Officer Steven Ceballos-Olivas received a dispatch regarding a residential entry and information from an officer …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jordon Scott Lord v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02450 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 27, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur Beginning in May or June 2023, Lord and his then girlfriend Jessica Omand lived in the basement of a house in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Eve B. Sparks v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company ── Case No.: 25A-PL-00417 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 30, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Greene Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur On March 1, 2024, Sparks filed a complaint against Bank. 1 Sparks filed a motion for default judgment, and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── T C v. A H, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-AD-00063 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 30, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Johnson Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur T.C. and B.H. are the biological parents of E.H., who was born in June 2019. In January 2020, T.C. called E.H.’s …
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Neutral
── Joce-Joce Sergio Bueno v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-03077 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 30, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur On May 21, 2024, Nichole Gerick and her seventeen-year-old son, K.C., were at Bueno’s new apartment “dropping off his couch” …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of D H ── Case No.: 25A-MH-01358 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 03, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Robb concur On May 13, 2025, forty-six-year-old D.H. was taken by police to the medical psychiatric unit at St. Vincent Hospital after he was found wandering …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joshua R. Fults v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02630 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 10, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Johnson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur Prior to August 27, 2021, Johnson County Sheriff’s Detective Travis Wampler was familiar with the name Gary Lane because he had …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Matthew D. McMahon v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00131 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 11, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Johnson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur In April 2023, Franklin City Police Department Detective Jess Harris created a fictitious profile on Mega Personals, an “escorting, prostitution[-]based website” …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Monique Lashae Cooley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00094 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 14, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur On June 7, 2023, Cooley and Michael Hess, Jr., were at a house in Indianapolis, which was “sort of a neighborhood …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christopher David Imel v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00431 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 24, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Decatur Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur In April 2023, the trial court issued an Order on Entry of Guilty Plea indicating that Imel pled guilty to “Domestic …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Bradley A Hole v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00099 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 24, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Wayne Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur On June 25, 2024, the State charged Hole with operating a motor vehicle after forfeiture of license for life as a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Randall Travis v. Leon S Baine, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-CT-03016 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 24, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Porter Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur On February 3, 2022, Travis filed a complaint against Defendants. 1 The complaint alleged that Travis and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Julius James Thomas v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02620 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 24, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur On April 22, 2024, the State filed an amended information charging Thomas with: Count I, murder; Count II, robbery resulting in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Corinne Keen v. George Adams, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-MI-00304 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 25, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Kosciusko Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur Mother and Devan Adams (“Father”) are the parents of L.A, born in August 2006, and Child, born in June 2018. Father …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── J K v. D P ── Case No.: 25A-PO-00172 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 28, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Boone Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur Petitioner and S.H. have a child, J.K.-P., II (“Child”). S.H. also has two children with D.P. (“Respondent”). S.H. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── D B v. H H ── Case No.: 25A-PO-00915 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 05, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Floyd Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Altice and Judge DeBoer concur On March 16, 2025, H.H. filed a Petition for an Order for Protection and Request for a Hearing against D.B. alleging that she …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: J T v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JC-00087 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 11, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur Child was born to C.S. (“Mother”) in August 2019. Father petitioned to establish paternity in June 2023 under cause number 48C02-2306-JP-176 (“Cause No. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jessica K Sanderson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00203 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 12, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge DeBoer concur On September 15, 2022, the State charged Sanderson with possession of a narcotic drug and possession of methamphetamine as level 6 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James Leonard Riddle, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00118 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 12, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Vigo Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge DeBoer concur On January 21, 2021, the State charged Riddle with dealing in cocaine as a level 4 felony, possession of cocaine …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── DeCarlos Javon Freeman v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02768 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 12, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur In April 2024, Terri Gushwa lived at a residence in South Bend, and Freeman was staying in her basement. On …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Abhaya Nand Deva v. Security Federal Savings Bank ── Case No.: 25A-MF-00031 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 13, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Cass Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur Deva, as President of Bluelight, Inc, (“Bluelight”) executed a promissory note dated May 24, 2007, evidencing a loan from Security …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Marvin C. Rodgers v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00517 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 15, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Orange Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur Marvin C. Rodgers appeals the denial of his motion to suppress. We affirm. Facts and Procedural History 1 At approximately 5:45 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Denby Brown v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00400 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 20, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur The facts most favorable to the conviction reveal that in the afternoon on August 17, 2023, Ryan Taylor rode his bicycle to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Bremni Onelio Villatoro, et al. v. AmGuard Insurance Company ── Case No.: 25A-PL-00369 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 21, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge DeBoer concur On August 15, 2020, Villatoro and Reyes were occupants in a 1993 Toyota pickup truck when it was involved …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jennifer Lovato v. Carmel Motors ── Case No.: 25A-SC-00092 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 27, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown Category: Civil Decision: Remanded and Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur On June 17, 2024, Lovato filed a notice of claim against Carmel Motors. 1 On September 27, 2024, the small claims court held a hearing …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Maria Navarette v. Elkhart Co Auditor/Treasurer ── Case No.: 25A-TP-00755 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 28, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur Navarette placed the winning bid at a tax sale with respect to four parcels of real property in Elkhart County. An “Assignment” …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Z H v. G M ── Case No.: 25A-PO-00613 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 04, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur On December 18, 2024, G.M. filed a Petition for an Order for Protection and Request for a Hearing against Z.H. G.M. alleged that …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Travion Antione Barbee v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-03068 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 04, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur On January 10, 2023, Caycie Stantz and two of her children went to a park with Joseph Hughes. Stantz’s two-year-old child …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Deshawn C Howard v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-PC-03044 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 04, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur In 2013, law enforcement utilized confidential sources to conduct two separate controlled buys from Howard. See Howard v. State, No. 20A05-1609-CR-2064, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: M C, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-00592 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 05, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Wayne Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur Child was born to Mother in April 2022. Mother was incarcerated at the time of Child’s birth. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Shane Christefer Hedrick v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00713 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 23, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Remanded and Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur In January 2024, Hedrick lived in an Evansville trailer park with his girlfriend, Loreena Nance, and their two children, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Achery Nailon v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00007 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 23, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Miami Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur Nailon and Jacquisha Hunt were married in October 2023. On January 27, 2024, Hunt and Nailon drove in Hunt’s Jeep from their …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Gail Lewis Hicks, et al. v. Keith L Head, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-CT-00881 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 24, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur On July 20, 2020, Gail Lewis Hicks and Larry Hicks (the “Hickses” or “Plaintiffs”) filed a complaint …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: S W v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JC-00834 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 24, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Montgomery Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur Child was born to Mother in September 2013. Mother has an extensive criminal history involving both violence and illegal …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Rafiki Beyete Howard v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00215 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 24, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur On August 28, 2023, West Lafayette Police Officer Brandon Bonnell conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle after determining that it …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Karen S Rumbley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01079 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 26, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Washington Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur In April 2024, the State charged Rumbley with possession of methamphetamine as a level 6 felony and possession of paraphernalia as …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Diane Gianfagna-Meils v. Indiana University Health, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-SC-00820 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 29, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur On September 26, 2024, Gianfagna-Meils filed a Small Claims Complaint against Beltway Surgery Center and Elizabeth Maddox 1 alleging “[n]egligent …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: J C, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-00488 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 29, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Jackson Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur Child was born to Parents in December 2013. On January 3, 2022, the Indiana Department of Child …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── State of Indiana v. Dennis R Poland, Jr. ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02252 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 30, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Franklin Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur At approximately 11:00 a.m. on April 5, 2022, Franklin County Sheriff’s Deputy Jason Robinson responded to a report of an …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Samantha K. Pearson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00928 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 03, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Howard Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur On September 11, 2024, the State charged Pearson with: Count I, unlawful carrying of a handgun as a level 5 felony; …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jeremiah R Mitchell v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01322 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 06, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Washington Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur On November 10, 2024, Mitchell was at his sister’s house with his two-year-old child (“Juvenile 2”) and his one-year-old child (“Juvenile …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jeremy M Hardy v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01035 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 06, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Knox Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur On February 20, 2024, the State charged Hardy with: Count I, dealing in methamphetamine as a level 2 felony; Count II, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Maria Calderon v. Elkhart County Board of Zoning Appeals ── Case No.: 25A-PL-01106 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 07, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur In June 2016, the Elkhart County Advisory Board of Zoning Appeals (the “BZA”) granted a “Special Use …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Justin Moore v. Joseph Martine, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-MI-01209 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 10, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Johnson Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur On December 3, 2024, Father filed a “Motion to Register and Domesticate Alabama Child Custody and Parenting Time Orders with the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of A K ── Case No.: 25A-MH-02350 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 20, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur A.K. is a thirty-four-year old female diagnosed with “[s]chizophrenia paranoid [t]ype.” Appellant’s Appendix Volume II at 14. On August 26, 2025, A.K. was admitted …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Justin Kirby v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01267 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 20, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Ripley Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur On October 22, 2022, Kristopher Kholmeier and his wife were driving in Batesville and noticed a car blocking the road. Kholmeier approached …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── David Eugene McDole v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00711 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 20, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur In May 2020, McDole and the State entered into a plea agreement pursuant to which McDole agreed to plead guilty to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Caleb L. Tungate v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01173 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 28, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Wells Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur At 1:12 a.m. on November 17, 2024, Bluffton Police Officer Evan Holliday was patrolling and observed an individual walking in “the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Sarah L. Shake v. State of Indiana, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-CT-01006 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 28, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur The designated evidence indicates that on May 19, 2021, Indiana State Police Trooper Daniel Organ was on routine patrol …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Gail Lewis Hicks, et al. v. Keith L. Head ── Case No.: 25A-CT-00875 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 28, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur On July 20, 2020, Plaintiffs 1 filed a complaint against Head and American Family Insurance Company, S.I. (“American Family”). …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── G O v. K R ── Case No.: 25A-PO-01296 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 06, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Daviess Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur On February 18, 2025, K.R. filed a Petition for an Order for Protection and Request for a Hearing alleging that G.O. committed repeated …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Martin Estrada v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00676 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 06, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Mathias concur In January 2008, the trial court sentenced Estrada to concurrent terms of fifty years for “Dealing in Heroin (Possession of Heroin, a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Staci Krutzsch v. Franciscan Alliance ── Case No.: 25A-EX-01705 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 07, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown Category: Other Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix concurs. Judge Scheele concurs in part/dissents in part Krutzsch was employed as a nurse manager for Franciscan Alliance in Crawfordsville, Indiana. On September 23, 2022, Krutzsch went to lunch. She rode …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Laddie Ann Denise Drake v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01013 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 07, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Grant Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur Drake is the sister of Jasmine Drake (“Jasmine”), and Jasmine was married to Todd Gosha. On August 13, 2022, Gosha …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Bobby Brower v. Indiana Horse Racing Commission, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-MI-00916 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 07, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Madison Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur On November 4, 2016, the IHRC filed an Administrative Complaint against Brower, a licensed “Standardbred owner/trainer/driver” subject to IHRC …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Nicholas Lee Carriveau v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00935 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 17, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur In January 2024, Carriveau was an inmate at the St. Joseph County Jail. On January 21, 2024, during “medication pass” …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Janette Sue Jackson, et al. v. Jay Thomas Jackson ── Case No.: 25A-CT-01575 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 19, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Clark Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur Delores Taylor (“Mother”), the mother of Jay and Siblings, owned certain real property in Woodburn, Indiana (the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Robert Peacher v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CC-01843 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 21, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik and Judge Mathias concur On August 19, 2024, Peacher filed a Civil Complaint alleging that he was transferred from the Westville Correctional Facility to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: Danielle Lynn Beardsley v. Nicholas Cirillo ── Case No.: 25A-JP-00904 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 21, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Mathias concur Mother and Father are the parents of Al.C., Av.C., An.C., and Ad.C. (the “Children”). Mother and Father “lived as an intact …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jacob Murphy v. City Of Indianapolis, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-CT-01431 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 26, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix concurs. Judge Scheele concurs in result On May 7, 2022, thirty-three-year-old Murphy, a resident of Arkansas, was operating an electric two-wheel foot scooter on …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael Johnson v. Huntington Heights Association, Inc. ── Case No.: 25A-PL-00927 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 01, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur On August 28, 2024, the Huntington Heights Association, Inc. (“Huntington”) filed a Complaint to Foreclose Lien relating to property commonly known …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jasinto Carter v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00667 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 09, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur At approximately 3:30 a.m. on December 13, 2021, police responded to a report of a crash with a possible ejected person on …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lyn J Brown v. Melissa Brown ── Case No.: 24A-DC-03125 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 09, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur Husband and Melissa L. Brown (“Wife”) were married in 2005 and have three children. Husband is an attorney and worked extensively in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Julio C. Rios v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02848 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 12, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur Rios and his wife, Lissy, lived in Elkhart, Indiana until 2014 when Rios moved to Texas. While living in Elkhart, the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── MJP Enterprises, LLC, et al. v. First Merchants Bank ── Case No.: 25A-CT-01758 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 15, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Madison Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur On July 12, 2023, Plaintiffs filed a complaint against First Merchants alleging that MPJ, Indiana Flooring, and Michael held …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Mark N. Winchester v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01570 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 15, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Fountain Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur On the morning of December 27, 2024, Becky Keller was driving on Main Street near the Devon Theater in Attica, Indiana, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael Brandon Morelock v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01508 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 15, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Dismissed Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur On November 1, 2022, the State charged Morelock under cause number 48C062211-F3-3129 (“Cause No. 3129”) with multiple counts. In May 2024, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Taylor Mitchell Fischer v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00494 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 16, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur Fischer and Kaytlen Dossett had one child together, C.F., born in September 2022. They lived together in a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── William Dycus v. Lidiya Dycus ── Case No.: 25A-DC-01666 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 22, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur Husband and Wife were married on June 20, 2020, and have one child together. On September 25, 2023, Wife filed a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Shane Emery Ehr v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01153 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 23, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Adams Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur In September 2024, Ehr lived in a camper parked on his parents’ property. The camper “was right behind [his parents’] house, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Steven Daniel Shoup v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00475 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 23, 2025 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Scheele concur On February 11, 2022, Fishers Police Officer Kevin Matt was patrolling 96th Street, which is “the border road between Hamilton and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── State of Indiana v. Penny Lane, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-DC-02328 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 12, 2026 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Boone Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur On February 20, 2019, the Marion Superior Court entered a Decree of Dissolution of Marriage between Michael G. Lane (“Father”) …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Justin L Turner v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01408 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 16, 2026 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Remanded and Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur On March 30, 2023, Stephen Flynn traveled to an address, which was the address of a vacant house, to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Thomas Bradley Parkes v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01351 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 20, 2026 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Knox Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur On February 14, 2024, Parkes and his wife L.P. were at their home engaging in “BDSM” activities. 1 Transcript Volume III …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── David Guerriero v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-PC-01172 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 20, 2026 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur The relevant facts as discussed in Guerriero’s direct appeal follow: Guerriero and Michael Hill (“Hill”) met in 1995 as cadets at West …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Samuel Carlos Edwards v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01259 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 21, 2026 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur On December 27, 2022, Edwards shot and killed his partner, Ieshia Jefferson, while their five children, ages one to six years …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Greg Moore v. Thompson Homes, Inc. ── Case No.: 25A-CC-01904 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 23, 2026 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Warrick Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur In 2017, Thompson filed a complaint. 1 In 2019, Thompson filed a Motion for Leave to File Amended Complaint. On January 2, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Shane J. Landrum v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-02130 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 26, 2026 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge DeBoer concur On July 9, 2023, Landrum was on a phone call with his wife during which he threatened to kill her sister, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Victor Gonzalez v. Indiana Finance Financial Corp. ── Case No.: 25A-SC-01846 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 26, 2026 Author: Judge Elaine Brown Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge Altice and Judge DeBoer concur On June 30, 2020, Indiana Finance filed a Notice of Claim in the Small Claims Court of Wayne Township of Marion County. 1 On August …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joe E Gray v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-02080 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 27, 2026 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge DeBoer concur On July 26, 2022, Fort Wayne Police Officers initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle with expired plates. The officers discovered …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Supervised Estate: Christopher D. Webster v. Fred William Webster, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-ES-02788 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 29, 2026 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Daviess Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur On September 10, 2019, Beverly Kay Webster (“Beverly”) executed a Last Will and Testament (“Beverly’s Will”) in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: M P v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JC-02112 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 30, 2026 Author: Judge Elaine Brown Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge DeBoer concur On March 10, 2025, the Department of Child Services (“DCS”) filed a petition alleging Child, born in January 2009, is a CHINS after …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ronald Shewmaker v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-PC-00682 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 30, 2026 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Clark Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur The relevant facts as discussed in Shewmaker’s direct appeal follow: Shewmaker first met Lisa McQuirt at a strip or dance club, and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Devin Powell v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00447 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 30, 2026 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge DeBoer concur On June 30, 2022, Powell requested a ride through Lyft and was connected with driver Anthony Garland. Garland drove to Powell’s location …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Dalynda Hyatt v. Charles Hyatt ── Case No.: 25A-DN-02076 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 02, 2026 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Pike Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur Wife and Charles Hyatt (“Husband”) were married in January 2017. On October 5, 2023, Husband filed a petition for dissolution of marriage. On …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of A D ── Case No.: 25A-MH-03292 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 03, 2026 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Robb concur A.D. is an eighteen-year-old female who was admitted to Community Fairbanks Behavioral Health (“Community”) on December 7, 2025. A.D.’s mother brought her in for …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── JEFFERY THOMAS MAXWELL v. SHIRLEY SUE MAXWELL ── Case No.: 22A-DR-00559 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 18, 2022 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Hancock Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Riley and Judge Bailey concur This is Husband’s third appeal arising from the November 2017 dissolution of his marriage to Shirley Maxwell (“Wife”). …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Matthew McClellan v. Laura B McClellan ── Case No.: 22A-DR-01901 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 20, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bailey concur Father and Laura B. McClellan (“Mother”) divorced in 2014. Mother was given physical custody of their only child, E.M., born in 2005, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jessica Nicole Hauk v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00291 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 18, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Shelby Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur In November 2022, Hauk went to a Wal-Mart in Shelbyville, put clothes and other items into her bag, and left without …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Aisha Avance v. Sherrie Weekly ── Case No.: 23A-CT-01102 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 05, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge Bradford and Judge Brown concur Sherrie Weekly sued Aisha Avance, alleging identity deception and fraud. Avance moved for summary judgment. The trial court denied the motion, and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Cameron Banks v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00898 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 15, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Weissmann concur In February 2020, nineteen-year-old Jalen Roberts and twenty-year-old Marcel Wills lived at Carriage House East Apartments at 42nd Street …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Rex Collins v. Linda Collins ── Case No.: 24A-DN-00185 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 09, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Johnson Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur In April 2023, Wife petitioned for dissolution of the parties’ marriage. Husband didn’t enter an appearance or take any other action in response …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of X R ── Case No.: 24A-MH-00484 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 14, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur In January 2024, X.R. was thirty-seven years old and the mother of a fourteenyear-old daughter. X.R. owned a home where she and her daughter …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: A F, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-00575 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 14, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Hancock Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur Mother and Father are the parents of L.F. (“Child”), born in December 2019. Parents have another child, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Keith Lemar Michael v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02495 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 14, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Owen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur The evidence most favorable to Michael’s convictions is as follows. One day in August of 2018, Michael was …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: C B v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JC-01618 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 18, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Owen Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur Mother and J.W. (“Father”) (collectively, “Parents”) are the parents of H.W. (“Child”), born in January 2022. Father’s paternity of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Company v. Review Board, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-EX-00782 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 10, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix Category: Other Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Brown concur In 2019, Employer hired Claimant to be a leasing agent and, in August 2020, promoted her to property manager at The Fields of New Durham Apartment …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ronald Maurice Lemon v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02121 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 06, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bradford concur In late April or early May 2023, the Evansville Vanderburgh County Drug Task Force (the “Task Force”) received information that Andrew …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: T K v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-01157 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 22, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur In late 2021 and early 2022, the Child’s siblings were adjudicated CHINS after Mother admitted to using methamphetamine and Father admitted to committing …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: J B v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JC-00350 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 13, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Dismissed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur The Child was born January 19, 2023, to the Parents. On October 23, 2023, Mother consulted the Child’s primary …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Mani S. Johnson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01977 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 31, 2021 Author: Judge Rudolph Pyle County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Tavitas concur In March 2018, the State charged Johnson with Level 3 felony burglary, Level 5 felony criminal confinement resulting in bodily injury, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: L J v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 20A-JT-02305 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 21, 2021 Author: Judge Rudolph Pyle Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Brown concur Mother is the parent of C.J., who was born in July 2005. On November 10, 2018, when C.J. was thirteen years old, an …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Xavier R Garcia v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00691 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 31, 2022 Author: Judge Rudolph Pyle County of Origin: Adams Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Weissmann concur In June 2021, the State charged Garcia with Level 6 felony strangulation, Class A misdemeanor domestic battery, and Class B misdemeanor …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── V R v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-JV-00759 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 28, 2022 Author: Judge Rudolph Pyle County of Origin: Perry Category: Juvenile Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Weissmann concurs. Judge Bradford dissents In June 2020, Tell City Police Department Officer Matt Leisener (“Officer Leisener”) responded to a dispatch of a suspicious individual …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: S D, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JT-01603 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 25, 2023 Author: Judge Rudolph Pyle County of Origin: Fulton Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Kenworthy concur Statement of the Case S.D. (“Mother”) and C.B. (“Father”) (collectively (“Parents”)) each appeal the termination of the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── N F v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-JV-00497 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 30, 2023 Author: Judge Rudolph Pyle County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Vaidik and Judge Mathias concur On the evening of October 14, 2022, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Officer Jonathan Willey (“Officer Willey”) and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kurt Wertz v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01052 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 16, 2024 Author: Judge Rudolph Pyle County of Origin: Montgomery Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Crone concur In May 2002, a jury convicted Wertz of Class A felony dealing in cocaine. The trial court sentenced Wertz to fifty years …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tyler Deimon Miller v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-PC-00462 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 23, 2025 Author: Judge Rudolph Pyle County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Mathias concur The relevant facts of Miller’s underlying offenses, as set forth by this Court in Miller’s direct appeal, are, in part, as …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Bradley C Back v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-PC-01173 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 27, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Altice concur On April 16, 2017, an explosion occurred at Back’s home. The explosion was centered in Back’s bedroom and Back had a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: M M v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-JC-01767 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 18, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur Mother gave birth to Ma.M. 1 and Mi.M., 2 on February 7, 2015, and August 19, 2020, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ray Timothy Dampier v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02151 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Kenworthy concur On May 12, 2022, the State charged Dampier with murder 1 under trial court cause number 45G02-2205-MR-19. (Appellant’s App. Vol. 2 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── K P v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-JV-00413 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 15, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Warrick Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur On November 1, 2024, Warrick County Sheriff’s Deputy Barry Griffin initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle traveling twenty miles per hour …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: J W v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JC-01352 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 31, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Wabash Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur Mother1 is the mother of Je.H., born May 2008, and Ja.H., born May 2012. 2 Children lived with Mother …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Otho Troy Pulluaim, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-02106 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 23, 2026 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Vacated in Part, Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur On January 8, 2025, Pulluaim was at the apartment of David Christopher with Christopher …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Spencer Patterson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01906 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 05, 2025 Author: Judge Mary DeBoer County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey and Judge Vaidik concur Around 1:40 p.m. on July 13, 2023, Gary Police Department Officer Shanesha Joseph received an alert to be on …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christopher S. Busch v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02387 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 20, 2025 Author: Judge Mary DeBoer County of Origin: Johnson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Vaidik concur In April 2023, 55-year-old Busch responded to an ad posted on a prostitution website called List Crawlers. The ad depicted a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of D W ── Case No.: 24A-MH-02284 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 30, 2025 Author: Judge Mary DeBoer County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Vaidik concur On August 21, 2024, D.W., a forty-six-year-old male, voluntarily admitted himself to IU Methodist after he experienced increased anxiety, feelings of paranoia, and worsening …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: K C v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-03121 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 12, 2025 Author: Judge Mary DeBoer County of Origin: Owen Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Pyle concur Child was born on March 18, 2021, to parents R.P. (Mother) and K.C. (Father) (collectively “Parents”). On October 3, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: A B, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JC-00460 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 09, 2025 Author: Judge Mary DeBoer County of Origin: Lawrence Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Pyle concur Mother has three daughters: K.B. (born March 28, 2008), K.C. (born June 25, 2014), …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── J C v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-JV-02816 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 18, 2025 Author: Judge Stephen Scheele County of Origin: Greene Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Weissmann concur In February 2023, J.C.’s mother (Mother) contacted law enforcement after J.C., then twelve, grabbed her younger sister by the hair and pulled …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: M J v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JC-00044 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 06, 2021 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Henry Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Crone concur Mother and D.J. (“Father”)1 are the biological parents of Ca.J. (born September 7, 2016), Ci.J. (born July 5, 2017), …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: M L v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 20A-JC-02108 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 13, 2021 Author: Judge Paul Mathias Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Crone concur D.L. was born on March 18, 2003, and therefore, she celebrated her eighteenth birthday while this appeal was pending.1 In November …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: P M v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JT-02029 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 11, 2022 Author: Judge Paul Mathias Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Altice concur In June 2017, DCS filed an amended petition alleging the Children to be Children in Need of Services (“CHINS”). DCS’s petition alleged that …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: A T v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JT-00300 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 06, 2022 Author: Judge Paul Mathias Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Molter concur Mother gave birth to M.H. on February 26, 2019. Due to Mother’s extensive history with the Department of Child Services (“DCS”) and her …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── ROBERT Y PIKE v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01584 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 17, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Johnson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur In April 2019, Pike was married to C.B.’s mother, and C.B. was ten-years-old. During that month, Pike molested C.B. on three …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: R H, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JC-02643 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 06, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Wabash Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur Father has three children, including Child, who was born January 10, 2008. Child’s mother (“Mother”) and Father …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of M T ── Case No.: 23A-MH-00341 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 14, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur M.T. has a history of mental illness and has previously been diagnosed with Schizophrenia, for which he has been prescribed medication. Since July 2022, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── The Waters of Muncie, LLC, et al. v. Carolyn Jones, Personal Representative of the Estate of Emma Jean Orick ── Case No.: 23A-PL-01070 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 15, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Delaware Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Crone concur On September 5, 2017, Emma Jean Orick was a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── M M v. B H ── Case No.: 23A-AD-01423 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 28, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Crone concur In September 2018, K.M. (“Mother”) gave birth to Child. Father is Child’s biological father. At the time of Child’s birth, Father was in a court-ordered halfway house …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Angela Sue Hawk v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01553 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 11, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Shelby Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Crone concur On September 13, 2022, Cherie McCollum reported that her truck had been stolen. On October 5, Shelbyville Police Department (“SPD”) officers …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── R B v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-JV-02542 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 18, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Washington Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur R.B.’s first referral to the juvenile system occurred when he was ten years old. In 2020, he was placed on formal probation …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael A. Byrd v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02511 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 22, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Howard Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur In March 2019, Byrd pleaded guilty to Level 3 felony dealing in a narcotic drug. The court sentenced Byrd to twelve …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Anthony V. Johnson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02271 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 10, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bailey concur On May 24, 2022, Johnson and his girlfriend, Ashley Bills, placed an order from a Dairy Queen restaurant in Indianapolis using …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Burke W Baughman, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00793 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 19, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Brown concur On January 28, 2020, Fort Wayne Police Officer Nicholas Lichtsinn was conducting surveillance at 1906 St. Mary’s Avenue. Officer Lichtsinn …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── DSG Indiana, LLC dba Ashley Furniture v. Angela R Green ── Case No.: 24A-SC-00731 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 06, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Johnson Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Bailey concur On May 5, 2023, Green bought several pieces of furniture from DSG, including a leather …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Darren D Lloyd v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02515 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 21, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur In the evening hours of November 26, 2021, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Officer Jacob Kinnett received a report of a person …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jimearle Davis, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01328 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 17, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur In June 2021, Officers Keifer Mikels and Jeremy Kennedy with the Lafayette Police Department were looking for Davis because he had …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── L L v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-JV-01523 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 02, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Dubois Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur When he was sixteen years old, L.M.L.J., who is originally from Guatemala, lived with his uncle in Dubois County. The uncle’s five-year-old …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Frank Dangerfield v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-PC-03015 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 04, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur In 2017, the Marion Superior Court sentenced Dangerfield to an aggregate term of twenty-six years after he was convicted of Level 2 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: L B v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-00865 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 17, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur Mother was Child’s foster parent for almost two years before she adopted Child in 2021. In July 2023, Mother …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tyrone Twyan Reno v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01701 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 03, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur On November 15, 2021, Reno arrived at Quintez Johnson’s apartment in Gary to purchase marijuana. Reno shot Johnson in his head …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Dequarius Walker v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 19A-CR-00124 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 21, 2019 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Bradford concur In May 2018, Jalisa Lacey lived on the West side of Indianapolis with her three young daughters. Walker and Lacey were in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jerry J. Finton Jr. v. Nancy J. Wigent ── Case No.: 20A-PL-01661 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 11, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Huntington Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur Dean Kreiger had two daughters, Roberta Stellar and Nancy Wigent. Finton is Stellar’s son. In December 2002, Kreiger …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kevin Martin v. Richard Brown ── Case No.: 21A-CT-00085 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 29, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Sullivan Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Pyle concur Martin was, during the pertinent times, an inmate at the Wabash Correctional Facility (“Wabash”) in Sullivan County. The defendants, all employees of Wabash, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lee Evans Dunigan v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CT-02939 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 23, 2022 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge May concur Before proceeding to the facts pertinent to this particular case, some context is in order. On October 1, 2018, the State …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tabetha Smith v. Shawn Smith ── Case No.: 21A-DC-02820 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 09, 2022 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Riley and Judge May concur Husband and Wife were married in 1992 and had three children—two of whom are emancipated, and one of whom is …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Debra Neal v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01118 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 16, 2022 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Altice concur On July 16, 2019, Neal lived with her mother, Charlene Hobbs, and brother, Derek Hinton, at her mother’s house in Indianapolis. Neal …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James Holden v. Ice Miller LLC, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-PL-02760 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 12, 2023 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur FILED May 12 2023, 8:47 am CLERK Indiana Supreme Court Court of Appeals and Tax Court ATTORNEY …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: M J v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-00066 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 19, 2023 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Kenworthy concur The Child was born to Mother and (“Father”) (collectively, “Parents”) in December 2011. 1 In April 2017, the Department of Child Services (“DCS”) …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jerrod DeeBasham King v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00378 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 29, 2023 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Kenworthy concur In January 2022, a confidential informant executed two controlled purchases of carfentanil 1 from King at King’s residence. King’s child was …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Sean Michael Craft v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00043 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 24, 2024 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Sullivan Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Bradford concur In August 2023, Indiana State Police (“ISP”) Trooper Matthew Rea lived in a house in Cass County. The house is connected …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── The Store Manager, LLC v. Debra Sumner ── Case No.: 24A-SC-00609 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 05, 2024 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Knox Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Bradford concur On June 9, 2019, Sumner entered into a Rental and Lease Agreement (“Lease Agreement”) with Adams University Self Storage (“43P Storage”) …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Regina Geels v. Lindsay Flottemesch, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-PL-02911 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 16, 2025 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Brown concur David Malinowski died on June 14, 2021, and was survived by his daughters, thirty-six-year-old Lindsay Flottemesch, thirty-three-year-old Mackenzi Hatfield, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── ALLISON DAWN LANGSTON v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01781 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 12, 2021 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur On May 30, 2018, Langston allowed Michael Hahn to come to her apartment and agreed to assist him in the act …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Zane Dickson v. Sarah Ford ── Case No.: 20A-DC-01906 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 09, 2021 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur Father and Mother were married on or about June 1, 2016. There were three children born of the marriage: E.D., …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kevin L. Martin v. State of Indiana, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-CT-00596 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 21, 2021 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Brown concur In 2018, Meeks was Martin’s unit caseworker at Wabash Valley Correctional Facility, where Martin was incarcerated at the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Drew Alexander Osborne v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00629 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 27, 2021 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Boone Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur Osborne and Robbins were previously married and have two children together. In December of 2018, Robbins obtained an ex parte protective …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── K H v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-JV-02391 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 16, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur On July 25, 2021, Elkhart Police Corporal Jesse Morganthaler (“Corp. Morganthaler”) observed K.H., who he knew from prior encounters to be a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── C T v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-JV-00609 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 23, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur On September 3, 2019, C.T. was placed on formal probation supervision after admitting to committing what would be Class A misdemeanor domestic battery and two counts …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Timothy Stabosz v. Shaw Friedman ── Case No.: 22A-PL-00541 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 22, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur In the early morning hours of January 6, 2021,1 Stabosz sent an email to LaPorte County Commissioners Joseph Haney, Sheila Matias, and Richard …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Board of Commissioners of Delaware County, Indiana v. AR Engineering, LLC, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-MI-01533 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 07, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Blackford Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur Our decision in a prior appeal in this case instructs as to the underlying facts: …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Z C v. Review Board ── Case No.: 23A-EX-00377 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 13, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford Category: Other Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Weissmann concur During 2020 and 2021, Z.C. intermittently taught online courses for multiple universities. Z.C. taught courses for eight or fifteen weeks and was paid for each course. Beginning …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ashlyn E. Cox v. Anonymous Physician A, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-MI-00534 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 23, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Wayne Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann concurs. Judge Riley dissents [2] On March 27, 2019, Cox filed a complaint for damages under the MMA. On May 2, 2019, the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jhanika R. Nance v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01354 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 08, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur On November 4, 2020, Nance “was placed on Madison County Work Release under cause number 48C01-1810-F6-2718 for the original charge of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Shawn Tyler Miller v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01793 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 29, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur In December of 2022, Miller had a domestic dispute with his girlfriend, after which the State charged him with two counts …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── The Monroe v. Lillie Watson, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-SC-01294 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 04, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Floyd Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik concurs. Judge Brown concurs in result Watson and Dotson moved into the apartment complex in November of 2021. They moved out of the apartment complex …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Airick Leemonz Green v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02445 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 16, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur Late in the evening of December 24, 2022 (or early the next morning), Green was celebrating Christmas at Allen’s home when …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tabais Kenja Davis v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02469 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 21, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur In the early morning hours of September 9, 2022, Officers Spadafora and Jackson were on patrol in an area of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: K T, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-00977 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 13, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Wayne Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Foley concur On January 9, 2022, Lan.C. was taken to a Wayne County hospital after ingesting amphetamine while in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: J F v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 20A-JT-01757 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 05, 2021 Author: Judge Robert Altice Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Weissmann concur Case Summary J.F. (Mother) appeals from the involuntary termination of her parental rights to her minor daughter B.K. (Child). Mother presents one issue …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: S K, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 20A-JT-02002 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 16, 2021 Author: Judge Robert Altice County of Origin: Spencer Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Weissmann concur Case Summary A.R. (Mother) and S.K. (Father) appeal the involuntary termination of their parental rights to their …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Blake Green v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00226 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 23, 2021 Author: Judge Robert Altice County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Weissmann concur Case Summary In May 2019, a jury found Blake Green guilty as charged of Level 1 felony rape, Level 2 felony burglary, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Mark A. Wilson v. Teresa C. Wilson ── Case No.: 23A-DC-01384 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 31, 2023 Author: Judge Robert Altice County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Kenworthy concur Case Summary This is the second appeal involving the dissolution of the marriage of Mark A. Wilson (Father) and Teresa C. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: L M v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JC-01121 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 17, 2023 Author: Judge Robert Altice County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Foley concur Case Summary L.M. (Grandfather), pro se, appeals the trial court’s denial of his request to participate in the child …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: B P v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-00403 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 22, 2024 Author: Judge Robert Altice Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Mathias concur Case Summary B.P. (Mother) appeals from the involuntary termination of her parental rights to M.P. and A.P. (the Children). She presents two issues …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: K M v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JC-00446 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 06, 2024 Author: Judge Robert Altice County of Origin: Washington Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Mathias concur B.M. was born on June 16, 2023. 4 The following day, DCS received notice of B.M.’s birth, along with …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Cornelius Crawford v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00763 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 23, 2024 Author: Judge Robert Altice County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Mathias concur Case Summary While serving probation in this case, Cornelius Crawford committed a new offense and admitted to violating probation. The trial court …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: J W v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-02370 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 28, 2025 Author: Judge Robert Altice Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Tavitas concur Case Summary J.W. (Father) appeals following the involuntary termination of his parental rights to M.W. and R.W. (Children). Father contends that the trial …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: R W v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-JT-02626 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 30, 2025 Author: Judge Robert Altice County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Tavitas concur Case Summary R.W. (Mother) appeals the involuntary termination of her parental rights to her minor children, R.W. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: B H v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-00946 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 17, 2025 Author: Judge Robert Altice County of Origin: Wayne Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge DeBoer concur Case Summary B.H. (Father) appeals the involuntary termination of his parental rights to B.L.B. (Child). 1 Father challenges the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── A P v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-JV-01767 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur On May 4, 2022, Detective Geoff Norton of the Fort Wayne Police Department saw two individuals, later identified as A.P. and Devon Weaver, skateboarding on a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── K T v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-JV-02229 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 24, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Reversed Judge Robb and Judge Crone concur On February 26, 2022, Trooper Ryan McKnight and Trooper Daniel Magnabosco of the Indiana State Police stopped a Chevrolet Suburban because it …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Indy E Cigs, LLC, et al. v. Scott Bender, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-PL-02814 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 06, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Felix and Judge DeBoer concur In 2018, Scott Bender was seriously injured when an e-cigarette he placed in his pants …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: K A v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-02197 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 12, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Harrison Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur Mother has two daughters, S.F. (born in 2015) 1 and A.T. (born in 2012), 2 and one son, K.W. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: C E v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-02533 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 29, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Vigo Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur Mother and S.E. (“Father”) (collectively, “Parents”) are the biological parents of N.E., born in January 2021. 1 In October …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: S J v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-00425 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 30, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Shelby Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Scheele concur Mother gave birth to Child in June of 2017. Child’s father is unknown. Beginning in 2019, Mother’s decades-long struggle …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Shawn Demetrius Moran v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02915 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 05, 2023 Author: Judge Peter Foley County of Origin: Vigo Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur On June 11, 2021, Moran pleaded guilty to Level 5 felony dealing in a schedule IV-controlled substance 1. He was sentenced …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of M H ── Case No.: 23A-MH-01100 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 07, 2023 Author: Judge Peter Foley County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge Pyle and Judge Tavitas concur In April 2023, M.H. was a voluntary patient at Eskenazi. On April 6, 2023, M.H. asked to be released from Eskenazi, which led Eskenazi …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Vance Parviz McDowell v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01839 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 15, 2024 Author: Judge Peter Foley County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Brown concur In October 2022, the State charged McDowell with Level 6 felony resisting law enforcement. Ahead of his jury trial, McDowell filed …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: R L v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-00414 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 25, 2024 Author: Judge Peter Foley County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Weissmann concur Father is the biological father of L.D., born October 2, 2018, B.L., born October 26, 2019, and E.D., born …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Troyon Ramon Scott v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-PC-02482 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 25, 2025 Author: Judge Peter Foley County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Mathias and Judge Felix concur In January 2020, Scott was charged with murder, and the State sought a sentence enhancement for use of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Charles Walters v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00833 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 04, 2025 Author: Judge Peter Foley County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kenworthy and Judge Scheele concur On April 6, 2023, the State charged Walters with Count I: Level 5 felony possession of methamphetamine and Count II: Class C …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: J I v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JT-00213 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 06, 2022 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Pyle concur Mother was convicted of sexual misconduct with a minor in Lawrence County in 2011 and vicarious sexual gratification with a minor in Clinton …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: M H v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JT-02772 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 05, 2022 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Pyle concur After Child was exposed to domestic violence and substance abuse in his mother’s home in 2016, the Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Amanda Kay Gossman v. Kyle Lee Jones ── Case No.: 22A-DR-02279 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 02, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur A year after Child’s birth in 2008, the Bartholomew Superior Court issued a custody order granting Mother and Father joint legal …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Eric Diaz v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02205 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 02, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur Early one morning, just before Christmas 2020, Hendricks County Sheriff’s Department Corporal Kyle Schaefer observed Diaz driving erratically on the roadway. Specifically, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── SHONTA E HENDERSON v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02259 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 19, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur Henderson and Griffin were at the apartment of Henderson’s friend Garnaud “Patrick” Ntaganda when two individuals, nicknamed “Cuddie” and “Zoe,” …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Todd Blakeney v. City of Covington ── Case No.: 23A-CT-00381 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 26, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Fountain Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur On the day he was electrocuted, Blakeney was working as a technician for a cable company seeking to cure an internet outage. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: G C v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-JT-01480 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 01, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Hancock Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur On March 4, 2020, DCS petitioned to adjudicate Children as children in need of services (CHINS). Children …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── B D v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-JV-02951 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 08, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Adams Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur In January 2023, B.D. was living at home when he suddenly “snapped.” App. Vol. II, p. 20. During the incident, B.D. struck …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: N B v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JC-00742 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 07, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur Mother has two children, C.P. (Son), who is now 6 years old, and K.P. (Daughter), who is now 5. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Eileen Howard v. US Bank Trust National Association ── Case No.: 24A-MF-00142 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 15, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: DeKalb Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur In 2011, Howard took out a 15-year home loan by executing both a promissory note and a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: A S v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-01722 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 11, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur In late December 2022, the Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) investigated a report that Mother was neglecting Child, then eight months old. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jose Rosas v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00416 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 25, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur Early one morning, Mother awoke in her bedroom to a male intruder lying on top of her. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jason Dene Collins v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01948 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 25, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Grant Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur In March 2020, the Grant County Department of Child Services (DCS) received a report that Collins had sexually molested two young …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Chris J Gordon v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02512 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 28, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Scheele concur He argues that the resentencing court abused its discretion by failing to recognize as a mitigating circumstance his …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joshua David Bubb v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01429 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 08, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Jackson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur On April 27, 2022, Bubb was in the midst of moving from Fort Wayne to Sellersburg in Southern Indiana when he …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Michelle DiPego, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-PL-01268 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 23, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Delaware Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Mathias concur Michelle is a resident of Muncie, Indiana, but the incident underlying her insurance claim occurred while she …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Amanda Ping v. Margaret Inman, M.D. ── Case No.: 24A-CT-02394 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 05, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur Ping sued Dr. Inman for medical malpractice after a surgical procedure, and the case proceeded to a jury trial. At the beginning …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kandi Sue Vincent, et al. v. Professional & Business Collections, LLC, ── Case No.: 24A-SC-01916 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 24, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur On various dates between November 2021 and August 2022, Deaconess Hospital provided medical services to the Vincents’ …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── John Jackson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02991 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 13, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur In August 2011, Jackson was convicted of Class D felony sexual battery. As a result, Indiana Code § 11-8-8-19(a) required him to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: T P v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-00324 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 22, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur In September 2021, Mother’s youngest child, P.P., tested positive for methamphetamine at birth. DCS was notified of P.P.’s condition and began an assessment. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Raju Kantilal Rawal v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00141 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 24, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur Rawal, 67, and Losinski, 35, were engaged in a sexual relationship for several years before Losinski’s death in 2023. When they …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: P W v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-00974 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 29, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur In February 2022, the Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) filed a petition alleging that B.M. (then 6 years old) and S.M. (then …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── David A Brown v. Kimberly L Brown ── Case No.: 25A-DN-02118 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 23, 2026 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Jay Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur When the parties divorced in 2019, the dissolution court entered an Order of Property Distribution (Distribution …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lionel Gibson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01534 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 18, 2021 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Tavitas concur In November of 1998, a jury convicted Gibson of Murder2 and Attempted Murder, a Class A felony. 3 On January 8, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: J S v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 20A-JT-01882 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 22, 2021 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Shelby Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Tavitas concur Father and H.C. (“Mother”) had three children, born in 2012, 2014, and 2018. Mother gave birth to the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: A M v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 20A-JC-02194 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 14, 2021 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Robb concur Mother and Father are the parents of R.M., Jr., born January 12, 2012, and A.M., born July 16, 2013 (collectively, “Children”). Children …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Daniel C Frazzini v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-02234 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 17, 2021 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Robb concur On two occasions in 2018, Frazzini sold drugs to an undercover officer. On April 12, Frazzini sold between one and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: B L v. Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-JC-00053 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 23, 2021 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Robb concur Mother and Father were married on February 22, 2017. Their marriage was dissolved on February 27, 2019, in an agreed order …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: M B v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JT-00566 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 06, 2021 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur Child was born on May 9, 2019. At that time, both Child and Mother tested positive for methamphetamine. Mother reported that she …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: A A v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JT-01394 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 14, 2021 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Altice concur J.D. was born on December 15, 2011, J.A. was born on February 19, 2013, and A.D. was born on February 16, 2017. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brett Miller v. Jessica Miller ── Case No.: 21A-DR-02311 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 16, 2022 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Crawford Category: Civil Decision: Remanded Judge Mathias and Judge Altice concur The facts underlying this appeal are recited in Miller v. Miller, No. 20A-DR1588, slip op. at 1-3, (Ind. Ct. App. Jan. 29, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── John Jay Lacey v. Brett Barry Gibson ── Case No.: 21A-CT-02852 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 21, 2022 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Boone Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Bradford concur In 2016, Gibson represented Lacey in a criminal matter, helping Lacey to negotiate a plea agreement that led to Lacey …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brandon Fisher v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01795 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 21, 2022 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Najam and Judge Bradford concur S.D. suffers from narcolepsy, a sleep disorder causing excessive daytime sleepiness. She takes a prescription stimulant during the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: C W, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JT-00538 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 19, 2022 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur [3] Mother gave birth to Child on August 1, 2020.1 Shortly thereafter, DCS received three reports …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James Diamond v. Cassandra Schwartz ── Case No.: 22A-DN-00185 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 02, 2022 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Vaidik concur Husband and Wife were married on September 28, 2018. On October 20, 2020, Wife filed a petition to dissolve the marriage. On …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brian John Baumgartner v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00230 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 03, 2022 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Warrick Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Vaidik concur In April of 2019, Valerie Ruark (“Ruark”) was living in Evansville with Michele Johnson (“Johnson”), and the women were selling …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── D C v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-JV-01636 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 19, 2022 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Reversed Judge Riley and Judge Vaidik concur In January 2022, D.C. was on probation for a prior offense. On January 14, after officers became aware of a social …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: S B, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JT-01773 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 08, 2023 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Weissmann concur On June 15, 2021, police found Mother unconscious in the front seat of her van. She had overdosed on heroin. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── M B v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-JV-01614 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 20, 2023 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Weissmann concur In October of 2020, then-fifteen-year-old M.B. attended a party where gunshots were fired. Police detained M.B. at the party and filed a delinquency petition in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: K H v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JT-02251 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 28, 2023 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Weissmann concur Mother gave birth to Child on May 1, 2018. On December 17, the Indiana Department of Child Services (“DCS”) received a report …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── C B v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-JV-02740 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 19, 2023 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Weissmann concur On July 8, 2022, Keaton Green was working his first day as a delivery driver for Domino’s Pizza. Shortly before 6:00 p.m. that evening, Green …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Herbert Frank Breneman v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01575 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 24, 2023 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Weissmann concur As a result of events that took place on July 8, 2021, the State charged Breneman with Possession of Methamphetamine, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: C C, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JT-03013 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 23, 2023 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Weissmann concur Child was born on March 6, 2020, to Father and C.C. That same day, DCS received a report that Child …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Allen Montgomery v. United Church Residences of Indianapolis, IN, Inc. dba Capitol Station ── Case No.: 22A-EV-02136 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 23, 2023 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Weissmann concur 1 Landlord owns Capital Station, an apartment complex for individuals aged sixty-two or older. On May 6, 2022, Tenant entered …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── L L v. J G, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-AD-00105 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 09, 2023 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: DeKalb Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Kenworthy concur K.G. (“Mother”) married Biological Father on December 2, 2009, and gave birth to Child on August 15, 2010. Thereafter, on …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Adam Craig Thomas v. Amy Thomas ── Case No.: 22A-DR-02516 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 09, 2023 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Kenworthy concur The parties were married and have two children. On April 9, 2015, Wife filed a petition for dissolution of marriage. On …
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Neutral
── Michael Lee Anthony Moffatt v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00396 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 31, 2023 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Kenworthy concur On April 25, 2018, Moffatt pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, as …
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Neutral
── Amir Devon Chatman v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00745 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 15, 2023 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Felix concur In the early morning hours of July 15, 2022, Regina Kuhlenschmidt reported to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department that her …
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Neutral
── Dewey L. Camp v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02909 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 21, 2023 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Porter Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Kenworthy concur Due to a prior conviction, Camp is required to register as a sex offender. See Ex. at 35. On May …
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Neutral
── Jaysie Dunn v. Lenard Vander Lyke ── Case No.: 23A-DC-01705 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 27, 2023 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Tipton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Felix concur Mother and Father have two children, At.V.L., born October 14, 2019, and Ar.V.L., born June 8, 2021 (collectively, “Children”). The parties …
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Neutral
── AMW Investments, et al. v. The Town of Clarksville, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-PL-00508 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 19, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Clark Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge May concurs. Judge Felix concurs in result AMW owns real estate located at 4505 Highway 31 East, Clarksville, Indiana, …
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Neutral
── CHINS: Hamilton County GAL/CASA Program v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JC-02149 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 31, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Juvenile Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur K.D. (“Mother”) has three children: Ro.B., born September 28, 2010; Rh.B., born October 17, …
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Neutral
── Jayme Lopez v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01225 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 31, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Newton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur On May 11, 2022, David Kessler, the Newton County Jail Commander, picked Lopez up from the Iroquois County Jail in Illinois …
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Neutral
── Termination: M T v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-02691 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 24, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur The Children were born to the marriage of Mother and Father. Mother and Father divorced in December 2016 and were awarded joint …
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Neutral
── CHINS: K T v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JC-03098 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 17, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Reversed Judge Altice and Judge Mathias concur In mid-July of 2023, the Indiana Department of Child Services (“DCS”) received a report that Mother was using drugs, had been arrested …
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Neutral
── Justin A Holman v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00013 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 13, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Felix concurs. Judge Kenworthy dissents At or around 4:00 p.m. on February 18, 2021, Holman drove his girlfriend’s Pontiac G6 vehicle to 38th …
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Neutral
── Termination: J H v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-01625 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 16, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Lawrence Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Foley concur Father and T.M. (“Mother”) (collectively, “Parents”) have two children together: C.M., born June 4, 2020, and M.M., born …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Deccoe Terrez Tate v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02238 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 19, 2025 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge DeBoer concur The facts most favorable to the verdict are as follows. Around midnight on September 12, 2022, K.R. and her …
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Neutral
── Heather S. Tasker v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02546 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 21, 2025 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge DeBoer concur Timothy Good is legally blind and uses his bike, a green and black Giant bike with two water bottle holders …
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Neutral
── Termination: S R v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-02845 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 30, 2025 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Delaware Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge DeBoer concur In November 2020, Child was in Father’s physical custody, and Father was unaware of Mother’s whereabouts. Father was …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: M S v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-03141 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 17, 2025 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Weissmann concur The following facts are taken from the unchallenged findings in the trial court’s order. 2 Mother gave birth …
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Neutral
── CHINS: A G, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JC-00524 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 08, 2025 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Henry Category: Juvenile Decision: Vacated and Remanded Judge Brown and Judge Weissmann concur Child was born in March 2013. His biological father was Father’s brother. At some …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: A C v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-01340 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 20, 2025 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Kenworthy concur On April 14, 2023, DCS received a report alleging A.G., Jr., and his stepbrother, Z.L., 2 both of whom lived with Mother …
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Neutral
── S R v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-JV-01883 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 15, 2025 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Jasper Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Kenworthy concur S.R. has been involved with the Jasper County Probation Department “for the past few years.” Tr. Vol. 2 at 6. The …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: K M v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-01833 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2025 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Clay Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Kenworthy concur Mother gave birth to M.M., III, on January 4, 2011. Then, on November 1, 2011, Mother gave birth …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Charles W. Dunn v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-02094 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 23, 2026 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Scheele concur On September 29, 2024, an Elkhart police officer on patrol saw a pickup truck with an expired license plate. 1 …
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Neutral
── Tracie Easler v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 19S-CR-00324 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: September 20, 2019 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Deciding issues of great importance under time constraints is but one burden borne by our trial courts. However, every case is important to the parties involved and …
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Neutral
── C S v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 19S-JV-00136 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: October 01, 2019 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Justice Rush, Justice Massa, and Justice Slaughter concur. Justice David concurs in part/dissents in part In separate proceedings, two teenagers were sent to the Indiana Department of Correction after …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── A M v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 19S-JV-00603 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: November 12, 2019 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Kosciusko Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Justice Rush, Justice David, and Justice Massa concur. Justice Slaughter concurs in result More than half a century ago, the Supreme Court of the United States avowed that a …
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Neutral
── Kenworth Of Indpls Inc, et al. v. Seventy-Seven Limited, et al. ── Case No.: 19S-PL-00037 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: November 12, 2019 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Remanded and Affirmed Justice Rush, Justice David, and Justice Massa concur. Justice Slaughter concurs/concurs in result This litigation arises from the sale of forty dump …
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Neutral
── Jesse L Payne v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20S-CR-00313 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: May 18, 2020 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Parke Category: Criminal Decision: Remanded Justice Rush and Justice David concur. Justice Massa dissents. Justice Slaughter joins Our criminal legal system rests on the basic assumption that humans are rational agents of free …
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Neutral
── Brian Hardin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20S-CR-00418 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: June 23, 2020 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Justice Massa and Justice Slaughter concur. Justice Rush and Justice David concur in part/dissent in part Both our federal and state constitutions provide protections from unreasonable searches and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Alain Kiiwon Powell, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 19S-CR-00527 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: August 18, 2020 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed In March 2017, Travis Nichols purchased a Ford Taurus from Tyler Howard. When Howard subsequently borrowed the car and failed to return it, Travis and his companions …
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Neutral
── Jordan Bradley Wadle v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 19S-CR-00340 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: August 18, 2020 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Fayette Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Jordan Wadle went out drinking with some friends one night at a local bar in Connersville, Indiana. At some point that evening, Wadle apparently made …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── State of Indiana v. Matt Stidham ── Case No.: 20S-PC-00634 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: November 17, 2020 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Delaware Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Justice Rush and Justice Massa concur. Justice David concurs in result. Justice Slaughter dissents Seventeen-year-old Matthew Stidham and two others committed a brutal murder …
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Neutral
── Eric Holcomb, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Indiana v. City of Bloomington ── Case No.: 19S-PL-00304 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: December 15, 2020 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Monroe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Justice Massa and Justice Slaughter dissent. Justice Rush concurs. Justice David concurs in result In 2017, the legislature …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tracy Ladra v. State of Indiana, et al. ── Case No.: 21S-CT-00235 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: December 09, 2021 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Porter Category: Civil Decision: Remanded Justice Rush and Justice David concur. Justice Massa and Justice Slaughter dissent On a rainy evening in January of 2017, Tracy Ladra was driving home from church, …
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Neutral
── James E. McCoy v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22S-CR-00294 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: August 29, 2022 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Cass Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Justice Rush, Justice David, and Justice Slaughter concur. Justice Massa concurs in result Officer Cody Scott, while on patrol for the Logansport Police Department, received a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── M H v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22S-JV-00251 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: April 19, 2023 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Justice Rush and Justice Molter concur. Justice Massa and Justice Slaughter concur in result In June 2019, police arrested 14-year-old Martin (a pseudonym) for trespassing, leading to the discovery …
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Neutral
── State of Indiana v. $2,435 in United States Currency and Alucious Q. Kizer ── Case No.: 23S-CR-00072 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: October 31, 2023 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Alucious Kizer fled from his car after police stopped him for a traffic violation. While running, Kizer …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Sabrina L. Dunn v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24S-CR-00123 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: April 10, 2024 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Orange Category: Criminal Decision: Vacated and Remanded Sabrina Dunn married William “Bill” Dunn in 2005. In 2018, Bill began using methamphetamine and became erratic and abusive. Sabrina moved into a separate guesthouse on …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── G W v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23S-JV-00246 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: April 10, 2024 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Rush Category: Juvenile Decision: Remanded Justice Rush, Justice Massa, and Justice Molter concur. Justice Slaughter dissents In 2022, the State filed a delinquency petition in which it alleged that G.W., then seventeen years old, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── B K, et al. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23S-JV-00344 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: June 18, 2024 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Juvenile Decision: Reversed and Remanded Justice Rush and Justice Molter concur. Justice Massa and Justice Slaughter concur in part/dissent in part In the summer of 2022, two cousins visiting from …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── John B Larkin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21S-CR-00427 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: September 14, 2021 Author: Justice Mark Massa County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Justice Rush, Justice Slaughter, and Justice Goff concur. Justice David dissents On the evening of December 11, 2012, Larkin and Stacey engaged in a domestic altercation. Stacey was …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── JAMES A CROWE, et al. v. SAVVY IN LLC ── Case No.: 23S-TP-00090 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: October 11, 2023 Author: Justice Mark Massa County of Origin: Madison Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed In 1997, James and Phyllis Crowe (collectively, “the Crowes”) acquired title to three parcels of land (“Properties”), where the couple has resided since 1998. In 2019, …
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Neutral
── S D v. G D ── Case No.: 23S-PO-00089 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: June 26, 2023 Author: Justice Loretta Rush County of Origin: Starke Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed G.D. (“Mother”) and S.D. (“Father”) are the divorced parents of a daughter, H.D. (“Child”). Mother and Child live in northern Indiana, while Father lives in Michigan. The parties’ divorce proceedings …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Uzochukwu Chinweze v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-02322 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 10, 2026 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur In July 2023, Chinweze was a correctional officer at the Indiana Women’s Prison and was assigned to the Special Needs Unit (“the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── John Sayre, et al. v. Lee Trost ── Case No.: 25A-PL-01007 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 11, 2026 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Scheele concurs. Judge Felix dissents On June 15, 2022, Contractors and Trost entered into a contract via email pursuant to which Trost agreed to pay $14,850 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Amanda Sue Lee v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01487 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 12, 2026 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Hancock Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge DeBoer concur In the spring of 2024, Lee lived with her husband, Ronnie Lee, and their three children in a “family oriented” residential …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Archie Lee Parker v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-PC-01061 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 12, 2026 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur The relevant facts as discussed in Parker’s direct appeal follow: Allison Skelton and Raelene Stinson were neighbors. John Jackson was Skelton’s …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James Elliot Whitchurch v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-02243 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 13, 2026 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge DeBoer concur On September 14, 2024, Lafayette Police Officer Luke Brown responded to a call regarding “a disturbance” being caused by an intoxicated …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jack Scolaro v. Pavilion Properties Management LLC ── Case No.: 25A-SC-01222 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 13, 2026 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Monroe Category: Civil Decision: Rehearing Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur from a bench trial under the clearly erroneous standard with due deference paid to the trial court’s opportunity to assess witness …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James Irwin Richter v. Neha Bhatnagar Richter ── Case No.: 25A-DC-01593 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 18, 2026 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur Father and Neha Bhatnagar Richter (“Mother”) were married, and Child was born in 2011. On October 2, 2012, the court entered …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Giancarlo C. Aguilar v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-02415 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 19, 2026 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge DeBoer concur On April 2, 2025, Aguilar went to a Meijer store in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He walked throughout the store, placing items …
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Neutral
── Paternity: A J v. M R ── Case No.: 25A-JP-01655 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 23, 2026 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part Judge Altice and Judge DeBoer concur Child was born to Mother and Father, out-of-wedlock, in August 2016 in Montgomery County, Tennessee. Father executed …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Randy A Byrd v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01885 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2026 Author: Judge Elaine Brown County of Origin: Owen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge DeBoer concur On May 11, 2024, Owen County Sheriff’s Deputy Stephen DeWitt initiated a traffic stop of a white Nissan Altima for speeding. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kevin Chandler v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-02069 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2026 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Scheele concur In 2007, Kevin Chandler was convicted of Class A felony attempted murder and sentenced to 40 years. See Cause No. 49G01-0703-FA-43831. We …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: A H v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-01912 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 30, 2026 Author: Judge Rudolph Pyle Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Mathias concur 1 The trial court also terminated the children’s father’s parental relationships with the children. Father is appealing the terminations under a separate cause …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: B L v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-02385 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2026 Author: Judge Rudolph Pyle County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Kenworthy concur 1 The trial court also terminated S.L.’s mother’s (“Mother”) parental relationship with S.L. However, Mother is not participating …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Clifford Dale Koch v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01195 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2026 Author: Judge Rudolph Pyle County of Origin: Wells Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Mathias concur In December 2023, thirty-nine-year-old Koch, who lived in Ohio, saw a profile for Summer Parker (“Summer”) on Facebook. The profile clearly …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Chrishone Tyrell Reed v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-02133 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 13, 2026 Author: Judge Mary DeBoer County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Altice concur A few days after Christmas 2023, Reed arrived at a supervised visitation facility for a scheduled visit with his three-year-old daughter. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: A C v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JC-02407 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 23, 2026 Author: Judge Mary DeBoer County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Altice concur Mother and M.G. (Father M.G.) are the parents of G.G. (born July 2010) and A.G. (born October 2016). Mother …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── J J v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-JV-02255 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2026 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur On July 10, 2025, seventeen-year-old J.J. stole a vehicle. While fleeing police, J.J. crashed into three other vehicles but did not stop. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: J L v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JC-01895 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2026 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Tavitas concur Case Summary J.L. (“Mother”) appeals the trial court’s adjudication of her son, L.H. Jr., (“Child”), as a child in need of services (“CHINS”). …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Antonio Turner v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24S-CR-00147 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: March 12, 2025 Author: Justice Derek Molter County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Vacated Justice Rush, Justice Massa, and Justice Slaughter concur. Justice Goff concurs in result I. Factual Background The State, Turner, and the trial court all agree that Turner is an …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Zainab Abbas, M.D., et al. v. Hetep Bilal Neter-Nu ── Case No.: 24S-CT-00435 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: June 26, 2025 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Franklyn Neter-Nu was a truck driver who checked into the emergency room at Methodist Hospital in Gary, Indiana, on July 27, 2015, complaining …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Indiana Land Trust #3082, et al. v. Hammond Redevelopment Commission, et al. ── Case No.: 25S-PL-00141 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: February 24, 2026 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Omar and Haitham Abuzir are beneficiaries of Indiana Land Trust #3082 (collectively, the Landowners). The trust owns property at 1318– 1320 Indianapolis Boulevard …
