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── James Emslander v. Jaclyn Baine ── Case No.: 24A-DC-01138 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 18, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Kosciusko Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur Father and Mother (collectively, “Parents”) were married and have two minor children together. After their divorce in 2023, Parents both lived in Syracuse, …
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Neutral
── Deontrae Marshawn Adams v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02841 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 20, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Howard Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown concurs. Judge Kenworthy concurs/concurs in result In the overnight hours between November 20 and 21, 2021, Adams met Shalynn Carroll at a club in Kokomo. …
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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 …
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Neutral
── Robert P Olmstead, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01033 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 02, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur In the spring of 2020, sometime around her birthday, K.K. 1 was spending the night in a tent in her …
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Neutral
── CHINS: V C v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JC-01508 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 03, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur In 2018, Mother gave birth to Ki.C., and in 2020 she gave birth to D.C. and Ka.C. D.C.II (“Father”) is the father of …
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Neutral
── Shane Lee Williams v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01615 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 04, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Jay Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur On April 3, 2024, Jay County Sheriff’s Department Lieutenant Tony Lennartz initiated a traffic stop of a vehicle being operated by …
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Neutral
── Sherman M. Whitener, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01168 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 04, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur On July 8, 2021, at approximately 8:00 p.m., Tyren Allen was driving his vehicle on West Cleveland Street in Elkhart …
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Neutral
── Bradd Collins v. Jennifer Bleem ── Case No.: 24A-DC-00681 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 04, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur Husband and Wife were married and have one child together, Child. In February 2018, Husband and Wife divorced. The trial court incorporated into …
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Neutral
── Theresa England v. Steven R. Siebe, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-CT-00497 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 04, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur In August 2020, England worked as an employee of FedEx Express Corporation (“FedEx Express”), and Steven R. Siebe worked as …
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Neutral
── Michael James Brown v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01349 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 10, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Johnson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur On February 7, 2023, eighty-year-old Jerry Wood had a good night at the blackjack tables at the Horseshoe Casino in Shelbyville. …
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Neutral
── Bradley A Norman v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01134 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 10, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Franklin Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur On March 16, 2023, the State charged Norman with two counts of child molesting, one as a Level 1 …
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Neutral
── Tyler Cody Hall v. Jaak Properties, LLC ── Case No.: 24A-PL-00875 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 13, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur In 2019, Hall leased commercial property from JAAK to operate an automobile repair business. After Hall missed several rent payments, in …
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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 …
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Neutral
── John J Keyser v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01558 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 26, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marshall Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur During the summer of 2021, Keyser and his wife had a thirty-foot camping trailer located at a campground in Bremen that …
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Neutral
── Termination: F C, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-01739 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur Mother and Father are the parents of C.C. (d/o/b May 28, 2018), S.C. (d/o/b February 17, 2020), and P.C. (d/o/b November …
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Neutral
── Zachary Carter v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00707 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur In 2021, fourteen-year-old M.H. lived in Marion County with his father and stepmother. M.H. had access to the Snapchat app, and through …
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Neutral
── Michelle Shanell Austin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01747 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 31, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur On March 28, 2024, Austin and Jill Foley both drove into a CVS parking lot in Marion County to access the …
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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 …
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Neutral
── Haley Shenee Asher v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01435 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 02, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Jefferson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur On February 9, 2023, Asher pleaded guilty to Level 6 felony resisting law enforcement and Class A misdemeanor theft pursuant to …
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Neutral
── Kaine Smith v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01308 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 02, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur Smith was born on March 12, 1999. He became romantically involved with K.T. in February 2017, when he was …
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Neutral
── Adrian Cardenas v. Hook-Superx, L.L.C. d/b/a CVS Pharmacy, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-CT-01942 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 13, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Kenworthy concurs. Judge Brown dissents In the fall of 2018, CVS entered into a Service Agreement with Single Source Security, d/b/a …
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Neutral
── Master Tech, LLC v. Mitchell Jellison Associates, Inc. ── Case No.: 24A-PL-01392 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 28, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur In June 2021, Mitchell Jellison and Master Tech entered into a two-year lease agreement, which they later extended into a …
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Neutral
── Robert R White, III v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01383 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 28, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur Around 6:00 a.m. on August 22, 2022, Brittany Martinez stepped outside her house on Walton Street in Lafayette to smoke …
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Neutral
── James DeOreo v. Theodore Dudzinski., et al. ── Case No.: 24A-PL-02439 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 30, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Boone Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur The posture of this appeal requires this Court to accept as true the allegations made by DeOreo in his complaint. According …
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Neutral
── Tamara Kay v. The Irish Rover ── Case No.: 24A-CT-00335 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 30, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur On the dates the alleged defamation occurred, Dr. Kay was a tenured professor in the Keough School of Global Affairs and …
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Neutral
── David B Schocke v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01212 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 31, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Noble Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur In 2005, Schocke married D.B., and, in 2006, D.B. gave birth to their daughter, A.S. In 2010, the family moved onto …
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Neutral
── Dakota Deshawntez Payne v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01366 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 03, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur On June 17, 2023, Evansville Police Department Officer Jaylen Blair initiated a traffic stop of a vehicle operated by Payne. Upon …
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Neutral
── Haley Joleon Marshall v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01493 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 04, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kenworthy and Judge Felix concur Haley Marshall has filed an interlocutory appeal challenging the Hendricks Circuit Court’s denial of her motion to suppress evidence found when …
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Neutral
── CHINS: Z S v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JC-01253 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 04, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Hancock Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur Father and D.W. (“Mother”) are married and are the parents of Child, who was born in March 2018. Father …
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Neutral
── David D Woods v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02071 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 07, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur The Fort Wayne Police Department utilized a confidential informant (“CI”) to conduct two controlled drug buys. The CI purchased fentanyl from …
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Neutral
── Vernon Lee Eversole v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00864 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 07, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Vigo Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part Judge Kenworthy concurs. Judge Brown dissents In October 2017, David Carroll and George Thornton were roommates in Terre Haute. Carroll was dating …
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Neutral
── Danilo Delgado v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01675 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 10, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Remanded and Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur In July 2023, Delgado and C.S. were in a romantic relationship and lived together in Marion County. On July 11, …
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Neutral
── Sean D Miller v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02123 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 11, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur In August 2020, Miller broke into his ex-wife’s residence and attempted to rape her. On April 7, 2021, Miller pleaded guilty, …
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Neutral
── Barry J. Sowders v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01639 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 11, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Floyd Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur In May 2023, Sowders and Kayla Toman lived together with their children in Toman’s house in New Albany. During that month, …
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Neutral
── William Henry Schmidt v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00435 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 12, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur On April 11, 2021, William Schmidt lived with his then-girlfriend, Nicole Cygan. At some point that day, they left to go …
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Neutral
── James Coleman v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01496 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 17, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur On November 29, 2022, M.K. parked her SUV outside of her condominium building and began to transport three separate loads of groceries …
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Neutral
── Jose Olivares v. Performance Contracting Inc, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-CT-02018 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 20, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Remanded and Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur Olivares is a Michigan resident and, in 1998, worked for a company called Performance Abatement Services (“PAS”) in …
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Neutral
── Jesse D'Mellow v. Brandy D'Mellow ── Case No.: 24A-DC-02000 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 24, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Pike Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur Mother and Father have two minor children, Z.D., born in August 2018, and A.D., born in August 2021. Mother is a recruiter for …
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Neutral
── CHINS: A B v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-JC-02304 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 28, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur In 2024, Father and nine-year-old Child lived in paternal grandmother’s home. Father had custody of Child. After …
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Neutral
── Jeffrey Scott Lee v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02185 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 28, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Henry Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur On April 14, 2020, the State charged Lee with Level 6 felony operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangering a person and …
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Neutral
── A T v. A S ── Case No.: 24A-PO-01050 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 28, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Porter Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur On August 21, 2023, A.S., then seventeen years old, was working as a lifeguard at the Shorewood Forest swimming pool in Valparaiso. A.T., …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christopher Wright v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01772 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 03, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur On January 19, 2023, officers at the Madison County Correctional Complex received a report that an inmate in dorm three was in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Odell Oliver v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01648 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 03, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Wayne Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur On February 17, 2023, Brianne Faulkner was home with her children, who were asleep upstairs, when Oliver showed up at her door …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jacob Adams v. Hamilton County, Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-PL-01384 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 03, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Foley concur 1 In its complaint, the County sought to clarify the Director’s statutory obligations with respect to the supervision of County-hired Service Officers. …
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Neutral
── Joseph J. Miller, et al. v. John P. Lulinski ── Case No.: 24A-CT-01719 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 05, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur On August 2, 2016, Lulinski was standing on a scaffold in the course of his employment …
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Neutral
── Domonique Jaquaha Morgan v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01620 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 05, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Clark Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur During the morning of July 24, 2020, nine-year-old A.P. and her eight-year-old friend A.J. were having a sleepover at A.P.’s house. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── WBL SPO II, LLC v. G & I Realty, LLC, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-MF-02353 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 06, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Dubois Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur In December 2019, Gudorf Supply Company, Inc. (“Debtor”), an Indiana corporation, executed a promissory …
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Neutral
── Paternity: Stacie M. Brown v. Gregory, Jr. W. Scattergood ── Case No.: 24A-JP-02033 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 18, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Fountain Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur Mother and Gregory Scattergood, Jr. (“Father”) (collectively, “Parents”) are the parents of Child, who was born on January 17, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Gary D. Bolcerek v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02232 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 19, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Porter Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur Bolcerek is married to Cheryl Bolcerek. William Byrge, who lives in Chesterton, is Cheryl’s brother. On …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: Jashua Edward Higdon-Sailers v. Desiree Freiberger ── Case No.: 24A-JP-02697 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 26, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Floyd Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur Father and Desiree Freiberger (“Mother”) are the parents of Child, who was born on August 23, 2020. In December, Father filed …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Taniah Johnson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02490 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 28, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur On April 13, 2023, Johnson was driving her red sedan in a McDonald’s drivethru in Indianapolis. Wykeia Derival was driving …
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Neutral
── Rahmere Javonte Dunn v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01855 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 28, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur On November 12, 2021, Dunn agreed to sell marijuana to his friend, Jediah Perry. They agreed to meet in the parking …
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Neutral
── Commitment of J A ── Case No.: 25A-MH-00528 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 01, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur In February 2025, twenty-eight-year-old J.A. lived with his mother in Indianapolis. Although J.A. had been employed in the past, he had not worked since …
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Neutral
── Tylor N Kooistra v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02162 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 08, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur In November 2022, Kooistra shared a residence with his brother Mark and three other people in Allen County. In the early …
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Neutral
── Jared Joel Abramowitz v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02244 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 09, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur On October 19, 2023, Abramowitz attempted to flee from his lawful detention in the Madison County Detention Center by following a …
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Neutral
── Steve Chafin v. Patti Shade, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-PL-02224 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 09, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Monroe Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur In October 2018, Chafin sold an unimproved lot to the Shades for $110,000. The parties executed a purchase agreement …
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Neutral
── David Jeffrey Sickles v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02656 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 11, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Vigo Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur Sickles entered the program in September 2023. Roughly two months later, the State filed a petition to revoke Sickles’s placement due …
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Neutral
── Salvador A. Jones v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01102 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 14, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Floyd Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur Between April 2 and April 22, 2021, three banks were robbed in or near Louisville, Kentucky. In each robbery, a black …
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Neutral
── Termination: C G v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-02774 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 16, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur H.H. (“Mother”) 1 gave birth to the Children, twin girls, on November 29, 2022. The Children were placed in the Neonatal Intensive Care …
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Neutral
── Kudzai Shonhai v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-PC-02306 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 16, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Foley concurs. Judge Felix concurs in result Shonhai has lived in the United States since 2006 when the United States government granted him asylum from …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tristian Stephens Dew v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02124 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 16, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Greene Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur On January 22, 2024, around 8:40 a.m., Dew broke into Kevin Provo’s home and damaged the front door. He then stole …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Elmer Salazer-Hernandez v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01898 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 16, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur In October 2012, Hernandez moved into his brother Roni’s trailer in Vanderburgh County. At the time, Roni lived with his girlfriend and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joshua Dewayne Jessee v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00013 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 29, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Ripley Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur In 2018, Jessee pleaded guilty, under four case numbers, to Level 5 felony domestic battery with a victim less than fourteen …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Alberto Garcia-Rodriguez v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02868 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 30, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur On March 15, 2024, the State charged Garcia-Rodriguez with Level 5 felony domestic battery, Level 5 felony battery, Level 6 felony intimidation, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: M G v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JC-02830 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 30, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Jefferson Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur C.M. is Child’s mother (“Mother”) and she has a long-history of child-related proceedings in Michigan, where she used to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christopher M. Matson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-PC-02283 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 01, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Porter Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur In 1997, in Case No. 64D04-9706-DF-844 (“DF-844”), the State charged Matson with four counts of operating while intoxicated, two as Class …
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Neutral
── Kelli Dugan v. J. Keith Stucker, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-CC-00919 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 05, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Rehearing Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur Kelli J. Dugan petitions for rehearing following our memorandum decision in Dugan v. Stucker, 24A-CC-919, 2025 WL 314114 (Ind. Ct. …
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Neutral
── Joshua Sweet v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02808 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 15, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Steuben Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur In 2006, Coleen Kaczmarek gave birth to G.S. After Sweet’s paternity was established, the court ordered him to pay weekly child support. …
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Neutral
── Kentrell Scott v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02851 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 19, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur Around 9:30 p.m. on January 25, 2024, Scott and Adarsh Nash were passengers on an IndyGo bus. At that time, the bus …
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Neutral
── Cartez L. Cunningham v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02566 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 30, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Clark Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur Cartez L. Cunningham appeals his convictions for Level 6 felony maintaining a common nuisance, Level 6 felony possession of a legend …
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Neutral
── Rodrigo Perez Curiel v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02826 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 03, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Monroe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur On October 2, 2024, the State charged Curiel with Level 1 felony rape, two counts of Level 1 felony attempted rape, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: G P, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-02721 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 03, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur Mother gave birth to A.P. in January 2015, and, on some date after her birth, Father established …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Bobby Hill v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02918 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 04, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur During the evening of December 11, 2023, Hill, driving a maroon Chevrolet Equinox, and Laquresha Myers, sitting in the front passenger seat, …
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Neutral
── Jaylen Smith v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02551 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 12, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Remanded and Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur On October 11, 2020, Smith and Meghan Schwab connected online via an escort service website. After Schwab arrived at Smith’s …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tyrone Jeffrey Toles v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-PC-02386 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 12, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur The facts underlying Toles’s convictions for attempted murder, Level 4 felony unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Elite Home Solutions, LLC v. Home At Last, LLC ── Case No.: 25A-PL-00242 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 13, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur Elite Home Solutions is an Indiana limited liability company with Randy Langley as its sole member. Home at Last …
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Neutral
── Derrick M. Woods v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-03045 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 24, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur Woods and his wife, Reta, have two children together, and they all live in an apartment in Elkhart with Reta’s mother. …
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Neutral
── Deborah Sanford v. HTIW Properties, LLC, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-CT-00175 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 25, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Bradford concur In January 2021, Horizon hired Sanford, an independent contractor, to transport RVs across the country. Horizon stored the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lee White v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02592 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 25, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley concurs. Judge Felix concurs in result Between January 2016 and December 2018, A.G., who was between four and seven years old, lived with her mother and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jada Sha'nel Monroe v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02812 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 27, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Porter Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur In June 2023, Monroe and another person met Derek Hartz at a “secluded location” in Porter County. Tr. Vol. 2, p. …
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Neutral
── Stacey St. Clair v. James St. Clair, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-CC-02248 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 27, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur In November 2016, James1 loaned Stacey and Curtiss, who were then married, $130,000 to buy a house on …
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Neutral
── Commitment of L J ── Case No.: 25A-MH-01292 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 30, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Foley concur In early May 2025, L.J. was living with his mom, K.J., and his dad1 in Indianapolis. L.J. had a recent history of being “agitated …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── K S v. F T ── Case No.: 24A-AD-02805 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 09, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur Father is a United States citizen who lives in New Jersey, and Mother is a Guyanese citizen. Mother and Father met when they …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Sarail D. Jamerson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02090 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 09, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Montgomery Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur In December 2021, Samuel French lived on the same property as his father Gregory French in Waynetown, Indiana. Samuel lived in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Mitchell Walker v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00274 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 14, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur Walker is married to Melissa Walker (“Melissa”), who has a child, B., with Paul Snow. In 2022, Snow had full custody of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Trent Dishman v. Henry County Redevelopment Commission ── Case No.: 25A-PL-00178 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 14, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Henry Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur On July 4, 2022, Dishman and the RDC entered into a written Real Estate Option Agreement in which the RDC agreed …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Eric Michael Fields v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00110 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 15, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Boone Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur Lebanon Police Detective Eric Adams, who is assigned to the Hamilton/Boone County Drug Task Force, participated in an investigation that resulted …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Dustin S Peglow v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00104 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 15, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur On July 28, 2024, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Officer David Shimp responded to a report of a disturbance at the downtown …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: H N v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JC-00027 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 16, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Hancock Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Scheele concur On February 14, 2024, law enforcement officers transported thirteen-year-old Z.N. (“Child”) to Community North Behavioral Health after a physical …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jacob L. McIntyre v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00001 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 16, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge DeBoer concur In June 2024, McIntyre was an inmate in the Madison County Jail. Around June 11, officers at the jail caught a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: R A v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-JT-03057 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 16, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge DeBoer concur Mother and W.P. (“Father”) 1 are the biological parents of Child, who was born April 6, 2012. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Utica Township Volunteer Fire Fighters Association, et al. v. Board of Fire Trustees, Utica Township Fire Protection District ── Case No.: 24A-PL-02646 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 18, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Clark Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur In the late 1990s, Clark County formed the Fire District …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── R S v. A O, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-AD-00243 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 22, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur R.S. appeals the Lake Superior Court’s order granting Adoptive Parents’ petitions to adopt his children: K.S., born on August 19, 2016, and G.T., born on …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Laura Wilkerson v. Fairview Presbyterian Church ── Case No.: 25A-CT-00358 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 23, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur Wilkerson raises five issues for our review, which we consolidate and restate as whether the trial court properly entered summary judgment for …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brenda A Granados Barcenas v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00388 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 25, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Scheele concur Shortly before 7:00 a.m. on March 23, 2024, Barcenas rear-ended a vehicle in her lane of traffic, which was stopped …
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
── Bobby Arnold v. County Line Landfill Partnership ── Case No.: 24A-EX-03124 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 06, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias Category: Other Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur On November 7, 2016, Arnold was employed by County Line as a heavy equipment operator when he fell from a bulldozer and suffered a concussion. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── M G v. M D ── Case No.: 24A-AD-03004 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 06, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Vigo Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge DeBoer concur Father and Mother were married and have three children together: K.G., born in 2007; M.G., born in 2009; and B.G., born in October …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jesus Ortiz v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00409 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 07, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur On June 6, 2006, the trial court convicted Ortiz of two counts of Class A felony child molesting. The court’s sentencing …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael A Harding, II v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02770 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 07, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Remanded and Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge DeBoer concur In May 2016, Harding was sixteen years old and a student at Snider High School in Fort Wayne. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Devonte Abbas v. Corporal Williams, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-CT-01511 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 07, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge DeBoer concur On January 4, 2019, Officer Mayer initiated a traffic stop of a vehicle being operated by Abbas for failing to signal …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Susan Mills v. State of Indiana, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-CT-00088 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 08, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur Mills has worked for the Lake Superior Court and its judges since 1999. In 2014, she became the Chief Bailiff …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Anfernee Dean v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-03117 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 11, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part Judge May and Judge Bradford concur In the fall of 2022, Dean often spent time with Diego Thornton and Lonnel Tinker at the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai'i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky, Inc., et al. v. Members of the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-PL-02467 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 11, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Monroe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge DeBoer concur Following the Supreme Court of the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Unsupervised Estate: Christine Brane v. Scott Clupper ── Case No.: 25A-EU-00018 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 14, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Grant Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur In 2010, Brane’s uncle, George Akers (“Akers”), was murdered. Among the suspects was Brane’s father, George Clupper (“George”). But charges were …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: L W v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-JC-00657 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 18, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur Mother gave birth to J.N. in April 2016.1 Mother and J.N.’s father (“Father”) have a history of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Andrew D. Peterson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00635 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 18, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Pulaski Category: Criminal Decision: Remanded and Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur Late on November 20, 2024, Martin Caro came home from work and found that his Saturn Vue was missing. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana v. Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-EX-01348 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 26, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias Category: Other Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Bradford and Judge Kenworthy concur Citizens Action Coalition is an Indiana nonprofit membership organization whose members include “organizations, churches, labor unions, and senior …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: E C v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-00084 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 27, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge DeBoer concur In 2019, Father molested his then-eight-year-old daughter M.P. in the presence of his then-eleven-year-old son E.P. The State charged …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: Esmeralda del Rosario Mendoza Payes v. Luis Francisco Rivas ── Case No.: 25A-JP-00246 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 28, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Floyd Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Bradford concur Child was born on July 6, 2018, and Father executed a paternity affidavit acknowledging that …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Julie Sing v. Athletico Physical Therapy of Michigan City, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-CT-00117 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 02, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Scheele concur After Sing underwent surgery to replace her left hip, she started physical therapy at Athletico. During a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Shivom Jay Steels International, LLC, et al. v. David Gober ── Case No.: 24A-PL-02182 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 02, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Kenworthy concur Singh is the majority owner of the Company and Gober is a minority owner. Section 9.5 of the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paul Richard Allen Clark v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00354 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 03, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge DeBoer concur Around 2014, Clark began dating K.C. and moved into her home in Hendricks County with her two minor children, a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: S G, II v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-00474 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 04, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur Child was born in 2014. In 2015, Father was convicted and incarcerated in Illinois for robbery. In 2017, Father was released to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Family and Social Services Administration, et al. v. Mireille Caister ── Case No.: 24A-MI-03039 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 09, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Rehearing Judge May and Judge Bradford concur The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration and related entities and officers (collectively, “FSSA”) petition for rehearing following …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Fredrick B. Kramp v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00999 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 10, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marshall Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur On June 20, 2023, Kramp collapsed in a grocery store bathroom. Kramp told a store employee that he had been drinking. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Iram Raphael Simpson, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00395 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 11, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur On November 22, 2023, Simpson was staying at Melysa Ledman’s apartment. Simpson and Ledman had an “on and off situationship” …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Guardianship: Carlos Gonzalez v. Major Hospital d/b/a Willows of Shelbyville ── Case No.: 25A-GU-00942 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 17, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Shelby Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur In February 2025, Major Hospital d/b/a Willows of Shelbyville (“Major”) filed a verified petition for the appointment of …
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
── Matthew Joseph Dirig v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00119 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 17, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Huntington Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge DeBoer concur In 2014, A.C. gave birth to her son, T.C. T.C.’s father was not present in T.C.’s life at any point. When …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Chad Duncan Slates v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00514 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 19, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur In the early morning hours of February 4, 2023, Slates and Michael Paul Johnson entered an abandoned factory in Granger …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Trinidad Izayian Cervantes v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00169 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 19, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur On May 3, 2023, Rajesh Bhagwandeen was driving a BMW convertible on 165th Street in Hammond. At one point, Bhagwandeen changed …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Nelson Izaguirre v. Juan Herrera ── Case No.: 24A-PL-02419 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 19, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur Indiana’s Statute of Frauds generally requires the sale of land to be in writing in order for the sale to be enforceable. But …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Alisa K Wright, et al. v. Kathryn S Eddy ── Case No.: 24A-PL-02291 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 24, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Remanded and Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur This dispute between the parties has been ongoing since 2012. As we summarized in a prior appeal: …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jakob Chance Scott v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00736 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 30, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Warrick Category: Criminal Decision: Dismissed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur But, in his written plea agreement, Scott expressly waived the right to appellate review of any sentence the trial court imposed …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Katrina Matheis v. Sean P. McEvilly ── Case No.: 24A-DR-02311 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 30, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Bradford and Judge Kenworthy concur Father and Mother (collectively, “Parents”) were married and have two daughters together: Mac.M., born in 2012, and M.M., born …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: B K v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-00853 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 08, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur Mother gave birth to Child on June 15, 2018. Mother’s husband and Child’s father, D.K. (“Father”), died in 2022. Mother and Father shared …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kristofer Polk v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00391 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 10, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford concurs. Judge May concurs in result In the late evening hours of May 22, 2023, Roberto Hernandez-Concepsion texted Polk and asked Polk to bring $50 worth …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of K R ── Case No.: 25A-MH-02349 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 24, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Robb concur For several years, K.R. has lived with his aunt C.W. in Indianapolis. On August 30, 2025, K.R. began acting erratically. He was pacing up …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Harold Chastain v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-XP-01105 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 28, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur In July 2015, a jury found Chastain guilty of Class C felony intimidation and Class B misdemeanor battery in case number 20D02-1303-FC-75 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── S H v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-JV-00577 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 29, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Warrick Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur On December 20, 2023, S.H., who was fourteen years old at the time, entered onto Megan Kasnick’s property in Warrick County with …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: A R v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-JC-01271 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 30, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge May concur Mother is mother of Child, who was born August 29, 2011.1 On January 7, 2025, the Indiana …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── John Eric Peterson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00766 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 30, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Boone Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur Peterson repeatedly molested his girlfriend’s daughter for several years. The molestations began when the child was approximately four years old. Peterson …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── William J. Smith v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00721 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 31, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur In December 2023, Smith and A.C. were in a romantic relationship. Smith was homeless and living out of his car. A.C. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Leah Svetic, et al. v. First Key Homes LLC ── Case No.: 25A-EV-00698 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 31, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Hamilton Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur In April 2023, Svetic entered into a written residential lease agreement with First Key. The agreement required Svetic to pay $2,605 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Roger Dale Hodson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00219 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 04, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Johnson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur On June 17, 2024, a confidential informant (“CI”) working with the Johnson County Sheriff’s Department (“JCSD”) went to Taylor Swint’s house …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Drew Carter v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02733 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 04, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur On February 24, 2019, Jessica Flores and Melina Cottrell smoked crack throughout the day at various locations in and near Gary, Indiana. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Douglas R Phares v. Amber Lazo ── Case No.: 25A-DC-01192 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 12, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur Father and Mother started dating in 2012. Mother gave birth to Child in 2014. Child has lived in Evansville with Father for …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: J M, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JC-01151 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 12, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Montgomery Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur Parents have two children, O.M., born October 31, 2019, and R.M., born January 26, 2024. Due to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christopher A Smith v. Tuffy Tire & Automotive Service Center ── Case No.: 25A-SC-01083 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 12, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur On September 7, 2023, Smith brought his 2006 Nissan Armada (“the Armada”) to Tuffy Tire requesting service for …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Julius D. Hunt v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00814 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 12, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur On August 3, 2024, Hunt forcibly entered a home on Harrison Street in Elkhart. Hunt believed that an occupant of the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Daniel Jones v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01552 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 14, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur In February 2023, the State charged Jones with Level 2 felony dealing in cocaine, Level 4 felony possession of cocaine, and Level …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christian Trinidad Gonzalez v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00661 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 14, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur In June 2024, then sixteen-year-old Gonzalez, a runaway, was living with his adult girlfriend, Destiny Rhoades, and Rhoades’ four-year-old daughter, O.A. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Terry Lamont Horton, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00621 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 14, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur In May 2022, Selena Saenz2 lived in Gary with her fiancé, Nehemiah Martin. Saenz and Martin had three children together, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Stacey L Berg v. Russell G Berg ── Case No.: 25A-DC-00996 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 18, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge Altice and Judge May concur In a prior appeal, our Supreme Court set out the relevant facts and procedural history of this case as follows: In …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joshua Daniel Huffman v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00754 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 18, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Wells Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge May concur The relevant facts of this case are alleged to have occurred between May 1, 2020, and September 6, 2023. During those …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── David Jones v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-MI-02838 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 18, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Madison Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur On July 9, 2020, Jones was on pretrial release for charges filed under case number 48C06-1910-F5-2557. On that date, law enforcement received …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Cameus D Barnett v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-PC-01425 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 25, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur In 2008, Barnett was convicted of Class A felony sexual deviate conduct and Class D felony strangulation. The trial court ordered …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of K B ── Case No.: 25A-MH-00925 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 25, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur Since at least 2016, K.B. has been treated for various psychotic and mood disorders. K.B.’s symptoms have included paranoid delusions, auditory hallucinations, disorganized thoughts …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Samimullah Arif v. Zahra Ayoubi ── Case No.: 25A-DC-00818 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 25, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur Husband and Wife married in 2015 and have two children. Prior to the marriage, Wife incurred student loans for college and a master’s …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Neil D Applebee v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01393 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 02, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur On January 16, 2024, the State charged Applebee with Class A misdemeanor invasion of privacy in the Tippecanoe Superior Court. The …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Dallas Blake Spall v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01328 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 02, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Kosciusko Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur On March 29, 2024, Indiana State Police Officer Nikolos Anderson observed Spall operate a vehicle in Kosciusko County. Because Officer Anderson …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kristina Sell v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00414 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 02, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Hancock Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur Sometime in 2019 or 2020, Sell moved into her boyfriend Tony’s house in Greenfield. The two married …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Dennis Robinson, et al. v. Dana Nunley, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-TR-00189 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 02, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Jasper Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur Dennis and Sandra are the surviving children (and hereafter referred to as the “Children”) of Janet L. Robinson. Janet …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Caylin Opal Marie Monroe v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02995 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 02, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Warrick Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur On November 22, 2021, Monroe gave birth to her fourth child, S.S., a boy. S.S. weighed six pounds, 3.6 ounces …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jennifer Burrage v. Tymeisha Burrage, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-DC-00515 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 08, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Floyd Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur In July 2021, Tymeisha Burrage (“Mother”) asked Grandmother to drive from Indiana to Alabama to get Child and take …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tyler Israel Homrighausen v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01427 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 11, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur In May 2023, Homrighausen, who was twenty-one years old, had sexual intercourse on multiple occasions with fourteen-year-old A.M. In the early …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Charles Stidams v. Tasha Wilkerson ── Case No.: 25A-PL-01583 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 15, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Kosciusko Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur In spring 2018, Wilkerson and Stidams began dating. Near the end of 2018, they began to live together in a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Samuel L Patterson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00858 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 15, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Hancock Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur In 2017, V.M. moved into a senior living community in Hancock County. In June 2018, V.M. was ninety-one years old. In …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Zore's Inc v. Kristopher Campbell, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-SC-00318 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 15, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur In the late evening hours of August 12, 2024, Marion County law enforcement officers arrested Campbell at a gas station. He had driven to the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Anthony W. Thompson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00080 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 17, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kenworthy and Judge Felix concur In 2023, law enforcement officers assigned to the Madison County Drug Task Force were investigating Lamont Moore for suspected drug dealing. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── D M v. J F ── Case No.: 25A-AD-01673 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 18, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur Child was born out of wedlock to S.N. (“Mother”) in September of 2014, and Father established his paternity of Child. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kollin Triggs v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01596 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 18, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur Wesley Janz lives on several acres in Marion County. In late 2024, Triggs left a message in Janz’s mailbox saying that he …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ronald Dion Robinson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01874 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 22, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur On April 21, 2025, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Officer Luke Hughes initiated a traffic stop of a green Honda Civic that …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Elio Seni v. Sharon Seni ── Case No.: 25A-DC-01023 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 29, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur Husband and Wife were married for more than thirty years and have four adult children together. In July 2022, Wife …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Bryan De La Torre v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00913 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 29, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur In the summer of 2022, Juan DeJesus purchased a truck from De La Torre, who …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Anthony G. Boyer v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01680 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Jefferson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur In the evening hours of March 2, 2024,1 Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department Officer Joshua Taylor initiated a traffic stop of a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jacqueline Danielle Davis v. Gareth Adam Davis ── Case No.: 25A-DC-01389 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur During the parties’ marriage, they bought an older home, which had been built in 1968, “as is.” Appellant’s App. Vol. 2, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── K J v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-JV-01270 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur Shortly after midnight on January 2, 2025, Speedway Police Department Officer Carter Pell initiated a traffic stop of a Jeep that had …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: A B v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JC-01123 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Clark Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur The facts underlying the trial court’s adjudication that Child is a CHINS are not in dispute. In 2008, Mother …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Bradley M Warner v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-02110 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 31, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur On January 18, 2021, police officers had traffic lanes closed on Lima Road in Fort Wayne while they investigated a fatal …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Devon Makel Jones v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00675 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 22, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur On December 22, 2021, emergency responders found Camron Griffis deceased inside his apartment in Anderson. Following an autopsy and toxicology, Dr. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: B S, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JC-01711 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 30, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Wayne Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur Mother and Father are the biological parents of the Children, each of whom is …
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
── CHINS: D S v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-JC-01661 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 04, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Felix concur In April 2024, Mother gave birth to Child. 1 At the time, Mother lived in Indianapolis with …
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
── John L Pratchard v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01174 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 13, 2020 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Pyle concur We affirm. Issue Pratchard raises a single issue, whether the trial court abused its discretion when it revoked his probation and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: L A v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 20A-JC-01084 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 13, 2020 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Pyle concur S.G-A. was born May 22, 2019, to Mother and J.G. (“Father”). Mother also has two other minor children—D.R. Jr. and Da.R.—whose …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Javan D Brown v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-00125 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 19, 2020 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Pyle concur Dareon 1 Brown, the brother of sixteen-year-old Brown, dated Aubree Kolasa for approximately three years. Kolasa’s cousin, eighteen-year-old Justin Garner, and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jeffery C Moore v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01339 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 30, 2020 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Pyle concur During the relevant period, Moore and his wife, Rhonda, resided in Aurora, Indiana. In January 2020, a confidential informant (“CI”) told …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Shane D. Mendoza v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-00859 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 30, 2020 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Warren Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Pyle concur On April 2, 2018, Assistant Police Chief Gene Snoeberger (“Assistant Chief Snoeberger”) of the Attica Police Department served an order of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── MICHAEL M. HARVEY v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-00548 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 30, 2020 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Pyle concur In July and August of 2018, Harvey lived with his daughter, nine-year-old J.H., and Candace Poe—J.H.’s mother—at the Garden Inn in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Sarah Denise Haynes v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01466 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 11, 2020 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Henry Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur Issues Haynes raises two issues on appeal, which we restate as follows: I. Whether the trial court overlooked a significant mitigating …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Derek Hicks v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01347 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 14, 2020 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur Issue Hicks raises a single issue which we restate as whether his sentence was inappropriate in light of the nature of the offenses and his character. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Metropolitan Development Commission v. Everett E Powell ── Case No.: 20A-OV-00871 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 14, 2020 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Marion Category: Other Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Kirsch and Judge Pyle concur On July 25, 2018, Jeff Vaughn, then a zoning and licensing inspector for the Department of Business and Neighborhood …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Dusty Witter v. David Witter ── Case No.: 20A-DR-00850 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 17, 2020 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Pyle concur Father and Mother were married in 2006 and had two children: Da.W., who was born in 2009, and De.W., who was born in 2013. In 2016, Mother …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Smarte Carte Inc v. Simon Property Group, Inc, et al. ── Case No.: 20A-CT-00975 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 21, 2020 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Pyle concur SM Eastland Mall, LLC, owned and operated Eastland Mall in Evansville, Indiana. Simon Property Group, Inc., “did not …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: V R v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 20A-JT-01307 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2020 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur J.R. was born in March of 2013, and J.M. was born in December of 2015 to Mother and C.M. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Henry D Bates v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01110 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2020 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur Shortly after noon on July 11, 2016, Bates and his nephew, Eddie Bates (“Eddie”), robbed a Dollar General Store in Elkhart, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jermaine Carl Davis v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-PC-00489 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2020 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur The facts as set out in Davis’s direct appeal follow: On August 21, 2013, Willie Bailey was at a gas station …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: E P v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 20A-JC-01268 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 27, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas Category: Juvenile Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur Father and R.A. (“Mother”) are the parents of two children: J.P., born in February 2005, and M.P., born in December 2010. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── TERRY L. JONES v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01547 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 28, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur In July 2019, the State charged Jones with: Count I, possession of a handgun after a previous felony conviction, a Level …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── B R v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-JV-01203 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 28, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas Category: Juvenile Decision: Reversed Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur On October 24, 2019, Officer Nicholas Snow of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department observed a silver Chevrolet Impala fail to properly signal its turn and fail …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Myles Danard Alexander-Woods v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01233 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 03, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Rush Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur On October 10, 2019, while Deputy Brent Horton (“Deputy Horton”) of the Rush County Sheriff’s Department was on routine patrol, Deputy …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── K M v. J B, et al. ── Case No.: 20A-AD-01440 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 15, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Johnson Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur The Child was born February 24, 2008, to Mother and P.B. (“Father”). In 2013, J.B. and M-A.B. were appointed permanent co-guardians …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Raymond O Demby v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01012 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 16, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur On April 25, 2018, Demby violated a protective order by breaking into the home of his former girlfriend, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Marcus D McNeil v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01581 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 23, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur During the relevant period, McNeil was on probation for his 2011 conviction for dealing in cocaine, a Class A felony, in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── J S, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 20A-JM-01389 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 23, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Juvenile Decision: Dismissed Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur Father is the biological father of J.S.1, born in May 2004, and J.S.2, born in June 2006, and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Andrew Conley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 19A-PC-03085 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 23, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Ohio Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Pyle concur Case Summary 1 Notions of equity and fairness dictate that courts, in imposing sentences upon juvenile offenders, must acknowledge …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Realgy LLC v. Northern Indiana Public Service Company, et al. ── Case No.: 20A-EX-01417 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 24, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas Category: Other Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur NIPSCO is a public utility that provides electric and natural gas services in northern Indiana. The NIPSCO Choice Program was approved by …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Albanese Confectionery Group, Inc v. Bernadette Cwik ── Case No.: 20A-CT-01436 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 04, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur Cwik began working for Albanese in 2013. While working for Albanese, Cwik voluntarily connected her smartphone to Albanese’s …
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
── Paternity: Candice Raquel Cueto v. Frederick Anthony Wortham ── Case No.: 20A-JP-01594 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 11, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey concurs. Judge Robb dissents Mother and Father are the parents of the Child, who was born on December 1, 1987. Paternity of the Child …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Darci Wilson v. Anonymous Defendant 1 ── Case No.: 20A-CT-00923 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 16, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur During the relevant period, Anonymous, 1 an orthopedic physician group, operated a business from the ground floor of a facility (“Facility”) …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christa M Vonhoene v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-00328 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 18, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Jackson Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur On February 5, 2019, the State charged Vonhoene with possession of marijuana, a Class B misdemeanor. At Vonhoene’s initial …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: R A v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 20A-JT-02058 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 22, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Montgomery Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur The Child was born in April 2012 to Father and B.T. (“Mother”). 1 The Child has been found to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Anthony Wayne Reed v. Leann White, et al. ── Case No.: 20A-MI-00611 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 22, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Putnam Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur The facts, as stated in Reed’s prior appeal, follow: On December 11, 2015, Reed, who was then incarcerated at the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Luke L. Tooley, Jr. Revocable Trust v. Michael Ghosh, et al. ── Case No.: 20A-PL-02048 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 23, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur On May 17, 2019, Michael Ghosh and Mark Pizur filed a notice of lis pendens …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kim R Zartman, et al. v. Brenda Cameron, et al. ── Case No.: 20A-PL-01861 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 09, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Miami Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Pyle concur William Zartman Jr. (“William Jr.”) and Marilyn Zartman were married and had three children: William III, Brenda, and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tanika Stewart v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01809 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 09, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur During the relevant period, Ahmeisha Flemming, her sister, Stashaunna Flemming, and Maurice McRae lived together on Morton Street in Evansville, Indiana. On …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ricardo Donnell Lewis, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01782 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 12, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey concurs. Judge Robb concurs in result On the evening of December 18, 2018, Lewis, his girlfriend, Tenea O’Neal, and O’Neal’s then-teenaged daughter, H., …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: N C, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 20A-JT-01979 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 15, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Putnam Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Pyle concur Mother has three children: D.C.-W., who was born in July 2007; E.C., who was born in October …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael D Wayne Fleming, III v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-00935 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 16, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Pyle concur While in Anderson, Ryan Green’s car suffered a punctured tire, and Green called Bryce Patterson for assistance. Patterson, along …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Patrick B Collins v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-PC-01657 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 20, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Pyle concur The facts as stated in Collins’ direct appeal follow: During the early morning hours of November 30, 1984, two police officers …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Rebecca E. Minser, et al. v. DeKalb County Plan Commission ── Case No.: 20A-PL-02408 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 28, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: DeKalb Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Najam and Judge Pyle concur Appellants jointly own realty in DeKalb County consisting of approximately ten acres, primarily located in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jody Smedley v. Rick C. Sasso, M.D., et al. ── Case No.: 20A-CT-02320 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 28, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Najam and Judge Pyle concur Dr. Sasso is a spine surgeon, and Dr. Arbuckle is an anesthesiologist and pain medicine specialist. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Shane Anthony Shumate v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01450 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 04, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Delaware Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Pyle concur On January 30, 2018, a domestic disturbance occurred at the Eaton, Indiana, residence shared by Shumate, Yelenna Shumate (“Yelenna”), and their …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── REBEKAH A ATKINS v. CRAWFORD COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, et al. ── Case No.: 20A-MI-02160 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 01, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Crawford Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part Judge Najam and Judge Pyle concur On October 26, 2020, Atkins filed a seventeen-page complaint in the Crawford Circuit …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── David Len Pace v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00092 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 08, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Pyle concur On September 3, 2019, Peglow, a long time employee of Barnaby’s restaurant in Mishawaka, parked and locked his bicycle, a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Dexter Berry v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-PC-00992 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 08, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Pyle concur On April 12, 2012, Berry broke and entered several storage units at a facility where Berry also owned a unit. Berry took …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Thomas L Hale v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-PC-01887 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 09, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Huntington Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Pyle concur On May 19, 2014, the Huntington Police Department received a tip that led them to a residence on East Franklin Street. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── AO Alfa-Bank v. L. Jean Camp, et al. ── Case No.: 20A-MI-02352 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 11, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Monroe Category: Civil Decision: Rehearing Judge Najam and Judge Pyle concur On May 19, 2021, this Court dismissed an appeal filed by AO Alfa-Bank (“Bank”) for a lack of subject matter …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Timothy Eugene Rush v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-02327 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 15, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Howard Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Pyle concur On March 26, 2015, in Cause F2-299, the State charged Rush with dealing in cocaine, a Level 2 felony; possession of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── R S v. M J, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-AD-00043 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 18, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Marshall Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Pyle concur In December 2004, M.M.J. was born to Biological Mother and Adoptive Father, who were not married. Adoptive Father executed a paternity …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Windy City Acquisitions, LLC v. Estate of Leland Simms, et al. ── Case No.: 20A-TP-02347 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 24, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Najam and Judge Pyle concur Leland Simms (“Leland”) owned a residence located at 2865 Dallas Street in Gary (“Dallas Street …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Maung Tway v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01710 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 24, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Pyle concur On May 9, 2019, Officer Andrew Arndt of the Fishers Police Department observed a PT Cruiser that Officer Arndt believed was not …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── S&C Financial Group, LLC v. Insider's Cash LLC, et al. ── Case No.: 20A-TP-02193 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 28, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Najam and Judge Pyle concur On December 18, 2012, Isle Slide Properties, LLC (“Isle Slide”) obtained a deed to the Admiral property, which …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joseph Rizzo v. Midwest Training And Ice Center Inc ── Case No.: 21A-CT-00126 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 09, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Brown concur On September 6, 2015, Rizzo and Nicholas Wedster (“Wedster”) participated in an amateur hockey game at Midwest Training in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Walter Bartkowiak v. Falcone Realtors NA ── Case No.: 21A-PL-00009 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 14, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Najam and Judge Pyle concur On March 18, 2019, Falcone entered into a Listing Contract with the Bartkowiaks regarding the sale of their residence …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── BRIAN JAMES BRESNAHAN v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00242 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 16, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Pyle concur On December 21, 2019, Bresnahan hosted a holiday party at his residence with his wife, J.M. At approximately 10:00 p.m., most …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── J J v. S R ── Case No.: 21A-AD-00187 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 20, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Sullivan Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Brown concur Child was born in January 2013. At the hospital, M.J. (“Mother”) and Father, who were not married, executed a paternity affidavit under Indiana …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christopher Bell v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-PC-02295 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 20, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Najam and Judge Pyle concur The underlying crimes were committed on September 17, 2012. On direct appeal, this Court recited the pertinent facts as follows: …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── JASON CHARLES WYATT v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00280 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 22, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Pyle concur On March 19, 2018, the Indiana State Police intended to execute arrest warrants for Wyatt, his brother, Joshua Wyatt (“Joshua”), …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Margaret E Hobson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00419 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 26, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Parke Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Weissmann concur Between May 18, 2019, and June 25, 2019, Hobson stole farm equipment from her grandfather, Vernon Hobson; as a result, the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Francis Edward Lynn, IV v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00209 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 26, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Pyle concur Lynn was convicted of sex offenses in Maryland in 2003, such that he is required to register as a sex …
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
── David Owen Ditmore, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00283 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 09, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Howard Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Weissmann concur David Ditmore was serving a sentence in a work release program for felony residential entry under cause number 34D01-1911-F5-3631 (“F5-3631”). …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Doug Martin v. Front End Digital, Inc. d/b/a Pyrimont Operating Solutions, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-PL-00195 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 25, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Mathias and Judge Weissmann concur Pyrimont is a software provider, and Martin became a shareholder and employee …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: Ryan Rankert v. Julie Danielle Storm ── Case No.: 20A-JP-02301 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 27, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Weissmann concur Case Summary In this appeal, Ryan Rankert (“Father”) contends that the trial court erred in two of its orders: first, when …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: Nathan Lummis v. Marlena Anne Friel ── Case No.: 21A-JP-00391 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 30, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Madison Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Mathias and Judge Weissmann concur Father and Marlena Friel (“Mother”) are the divorced parents of J.L. (“the Child”). Mother is the legal and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Dan R Parks, et al. v. Illinois Casualty Company ── Case No.: 21A-PL-00069 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 30, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Howard Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Mathias and Judge Weissmann concur This case involves two “show” bars in Kokomo by the name of Little Daddy’s and Big Daddy’s, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── T J v. K H ── Case No.: 21A-PO-00555 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 07, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Fulton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Weissmann concur On October 24, 2020, M.S. (“Mother”) was exercising parenting time with sixyear-old Child. K.H. is Child’s father. Jones previously dated Mother, and they …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Shellie R. Peltier v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00607 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 09, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Greene Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Weissmann concur Shortly after midnight on January 14, 2020, Officer John Agan of the Linton Police Department was working the stationary radar in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Sherry Bozeman v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00698 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 17, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Howard Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Weissmann concur In late June 2019, C.K. sent messages to an acquaintance via Facebook Messenger, wherein C.K. confessed that C.K. and his ex-girlfriend, S.B., …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Anthony T. Wilburn v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01709 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 20, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Huntington Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Mathias and Judge Weissmann concur On May 25, 2019, Kylie Clay was working as a cashier at the Save-On Liquor store on Parkmoor …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CARLTON LEE WELLS v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00612 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 22, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Mathias and Judge Weissmann concur On March 29, 2018, the St. Joseph County Circuit Court issued an order for protection, effective through February …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: Daniel K. Asher v. Jaclyn Dillon ── Case No.: 21A-JP-00106 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 22, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Weissmann concur Mother and Father’s romantic relationship produced the Child, who was born out of wedlock in December 2014. During the parties’ relationship, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Dionel Juan Mateo v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00800 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 23, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Vigo Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Weissmann concur Mateo was born in 1990. P.R. was born in October 2007, and Mateo is her uncle. Officers received information from the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paul D Newcomb, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00303 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 05, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Mathias and Judge Weissmann concur On June 4, 2011, officers with the Elkhart Police Department conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle driven …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lamar Bush v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00842 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 08, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Starke Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Weissmann concur On September 3, 2020, Chief Deputy John Lynch of the Hamlet Police Department, while parked in his patrol car across from a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kyle Daniel Sexton v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00824 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 21, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Weissmann concur On July 13, 2020, Officer Austin Boggs of the Greendale Police Department was dispatched to a gas station where Sexton’s vehicle …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Burkhart Advertising, INC v. Howard County Board of Zoning Appeals, et al. ── Case No.: 20A-PL-01899 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 21, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Howard Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Weissmann concur In May 2013, the City banned all “off-premises”2 signs via an amendment to the zoning ordinance. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tammy Kossifos v. Pete Mamounas Incorporated d/b/a Sunset of Portage, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-CT-00722 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 26, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Porter Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Weissmann concur On August 8, 2019, Kossifos filed a complaint by counsel, Michael Deppe (“Attorney Deppe”), in the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jason Gay v. Monroe County Community School Corporation ── Case No.: 21A-PL-00185 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 26, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Monroe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Weissmann concur The instant property boundary dispute stems from MCCSC’s removal of trees that Gay purported to own. Gay is a licensed …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Zaiquiao Ye v. Zhenglin Li ── Case No.: 21A-SC-01248 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 09, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Monroe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Weissmann concur Based on a meager record that lacks a transcript, we discern that Ye operated a vehicle belonging to Li, and that, as a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── FINANCIAL CENTER FIRST CREDIT UNION v. MIGUEL RIVERA ── Case No.: 21A-CC-00845 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 09, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Weissmann concur On December 15, 2016, Rivera signed a retail installment contract and security agreement for the purchase of a used 2011 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Esther Jane Stephen v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00873 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 12, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Jay Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Weissmann concur The facts most favorable to the judgment follow: Stephen 1 and Shea Michael Briar were in a romantic relationship that resulted …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Timothy Neal Hatton v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01095 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 23, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Marshall Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias concurs. Judge Weissmann dissents In October 2012, Hatton pleaded guilty to child molesting, a Class B felony. The trial court sentenced Hatton to twenty years …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Cole Godfrey Strack v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00922 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 29, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Wells Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Weissmann concur On March 26, 2020, Officer Russ Mounsey of the Ossian Police Department initiated a traffic stop of Strack’s car because of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brandon Nickens v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01032 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 01, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Bradford and Judge Crone concur On December 3, 2018, the State charged Nickens with attempted murder, a Level 1 felony, and attempted robbery resulting in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: W F, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JC-00807 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 01, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Huntington Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Weissmann concur R.C. (“Mother”) and D.S. (“Second Mother”) are the parents of the Child, who was born in September …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Eddie Lane Kearney v. Annetta Lynn Claywell ── Case No.: 21A-DN-01086 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 02, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Decatur Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Weissmann concur Husband and Wife were married in October 2016. Both Husband and Wife were previously married to others and entered their marriage …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kyle V Rybolt v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00896 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 13, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Weissmann concur On December 12, 2012, the State charged Rybolt with two counts of sexual misconduct with a minor, Class B felonies. On …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: B E v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JT-01173 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 17, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Crone concur Father and A.E. (“Mother”) 1 are the biological parents of J.E., who was born in June 2010; Jo.E., who was born in May …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Samantha Neese, et al. v. Vomac Truck Sales & Service, Inc. ── Case No.: 21A-CC-00721 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 21, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Owen Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Bradford and Judge Crone concur Neese’s vehicle was damaged in an accident, and VoMac performed the repairs. Samantha, who …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jones Laboratory LLC v. Marquita Ramsey, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-CT-01625 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Crone concur On December 17, 2018, adoptive parents filed a complaint in the Marion Superior Court alleging that the Department of Child …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kevin Patmore v. Jodi L Patmore ── Case No.: 21A-DC-00986 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Spencer Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Mathias and Judge Weissmann concur Father and Jodi Patmore (“Mother”) were married in 1994 and had two children: J.P. and E.P. In 2015, Mother …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Frederick M Lundquist v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00851 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Wabash Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Crone concur Upon receipt of a complaint that alleged that Lundquist had used a .22 rifle to shoot and kill a pit bull …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── WILLIAMS RODRIGUEZ v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00987 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 10, 2022 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Crone concur N.B. met Rodriguez on Tinder and agreed to meet with him on November 7, 2018. N.B. talked to Rodriguez in the parking …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Anthony Carter, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01954 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 12, 2022 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Weissmann concur On March 2, 2019, Cherlunda Carter (“Cherlunda”) received a telephone call from her mother’s neighbor, Shirlene Salary. At Cherlunda’s request, Salary …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: E R, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JT-01602 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 14, 2022 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Grant Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Crone concur E.R. was born in July 2007, and R.R. was born in May 2009 to Mother and Father. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Amy Louise Davis v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01693 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 21, 2022 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Cass Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Crone concur The facts most favorable to the judgment follow: on January 15, 2016, the State charged Davis with burglary, a Level 4 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Justin A Tyson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00983 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 21, 2022 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Crone concur On June 30, 2019, at approximately 2:00 a.m., an employee of a Speedway gas station near Lafayette called 911 to report …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Connie Dominiack, et al. v. City of South Bend ── Case No.: 21A-CT-02102 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 28, 2022 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Crone concur Dominiack works at the St. Joseph County Treasurer’s office in South Bend. Dominiack maintained a nearby parking spot …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Dacota J. Hughes v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01440 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 31, 2022 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Vigo Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Altice concur On July 24, 2020, Hughes executed a plea agreement to one count of auto theft, a Level 5 felony, in Cause …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kesia Beavers, et al. v. HEARTLAND CROSSING FOUNDATION, INC. ── Case No.: 22A-CT-02736 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 30, 2023 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur The Plaintiffs moved to the Heartland Crossing subdivision (“Heartland Crossing”) in Marion County in 2011. All residents of Heartland …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Parker B Depalma v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02864 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 17, 2025 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Brown concur On February 6, 2021, a dog belonging to fifty-seven-year-old Raymond Gaston (“Raymond”) and his wife, Vera, was struck and killed on …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Travis Cyle Kelley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02088 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 23, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Crone concur During a guilty plea hearing, Kelley admitted that on March 5, 2022, he knowingly or intentionally possessed methamphetamine. The probable cause …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: G C v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JT-02351 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Crone concur Mother gave birth to L.C.R. in 2005 and later became pregnant with G.L.R. After G.L.R. was born in November 2020, the tissue of …
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
── D B v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-JV-02383 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 03, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Crone concur In July 2022, the State filed two delinquency petitions concerning D.B., who was fourteen years old. D.B. was already subject to an …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── David Pike v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-PC-01663 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 17, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur In 2011, officers arrested Pike in connection with the violent robbery of Timothy Morton. At the Evansville Police Department, Pike spoke with …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christopher P Garriott v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02411 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 23, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Warren Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Crone concur In early 2018, Garriott pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, a Level 4 felony. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ayesha L Hawthorne v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02017 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 10, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Crone concur Hawthorne went to Solano and Sons auto repair shop, seeking repairs to her vehicle. Hawthorne received a cost estimate of $260, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kevin Mamon v. Jeremy Dykstra, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-PL-01863 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 10, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Crone concur Case Summary Months after the entry of summary judgment—and after this Court dismissed a direct appeal for lack of briefing—Kevin Mamon …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Amy Rainey v. Indiana Election Commission, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-PL-01548 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 11, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur Last year, Amy Rainey tried to run for public office, seeking candidacy as a Republican candidate in the May 2022 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Danora A Jackson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02333 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 17, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Crone concur On October 6, 2021, a police officer ran Jackson’s license plate number and saw Jackson had an active warrant for failure …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jasmine Monique Guerrero v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02087 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 19, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur In August 2021, Magistrate Andre Gammage of the St. Joseph County Circuit Court presided over a hearing in an unidentified …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Shawn McMullin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-PC-00443 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 21, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur McMullin pleaded guilty to child molesting and was sentenced in January 2019 pursuant to the terms of a plea agreement. In May, …
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
── Peggie Ann Nance v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02376 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 27, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Crone concur Case Summary Peggie A. Nance appeals following the revocation of her probation. She argues the trial court abused its discretion in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Stacy N. Sandoval v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01819 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 10, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Robb and Judge Crone concur In September 2019, Sandoval went to dinner with her fiancé, Mark Ballard; her three sons, S.S. (sixteen or …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── IVORY S SMITH v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01005 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 10, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur Smith and her fiancé, William Wilson (“William”), lived in a two-story home with William’s mother, Deborah Wilson (“Deborah”), and Deborah’s thenfiancé. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christopher L. Camden v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01398 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 25, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Greene Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Crone concur Camden drove his nephew, 3 Matthew Camden, and Matthew’s wife, Karrie Wicker Camden, to a residence to celebrate the birth of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael M. Rivers v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01997 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 08, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Crone concur On December 10, 2020, Rivers shared a home with his child and girlfriend. Late that evening, a neighbor-friend—C.P.—was at the home. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Damon Reshawn Griffin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-03053 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 09, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Shelby Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Crone concur Case Summary Damon Griffin pleaded guilty to Level 4 felony unlawful possession of a firearm as a serious violent felon (“SVF”), …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Raven W. Hathaway v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02631 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 12, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Fountain Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb concurs. Judge Crone concurs in result Hathaway was in an on-again, off-again relationship with Ashley Peterson for about four years. Hathaway ended the relationship in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Carlie Sue Lamb v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-03032 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 16, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Robb and Judge Crone concur The State brought several charges against Lamb arising out of an altercation. Lamb waived her right to a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── MARIE ANN POLSTON v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02621 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 16, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Crone concur Polston pleaded guilty to Level 5 felony domestic battery with a prior conviction of battery or strangulation, Level 6 felony invasion …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Shannon Kay Richardson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02502 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 16, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Crone concur As of August 2021, Richardson was in a five-year relationship with Tori Booker. Richardson and Booker lived together in Booker’s house …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Mindy Lee Stephens v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02051 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 26, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone concurs. Judge Robb concurs in result On the afternoon of May 3, 2021, Officer Jennifer Brahaum of the Avon Police Department and other officers arrived …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: Deanna Doyle v. Zachary Dowty ── Case No.: 22A-JP-03077 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 27, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Jasper Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Tavitas concur Mother and Father participated in a paternity action, which led to an initial custody order issued in early 2021 that granted Mother …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── PHIL J REEVES v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02485 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 28, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Crone and Judge Robb concur In January 2022, police officers went to a home to investigate a reported domestic disturbance. An officer saw …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jameicio Wallace v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02893 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 30, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey and Judge Tavitas concur Around 2:00 a.m. in September 2021, a police officer saw Wallace’s vehicle fail to stop at a red light. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: H P, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JC-02836 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 30, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Jennings Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Robb concur Child was born November 28, 2017. On May 4, 2022, DCS received a report Child “was seen …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lauren Phillips v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02089 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 30, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Fayette Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Robb concur In April 2022, the State charged Phillips with Class A misdemeanor operating a vehicle while intoxicated in a manner endangering a person …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── ALBERT J. STRAWBRIDGE v. Diana Kathleen Burnette ── Case No.: 22A-DR-03014 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 10, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Robb concur Father filed for dissolution of his marriage to Mother in 2013 and requested a provisional order regarding Child’s custody. The …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jordan Wolf v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02370 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 10, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Robb concur The State also sought a statutory sentencing enhancement, alleging Wolf knowingly used a firearm in the commission of the offense. 2 A …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: K W v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-JC-00120 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 24, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Tavitas concur In June 2022, the Indiana Department of Child Services (“DCS”) received a report of domestic violence at …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Montez Ellington, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02247 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 25, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Vigo Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Robb concur In August 2021, the State alleged Ellington (born in November 2005) was a delinquent child for committing acts in July 2021—when …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael O. Cain, et al. v. William J. Huff, II Revocable Trust Declaration, dated June 28, 2011, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-PL-01258 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 31, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Monroe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Crone and Judge Robb concur Case Summary Trusts for …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Richard Ransom v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-03019 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 03, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Tavitas concur Ransom was born on April 18, 2000. When Ransom was twenty years old, the State filed a delinquency petition alleging Ransom committed …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kevin L Martin v. J HARVILL, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-CT-00416 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 16, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Tavitas concur Martin is a DOC inmate and frequent litigant. In August 2020, Martin sued the DOC Parties alleging Section 1983 claims …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jacob Maden v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02832 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 16, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Warrick Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Tavitas concur In June 2021, Maden and Victoria Riley were in a relationship. Around June 9th or 10th, Riley learned she was pregnant with …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Fabian Lavell Bennett v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02274 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 16, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Felix concur Carlis Falls sometimes hired Michael Williams and Justin Altheide (Williams’ nephew) to work on home improvement projects with him. Around the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jamar K Minor v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-PC-01207 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 18, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Felix concur In June 2013, Minor and Jordan Gray became involved in a neighborhood dispute. The dispute began when ten-year-old “Bam,” a member …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kathryn Gillette v. Franciscan Alliance, Inc., et al. ── Case No.: 22A-CT-01625 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 21, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Felix concur Case Summary The Estate of Joyce Gillette along with Joyce’s daughter, Kathryn Gillette, (collectively, “Gillette”) brought this action against a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Guardianship: Robyn L. Hunter v. Mary Hoeller, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-GU-00908 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 21, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Robb concur Sharon is a widow and a veteran. She has two daughters, Rebecca and Robyn. Both Rebecca and Robyn are …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jason D Phipps v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01570 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 22, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge Crone concur Phipps was married to Jill Phipps for twelve years. In the summer of 2020, Phipps and Jill lived together with C.P., …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tarah L. Weaver v. Samuel B. Weaver ── Case No.: 22A-DC-02111 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 30, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Kosciusko Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Felix concur The parties divorced in September 2019. Father moved to modify parenting time in April 2020. The trial judge overseeing the post-dissolution …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jeffrey Neal Crow v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02295 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 31, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Clinton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Tavitas concur William Ray was the owner of a two-story house with a detached garage located on North John Street in Frankfort, Indiana. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Amy R Ravellette v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00469 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 18, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Vigo Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Tavitas concur The State also requested a habitual offender enhancement. On October 25, 2022, Ravellette requested a speedy trial, and the court set …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jonah Samuel Henderson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02298 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 19, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Johnson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Felix concur On October 8, 2019, Henderson had just turned eighteen years old. He and his friend Noah Adamson made plans to smoke …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Demerio Strong v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00824 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 25, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Tavitas concur In 2017, Strong pleaded guilty to Level 3 felony armed robbery and Level 5 felony battery. He was sentenced to twelve years …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Frank Joseph McKeon v. Amanda Lee McKeon ── Case No.: 22A-DC-02751 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 25, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Tavitas concur Husband and Wife were married in May 2007, and had four children during their marriage. Wife filed a petition for dissolution …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joseph Lewis v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00690 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 04, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Weissmann concur Dawn Crittenden parked her car outside her sister’s house on North Capitol Avenue in Indianapolis and went into the house for seven …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── William Simon v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-03030 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 11, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Tavitas concur In early 2022, Bobby Williams and Simon, who was known to Williams as “Cain,” had been acquainted for about two-and-a-half years and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tyreontay Tyrin Jackson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02679 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 23, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Vaidik concur Case Summary On a mid-December afternoon in 2020, Freddie “Duce” Hegwood and Victor “VJ” Griffin sat in a parked car in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Louis Joseph Kalozi v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02797 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 27, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Bailey and Judge Tavitas concur In early April 2010, Kalozi took four minor children—two male, two female— on a trip from …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Cheryl L McIntosh, et al. v. Roberta I McIntosh, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-PL-02522 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 30, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Jennings Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Felix concur At the time of trial, Roberta McIntosh was ninety-two years old. Around 2010, she was diagnosed with …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael A.L. Hall v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00653 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 31, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Switzerland Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Tavitas concur On June 2, 2018, Justin Girdler; his mother, Vivian Moore; his girlfriend, Victoria Hall; and Victoria’s brother, Hall; drove to Dennis …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kasey L. Wireman v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02118 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 21, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Tavitas concur Wireman is the father of C.W. (born in 2005) and S.W. (born in 2007). He lived with the children and their …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brian Daniel Roper v. Ashley Dawn Roper ── Case No.: 23A-DC-00750 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 29, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Tavitas concur Father and Mother were divorced in 2021 when Child was two years old. The trial court found joint legal and physical …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Thaddeus F. Radziwiecki v. Larson-Danielson Construction ── Case No.: 23A-SC-00576 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 29, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey and Judge Tavitas concur Construction of a new Highland Police Station began in September 2014. Larson-Danielson was one of several construction companies hired for …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Chivis J. Cook v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-03023 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 29, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Floyd Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Tavitas concur Around 8:00 p.m. on Friday, September 10, 2021, Cook was purchasing food at Rally’s restaurant, located at the intersection of Vincennes …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Martin Andrade-Gutierrez v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02902 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 04, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Felix concur In late 2021, Andrade-Gutierrez—who was born in Mexico but had been in the United States since at least the early 2000s—was under …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael Paul Greene v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00635 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 07, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Vigo Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Tavitas concur In 2007, Greene was convicted of Class C felony child molesting. Based on this conviction, Greene was required to register as …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Keith Lamont Sanders v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01083 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 11, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Weissmann concur Sanders pleaded guilty to two counts of armed robbery, both Level 3 felonies. He was sentenced to ten years on each …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joshua Whitmore v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00900 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 11, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Weissmann concur Teresa Smilko was the Environmental Service Supervisor for Eskenazi Hospital. One day, just after noon, Smilko left work and walked to her …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brad Hackett, et al. v. Renn J. Crichlow, M.D., et al. ── Case No.: 22A-CT-01594 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 11, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Felix concur Brad Hackett is a fifty-three-year-old union pipe fitter and welder. He is hardworking and prides himself on …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Aaron James Berry v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01317 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 13, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Weissmann concur In 2016, Berry pleaded guilty to Level 4 felony unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon. The trial …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kyrell Dartez Cole v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02571 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 14, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Tavitas concur Case Summary Following a jury trial, Kyrell D. Cole was convicted of murder. 1 The trial court sentenced Cole to sixty …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: Robert Tod Moore v. Cassandra Joy Shepard ── Case No.: 23A-JP-00883 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 20, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Weissmann concur Father and Mother have never been married to each other; Father signed a paternity affidavit at Child’s birth and initiated …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Dale L Franks v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00744 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 20, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Adams Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Weissmann concur Around 12:55 a.m., Berne Police Department Officer Wesley Haight went to Franks’ house after neighbors complained about a fight. Officer Haight …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── DANA L LOVE v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00047 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 20, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Delaware Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Tavitas concur On October 15, 2017, Love visited his neighbor, Kelly Schlusser. 3 During Love’s visit, Schlusser’s five-year-old grandson, B.B., arrived. About twenty …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Malik Gross v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00734 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 27, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Weissmann concur In 2020, Gross pleaded guilty in Cause Number 45G04-1805-F5-45 (“Cause 45”) to Level 5 battery resulting in serious bodily injury. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kenneth A. Arnold v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02982 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 27, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Boone Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Tavitas concur E.L. was born in the summer of 2004. She began taking gymnastics classes when she was six or seven years old. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: I B v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-00901 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 29, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Randolph Category: Juvenile Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Weissmann concur Mother and C.B. (“Father”) are the biological parents of A.B. 1 Within a month of A.B.’s birth, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jimmy A. Shepherd v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00496 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 29, 2023 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Weissmann concur In December 2020, Deputy David Mowery went to Shepherd’s residence to investigate an incident occurring there earlier. Shepherd asked Deputy …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: T M v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-JC-01377 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 09, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Weissmann concur Child was born in August 2016. In 2019, Mother called DCS and reported Father was sexually abusing …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jessica Pilkington v. Caleb Pilkington ── Case No.: 23A-DC-00575 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 11, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Weissmann concur Mother was raised in Utah and moved to Indiana in 2010 for college. Her parents, her grandfather, and her brother and his family …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Curtis B. Atkinson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00587 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 23, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Delaware Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Weissmann concur Jennifer Thomas lived with her parents and her young daughter in Eaton, Indiana. Following a car accident, Thomas was prescribed pain …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of L S ── Case No.: 23A-MH-01616 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 24, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Weissmann concur On March 28, 2022, Franciscan Health, Lafayette, filed an application for the emergency detention of L.S. According to the application, L.S. suffered from a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── David Freed v. Elizabeth Freed ── Case No.: 23A-DC-00129 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 26, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Johnson Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur Case Summary During their marriage, David Freed (“Father”) and Elizabeth Freed (“Mother”) underwent in vitro fertilization (“IVF”) to attempt to have children. They …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of S W ── Case No.: 23A-MH-01818 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 02, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Weissmann concur On April 18, 2023, Community Health Network (“Hospital”) filed an application for the emergency detention of S.W. According to the physician’s report accompanying the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: T H, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-JT-01660 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 06, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Weissmann concur Mother and Father are the biological parents of Child, who was born on May 31, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Justin Nicholas Shinabarger v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01213 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 09, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Weissmann concur James Binnion lives with his girlfriend and six children in Anderson, Indiana. On October 8, 2022, Shinabarger—who lived across the street …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── TUM UK v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00616 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 14, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Weissmann concur Throughout much of the time between 2013 and June 2021, S.P. and her family lived with Uk—a relative of S.P.’s mother. During …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Gustav Thomas Jeramiah Ryburn v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02415 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 16, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Knox Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Tavitas concur In the fall of 2008, B.S. was a twenty-one-year-old radiology student at Vincennes University. On the night of November 21, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: B O, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JC-01388 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 19, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Spencer Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Weissmann concur M.O. was born to Parents in August 2017. The Indiana Department of Child Services (“DCS”) became involved …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kendra Moore v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-MI-01041 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 20, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Weissmann concur On November 4, 2022, Moore filed a verified petition for judicial review of an Indiana Department of Child Services (“DCS”) …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brionna Thomas v. Christopher Thomas ── Case No.: 23A-DC-02081 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 26, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Jackson Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur Father and Mother (collectively, “Parents”) were married in 2011. Together they had four boys, born in 2012, 2016, 2019, and 2020. On September …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jonathan Leroy Jefferies v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01795 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 04, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Huntington Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Weissmann concur In late 2021, Jefferies pleaded guilty to two counts of child molesting as a Class C felony for acts …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: J A, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JC-01994 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 06, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Wabash Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur Mother and D.B. had five children during their seventeen-year relationship: De.B., born in 2007; L.B., born in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Wendi A Fox, et al. v. Benjamin T Ballou ── Case No.: 23A-TR-00543 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 11, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Weissmann concur Leonard L. Fox created the Trust in 2008 and amended and restated the Trust in the fall of 2012. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jashawn Jones v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00431 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 11, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Weissmann concur Jones and Bryonna Brown dated in 2018. After their relationship ended, their daughter, M.B., was born. Initially, Jones and Brown had an …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Matthew R. Baker v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01462 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 13, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Whitley Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Weissmann concur Baker was convicted of an offense that required him to register as a sex or violent offender. On May 16, 2022, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: S W v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-02157 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 15, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur Mother and S.M. (“Father”) 1 are the biological parents of M.M., born on October 11, 2012. During a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Cody Ray Goode v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01106 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 20, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Weissmann concur The road conditions in Indianapolis were poor and icy on December 31, 2020. At approximately 9:00 a.m., Nikolas Blick, an employee …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Guardianship: Heather McClure O'Farrell v. Estate of George Baker Drake ── Case No.: 23A-GU-00669 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 26, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Altice and Judge Weissmann concur Since 2018, George, an incapacitated adult, has been the subject of guardianship. George’s mother, Tricia Drake (“Tricia”), was …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── B H v. Review Board ── Case No.: 23A-EX-02976 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 02, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy Category: Other Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur A large, nationwide retailer (“Employer”) hired B.H. as a Food and Consumables Team Associate in November 2021. At the time Employer discharged B.H., she was making $14 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── J G v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-JV-00179 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 02, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Weissmann concur In 2022, while on probation and a home pass from a private secure residential facility, then sixteen-year-old J.G. was arrested for stealing a truck and fleeing …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Blossum Nicole Kirby v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01583 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 08, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur Kirby is the mother of fraternal twins, N.M. and M.M. When Kirby gave birth to the twins in April 2022, she …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tony Tewayne Gardner v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01321 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 15, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Weissmann concur On November 7, 2022, Gardner became angry with his wife, Shannon, because there was no chocolate cake in the house. Later …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Gregory P. Fields, II v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02431 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 23, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Delaware Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur In October 2020, Fields pleaded guilty to Level 6 felony escape. The trial court sentenced …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Eric M. Roberts v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02472 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 26, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur Elkhart County Police Officer Kyle Macumber was on patrol around 11:00 p.m. on January 1, 2023. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Emad Abed v. Andrea ElSharif, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-CT-01486 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 29, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Weissmann concur Seif died intestate on September 25, 2019, leaving one adult and two minor daughters as his heirs. Seif’s longtime attorney had …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Theodore Edward Rokita v. Barbara Tully ── Case No.: 23A-PL-00705 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 29, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur A. Indiana Office of Inspector General Created in 2005, the OIG is tasked with “addressing fraud, waste, abuse, and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Corey Bullock v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-PC-01906 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 30, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur In 2014, the infant daughter of Bullock’s girlfriend stopped breathing while in Bullock’s care. She was taken to the hospital where tests …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Alan Gull v. Ann Marie Estrada ── Case No.: 23A-MI-00573 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 30, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Weissmann concur After several years of marriage, Gull and Estrada divorced in 2008. They did not, however, go their separate ways. The …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Derrick Finch v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01394 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 15, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Weissmann concur Finch met A.V. when she was five or six years old. Finch and A.V.’s stepfather worked construction jobs together, and Finch spent …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Timothy Marcus Mayberry v. Anonymous Health System, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-CT-01747 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 22, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Weissmann concur While imprisoned at the St. Joseph County Jail (“Jail”) in 2019, Mayberry’s tooth broke. Dr. Dennis L. Carter, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paul Edward Jarosik v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01186 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 24, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Weissmann concur Jarosik and Brown began dating in 2015. Around this time, Brown lived with her best friend, Jessica Lamb. Jarosik visited Brown …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Mitchel Huffman v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02417 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 28, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur On February 5, 2023, Huffman met his girlfriend, Theresa Bradley, and Bradley’s roommate, Kloe Grandstaff, at a bar to celebrate Bradley’s …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Alonzo Weekly v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01504 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 05, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Miami Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Felix concur 1 He raises two issues for our review: (1) Did the trial court admit evidence in violation of Weekly’s rights under Article …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kevin L Martin v. South Bend Police, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-CT-00291 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 10, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur In 2022, Kevin Martin, an inmate at Pendleton Correctional Facility, filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 prisoner complaint …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Everett Jessup Johnson, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02711 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 10, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Howard Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur In 2020, Johnson pleaded guilty to Level 6 felony theft and was sentenced to 910 days with 365 days executed …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Charles R Main v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02382 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 10, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur In 2021, Main pleaded guilty to Level 5 felony conspiracy to commit trafficking with an inmate. Main was sentenced to 730 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Warren Parks v. Travelers Insurance, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-MI-01849 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 10, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Putnam Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur Parks has not provided an adequate Statement of the Facts, offering only a list of documents filed and their filing dates. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: A A, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JC-00923 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 10, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Lawrence Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Weissmann concur Case Summary Eight children in a blended family were adjudicated children in need of services (“CHINS”). O.A., …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: C C v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JC-02928 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 14, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Pulaski Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur Mother and K.M. (“Father”) are the parents of Child, who was born in July 2022. Mother and Father are …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christopher M. Holt v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02627 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 24, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur In September 2020, Greendale Police Department Officer Austin Boggs was working undercover with a confidential informant (“CI”) to investigate illegal drug …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: A H v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-JC-02399 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 24, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Shelby Category: Juvenile Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur Mother is the parent of I.E., born October 18, 2013, and A.E., born October 25, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Gilbert Catano, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02358 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 24, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur In 2020, M.S. and her brother lived with Catano, Catano’s wife, and Catano’s four children based on a placement through …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tremaine D Wyatt v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02530 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 25, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur In July 2020, Wyatt and his brother Sir Thomas Billingsley were inside their grandmother’s home when someone began shooting at the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ryan S. Crum v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01498 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 25, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Washington Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey and Judge Vaidik concur On a hot summer day in July 2021, Crum’s neighbor called 9-1-1 to report the “smell of rotting flesh” …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jamarion R R Thomas v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01087 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 27, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur Twenty-year-old Thomas lived with his mother, Tilonda, in her first-floor apartment in Building 5B of the Eden Green Apartments in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Eric Papp Rusby v. Jenise Marie Prieto-Rusby ── Case No.: 23A-DN-01341 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 01, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Washington Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur Eric and Jenise married on August 5, 1991. Jenise petitioned to dissolve their marriage in September 2020. Eric and Jenise do …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── John Corey Morgan v. Erie Shaffer ── Case No.: 23A-SC-01283 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 03, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur John Corey Morgan sued Erie Shaffer in small claims court for damages caused when Shaffer was in a single-car accident while driving Morgan’s truck. Morgan appeals …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jason M. Smith v. Carrie A. Smith ── Case No.: 23A-DC-02517 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 05, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Brown Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Felix concur Case Summary Jason M. Smith (“Father”) appeals the trial court’s order dissolving his marriage to Carrie A. Smith (“Mother”). He contends …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Floyd B Sells v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-PC-01943 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 19, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: DeKalb Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur In 2017, Sells was convicted of Class A felony rape, Class A felony deviate conduct, and Class B felony child molesting. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Mark Baker v. Adam Pickering, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-MI-01475 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 19, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur Case Summary Mark Baker appeals after the trial court entered final judgment confirming an arbitration award in his case against Adam …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── D B, et al. v. D Z, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-AD-00027 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 25, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Felix concur N.B. (“Mother”) and D.Z. (“Father”) (collectively, “Parents”) are the natural parents of J.Z.—born on November 20, 2013—and B.Z.—born on …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ronald M. Diorka v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02489 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 29, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Pulaski Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur In August 2022, Officer Cody Foust from the Medaryville Police Department received an anonymous call about drug activity involving a truck …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Matthew D. Coonce v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01920 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 29, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur In the evening of December 4, 2022, Officer Chris Waddell of the Nappanee Police Department observed Coonce drive a white Chevy …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Trent D Kreegar v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00892 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 29, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Delaware Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur Kreegar lived with his grandfather, Robert Huffman. Kreegar was in his latetwenties and weighed around 120 pounds. Huffman was sixty-seven and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: M M v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-00226 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 31, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Felix concur Father and D.L. (“Mother”) 1 are the biological parents of Children. The Indiana Department of Child Services (“DCS”) first became involved with the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Anne Mary Nelson v. Housing Authority of South Bend ── Case No.: 23A-EV-01835 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 31, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: St. Joseph Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur Nelson became a tenant of HASB in 2003. In April 2017, she entered into a lease agreement with HASB to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jason Edward Overton v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02567 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 12, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Posey Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur Officer Levi Hoehn of the Mt. Vernon Police Department was on midnight shift patrol in the early hours of January 20, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael Kotmel v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02750 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 13, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Warrick Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur Kotmel and JoAnne were married in 1994, had three children together—a daughter and twin sons—and divorced in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kevin Koy v. Armstrong Family Trust, et. al., et al. ── Case No.: 23A-PL-02297 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 15, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur Koy and Fletcher 333 each owned a fifty-percent interest in Armstrong, an Indiana limited liability company. Armstrong owned …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Larry D Blanton, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-PL-02482 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 19, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Henry Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur Blanton was convicted in February 2006 of four counts of child molesting and sentenced to 105 years. On direct appeal, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael Drogosz v. Ms. Ball, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-SC-01416 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 21, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge May concur Drogosz is incarcerated in the Indiana State Prison. In September 2021, he filed a small claims complaint in the LaPorte Superior …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Donald L. Nevil v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00228 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 26, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Whitley Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Felix concur On October 30, 2019, a CI told Detective Robert Stephenson of the Columbia City Police Department she could buy “a little …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── William G Shannon v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02744 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 29, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur On March 16, 2023, Crystal Jenkins was living in a house on Delaware Street in Anderson with her then-boyfriend, Shannon. That …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Korrine Knight v. Alan Sessanna ── Case No.: 24A-DC-00398 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 13, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Johnson Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Felix concur Mother and Father are the parents of six children: Au. (born 2006), Av. (born 2008), Ka. (born 2009), Ar. (born 2010), and twins …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Dakota Ford v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00012 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 16, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge Riley concur In June 2023, Ford and his wife, Mikayla Knorr, had a “temporary arrangement” whereby they lived in a home owned by their …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Edward D. Kinnett v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02988 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 16, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Switzerland Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge Riley concur On September 15, 2021, Kinnett led a dangerous, high-speed police chase through Switzerland and Jefferson Counties. While fleeing, he threw a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kyle Kipley Earley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02185 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 16, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge Riley concur In 2022, Earley lived with his father, John, and John’s brother, Denis. John had Parkinson’s disease and Denis helped care for …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kelly L Gillespie v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-PC-02494 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 20, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Orange Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur Gillespie had a home in Mitchell, Indiana, and was involved in a romantic relationship with Karen Cornwell. Gillespie answered …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Alsham Montue Laster v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02699 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 24, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur Case Summary Following a jury trial, Alsham M. Laster was convicted for the murder of his girlfriend, Latisha Burnett.1 Laster now …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Arthur Moore v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02189 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 01, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur 1 Moore contends Indiana Code Section 35-47-21.5(b)(6) (“Subsection (b)(6)”)—which prohibits a “person under indictment” from knowingly or intentionally carrying a handgun—violates his …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Emily Yocum v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00475 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 07, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Felix concur Lauri Lingelbach was walking into Trader Joe’s from the parking lot when she first encountered Yocum. Lingelbach conversed briefly with Yocum. After …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Keith M Minkosky v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-03012 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 08, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Dismissed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur In 2021, the State charged Minkosky with Level 5 felony domestic battery resulting in serious bodily injury; Level 6 felony domestic …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Hoagland Family Limited Partnership, et al. v. Town of Clear Lake, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-PL-02808 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 08, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Steuben Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Felix concur Since 2010, Hoagland and the Town have been embroiled in litigation in the Steuben Circuit …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Indiana Home Pro LLC v. Joan Miller ── Case No.: 23A-SC-02885 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 09, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Harrison Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur In May 2021, Miller contacted Jason Lawyer—the owner of IHP—to request an estimate for renovations to her home in Corydon, Indiana. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: Carmen Lewis v. Mark Hileman ── Case No.: 24A-JP-00587 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 22, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Felix concur Mother and Father (collectively, “Parents”) are the biological parents of Child, born in March 2014. Father is a firefighter who receives two …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── David Allan Carter v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00345 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 23, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Felix concur In 2003, Carter pleaded guilty to eight counts of Class A felony child molesting. As a result, Carter received an aggregate …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Dominic Marshon Jones v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-03000 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 29, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur In March 2023, A.R. was in an “off-and-on” relationship with Jones. Tr. Vol. 2 at 224. On the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Neil R Klunder, et al. v. The Bank of New York Mellon f/k/a The Bank of New York as Indenture trustee for, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-MF-02585 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 29, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Porter Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge DeBoer concur In 2006, the Klunders …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Derek Meeker v. Leslee Moss Walker ── Case No.: 24A-DC-00770 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 31, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge DeBoer concur Father and Mother (collectively, “Parents”) were married in 2003 and had three sons: A. (born 2004), S. (born 2007), and X. (born …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Yari Pacheco Santiago v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00154 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 13, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge DeBoer concur A.P. was born in October 2009. She lived with her parents, older sister M.P., and three other siblings in a three-bedroom …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Robert S Kumli v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00106 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 14, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge DeBoer concur In 2018, Kumli pleaded guilty to Level 4 felony dealing in a narcotic drug and was sentenced to twelve years with …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Rodney Spells v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00412 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 18, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Felix and Judge DeBoer concur Around 9:30 p.m. on July 7, 2023, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (“IMPD”) Officers Kyle Maldonado, Cody Hopkins, and Jacob …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ian J. Marietta v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00387 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 25, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge DeBoer concur In fall 2022, then sixteen-year-old Marietta raped his fourteen-year-old halfsister, H.D, by pulling down her pants and underwear and “penetrat[ing] her …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Forest Wayne Wood LLC, et al. v. Leslie A. Friedel, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-PL-00334 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 25, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: DeKalb Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Felix and Judge Crone concur Forest Wayne Wood is an Indiana Limited Liability Company owned by Dennis Fahlsing and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: E A v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-JC-01230 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 03, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Brown concur Father and Mother (collectively, “Parents”) have several children together, including Child, born in October 2023. In December, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Richard Andrew Hoke v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01123 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 03, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Vigo Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Brown concur While responding to an unrelated custody dispute in Terre Haute, a police officer observed a minivan traveling at an “extremely high …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Dean Trennepohl, et al. v. Bazinga Farms, LLC ── Case No.: 24A-PL-01011 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 03, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Carroll Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge Mathias and Judge Brown concur Hanlin and his wife are co-owners of Bazinga Farms, LLC; each own a fifty percent share in the company. Bazinga …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Cory Edward Horton v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00928 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 05, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge DeBoer concur In 2022, Horton pleaded guilty to Level 6 felony theft of property having a value of at least $750 and less …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paul Hernandez-Ruiz, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00822 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 20, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Noble Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge DeBoer concur In October 2022, Hernandez-Ruiz pleaded guilty to Level 6 felony domestic battery committed in the presence of a minor (“Cause 298”). …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Nakeyah Shields v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01653 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 20, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur Case Summary In May 2020, George Floyd died while in Minneapolis police custody. In the following days, there were protests and demonstrations …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Marcus Jayon Anderson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01645 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 20, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur The Crimes 6 Anderson, Jones, and Shields were with Dorian Murrell and another man 7 downtown the night of May 30. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Alijah Jones v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01644 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 20, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur Case Summary Widespread news reporting and social media coverage of George Floyd’s death while in Minneapolis police custody in May 2020 led …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Curtis Colvin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01118 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 27, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Hancock Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Felix concur Did the trial court err in failing to discharge Colvin under Indiana Criminal Rule 4(B)? 2. Did the State present sufficient evidence …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: L C, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-01515 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 10, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marshall Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Brown concur Mother and Father (collectively, “Parents”) have had seven children together. Their parental rights to their firstborn were …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Herbert M. Mann, et al. v. Marion County Clerk, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-PL-00704 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 10, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge DeBoer concur “A civil action is commenced by filing with the court a complaint or such equivalent pleading or …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Gina M. Black v. Kaytlin N. Shaffer, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-CT-02901 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 22, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur On the afternoon of July 15, 2020, Black’s and Shaffer’s vehicles collided after Shaffer allegedly turned in front of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James David Padgett v. Lisa Jean Marguerite Rains-Padgett ── Case No.: 24A-DN-00479 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 04, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Felix and Judge DeBoer concur In March 2023, Wife petitioned to dissolve her marriage to Husband. During a final hearing on Wife’s petition, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Nickloy Albright & Gordon, LLP v. Indy E Cigs, LLC ── Case No.: 24A-PL-00040 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 06, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Felix and Judge DeBoer concur In 2018, Scott Bender was seriously injured when an e-cigarette he placed in his pants pocket either exploded …
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
── Adriana Hernandez-Jarquin v. Rigoberto Nievez-Salazar ── Case No.: 23A-MI-02993 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 07, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Cass Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge DeBoer concur Adriana and Rigoberto met in Mexico and began cohabiting there in 2003. In 2004, they moved to the United States and resided together …
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
── Charles E Stoudimire v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00622 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 18, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge DeBoer concur Stoudimire’s daughter, Charday Gary, has six children. Two of those children are involved in this case: daughters Jam.B. and Jal.B. Gary, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Anthony Wayne Stout v. Christine Rene Stout ── Case No.: 24A-DN-00711 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 20, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Montgomery Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge DeBoer concur Wife and Husband were members of Stout Heating and Cooling, LLC (the “LLC”), an Indiana limited liability company. Each had an …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Caleb L. Brown v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00050 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 24, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Brown concur In late October 2022, Officer James Sosinski 2 traveled to 410 Lincolnway, Apartment 1 in LaPorte County to deliver an Order …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joseph Dickerson v. Genya O Toney ── Case No.: 24A-RS-01492 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 03, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Brown concur Mother gave birth to Child in 2004. In late 2013, Mother and Child were living in Pennsylvania. Mother went to the domestic …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Moses Franklin Hardin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01196 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 03, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Mathias and Judge Brown concur On Friday, December 8, 2023, Hardin called the Evansville mayor’s office because his car had been …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Andrew L. Ellis v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00743 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 06, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Randolph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Brown concur Rhonda Aslinger owns a home at 946 East Short Street in Winchester (the “Aslinger house”). In February 2023, Rhonda was in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Daniel E. Baker v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01311 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 13, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Mathias and Judge Brown concur Baker and his estranged wife Michelle share three daughters. One evening in April 2023, Michelle left the girls in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Norvell D Dunem v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01423 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 14, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bradford concur Case Summary During a one-thing-led-to-another traffic stop of a Greyhound bus, police recovered 127 grams of cocaine from a black duffle …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── D H v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-JV-02122 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 20, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Gibson Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Brown concur In May 2024, police recovered a loaded, unregistered handgun from then seventeen-year-old D.H.’s waistband. The State alleged D.H. was delinquent for committing …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── L F v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-JV-01765 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 20, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Wells Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Brown concur In January 2024, then fifteen-year-old L.F. led police on a high-speed pursuit in response to law enforcement’s attempt to conduct a traffic …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michelle Lavonne Walker v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00737 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 20, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Brown concur Evansville Police were dispatched to a gas station where a caller had reported “a female passed out in the women’s restroom …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: R S v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-01188 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 21, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Crawford Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur Father and Ca.S. (“Mother”) 1 (collectively, “Parents”), are the biological parents of two children: son M.S. (born in June …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Zachary T. Harper v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01052 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 31, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Wells Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Brown concur Z.P. is Harper’s biological son born in December 2015. Z.P. often spent time at Faith Harrison’s house in Bluffton with Harrison’s …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Indiana Department of Child Services v. MM, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-MI-00955 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 02, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Putnam Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Mathias and Judge Brown concur At all relevant times, Parents had three children: twins L.M. and M.L.M. (born in July 2013) and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Angela S McCubbins v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02085 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 03, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Decatur Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Vacated in Part, Remanded Judge Mathias and Judge Brown concur In June 2022, McCubbins pleaded guilty to conspiracy to deal in methamphetamine and was sentenced …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Rebecca J. Wininger v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01421 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 03, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Knox Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Brown concur In June 2020, Wininger became upset with her daughter-in-law (“Victim”) about chores and hit Victim on the head with a baseball …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James J. Harroll v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01327 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 04, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Knox Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias concurs. Judge Brown dissents J.H. is the daughter of Heath and Jessica. Heath and Harroll are brothers; their mother, Annett, lives in a two-bedroom home …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Dalton Preston v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02005 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 07, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Decatur Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Brown concur On September 20, 2022, Ronald and Marita McCulley were at home with the front door open but their glass storm door shut. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Andre Johnson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01488 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 10, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Brown concur In February 2023, Johnson lived with his fiancée, Deayra Whitworth, in Indianapolis. The Marion County Probation Department and Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: M J v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-JC-01676 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 21, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur Mother has four sons, Jo., Jos., J.J., and Jer.J. 1 Jer.J. was born four weeks early on …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Mary Ellen Spurlock v. The Estate of Kenneth Spurlock ── Case No.: 24A-DN-01879 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 22, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur Kenneth was diagnosed with dementia in 2017. In May 2018, Kenneth’s thenwife, Pamela, sought to be appointed guardian over …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Richard Allen White v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01752 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 22, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Brown concur In 2021, White pleaded guilty to Level 5 felony domestic battery resulting in bodily injury to a pregnant woman and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Deondre Dayshun Todd v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01970 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 25, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Brown concur In 2021, Todd pleaded guilty to Level 5 felony robbery, and the trial court sentenced him to three years in the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Leon D. Rushin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01623 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 25, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Fountain Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur On the evening of March 3, 2023, Officer Brennan Fesler of the Attica Police Department drove past a black sedan traveling …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Steven M Stanley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01176 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 25, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Brown concur Stanley was born March 19, 1990. He and Rebecca Manual are the biological parents of A.H., born in 2013, and two …
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
── Cause 4Paws Gary v. Katanya Cannon ── Case No.: 24A-SC-01045 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 01, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Brown concur Michelle Robinson works for Clean Paws Mobile Grooming Salon and is the founder and CEO of Cause 4Paws, a nonprofit organization offering …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Orlando Rodgers v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01417 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 02, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Brown concur Around 3:00 in the afternoon of May 8, 2019, Officer Dirk Fentz pulled over Rodgers for committing two traffic violations—following too close …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Mary Denise Walters v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00801 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 06, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Brown concur Walters married Robert Walters in August 2001. Their relationship grew strained, and in June 2021, Walters sought and was granted …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: T R v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JC-03017 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 13, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Scott Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur Father and E.W. (“Mother”) are the biological parents of W.R. (born in October 2019) and H.R. (born in August …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: J M v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-JT-02047 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 13, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur Mother and J.C. (“Father”) (collectively, “Parents”) are the parents of C.M. (born in October 2015) and Z.C. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Midwest Psychological Center, Inc. v. Atterbury Job Corps, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-CT-01808 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 15, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Brown concur MTC is a for-profit organization that provides “training and education for disadvantaged populations” and operates United States Job …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ricardo Minney v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-PC-01553 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 15, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Brown concur A. Crimes, trial, and direct appeal In 2010 or 2011, Minney began a romantic relationship with J.P.’s mother, J.H. The couple moved …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: R J v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-02865 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 29, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur Child was born in August 2021 to Father and L.W. (“Mother”). 1 For about a year after Child’s birth, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kelly B Medlin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02426 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 02, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Hancock Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur Shortly after ten o’clock on the evening of May 19, 2024, Officer Blake Crull of the Greenfield Police Department stopped a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Darrell Rashawn Rhyme v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-03010 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 06, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Decatur Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur On the night of March 3, 2023, Officer Kaitlin Jackowicz observed a red car pull out of a gas station in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Cassidy Levi Barr v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00696 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 16, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur In November 2022, the split-level house at 40 Harding Court in Lafayette, Indiana was subdivided into two apartments. The front door …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── J O v. K H ── Case No.: 24A-PO-02405 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 23, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur K.H. is a behavioral health professional who works with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. During the underlying incidents, K.H. held a leadership …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Velma Rand v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00893 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 23, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur Willie Scott met Rand in 2010. They dated for the next ten years and lived together for some of that time. At …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jai Harris v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02571 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 02, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Putnam Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur In 2022, Putnamville Correctional Facility officers escorted Harris to the decontamination showers after he was exposed to pepper spray. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Zackary Hunter Oberle v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02375 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 08, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur Oberle was a friend of K.S.’s brother. K.S. considered Oberle “pretty much family” and like a “brother” because their families had …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── H R v. Review Board ── Case No.: 25A-EX-00240 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 09, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy Category: Other Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Scheele concur H.R. began working for Employer in 2015. She was discharged effective September 27, 2024, for being intoxicated while on duty. H.R.’s application for unemployment benefits was denied. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Andrew Nathan Wilhoite v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01559 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 09, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Boone Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur Andrew and Elizabeth “Nikki” Wilhoite met through mutual friends during Wilhoite’s first divorce and married in 2009 after Nikki became pregnant …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jerome Sullivan v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02750 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 16, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur Sullivan and Jonathan Mead met in 2019. They had a “dating relationship” that was sometimes “intimate.” Tr. Vol. 2 at 41, 54. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── N J v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-JV-02724 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 16, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Randolph Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur On June 22, 2024, police were dispatched to then sixteen-year-old N.J.’s home where he lived with his adoptive mother. N.J.’s mother had …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── David Michael Hodges v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00571 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 16, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur In June 2023, Evansville Police Department (“EPD”) patrol officers Cage Street and DC Christian responded to a 9-1-1 call about a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Mark A. Conley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02407 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 23, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Pulaski Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur On June 23, 2024, 9-1-1 received a call about a man lying unconscious outside of a trailer home in Pulaski County. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── C G v. D T ── Case No.: 24A-PO-02409 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 25, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur C.G. and D.T. began dating in 2015. The couple broke up in 2022, although they maintained a non-romantic relationship for some time. At …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Matthew B. Eversole v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02666 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 29, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Wayne Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Scheele concur On May 23, 2024, law enforcement officers and medical personnel were dispatched to Eversole’s home after his mother called 9-1-1 to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Steven Lamont Smith, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02360 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 04, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur On February 11, 2024, Smith broke a window, chain lock, and door frame at his ex-girlfriend’s residence and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Torri Nichols v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00040 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 05, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Boone Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Scheele concur Around 5:00 a.m. on July 30, 2022, Thorntown Police Department Deputy Derek Babcock was driving home from an off-duty assignment in Marion …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kimberly A White v. Town of Plainfield ── Case No.: 24A-PL-01690 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 05, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur Case Summary This appeal stems from a dispute between Kimberly White and the Town of Plainfield (“Plainfield”) over White’s use of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Travis Montgomery v. Jennifer Montgomery ── Case No.: 24A-DC-02895 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 22, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Scheele concur Case Summary During the marriage of Travis Montgomery (“Father”) and Jennifer Montgomery (“Mother”), they welcomed two children. When they divorced in 2023, they …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Troy M. C. Robinson, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00589 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 25, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Wabash Category: Criminal Decision: Dismissed Judge Foley and Judge Scheele concur Robinson pleaded guilty in Wabash County to Level 6 felony counterfeiting in case number 85C01-1910-F6-1494 (“Case 1494”) and in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Sean Demarco Dixon v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02105 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 12, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur On July 5, 2021, Lakesha Holston, her husband, and their four children were in a vehicle driving on Pendleton Pike in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Northern Indiana Public Service Co. v. ACE American Insurance Co., et al. ── Case No.: 24A-PL-00512 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 12, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Mathias and Judge Brown concur Case Summary Northern Indiana Public Service Company, LLC (“NIPSCO”) sued for declaratory relief …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Hatem Aziz v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02981 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 15, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Scheele concur In January 2022, forty-one-year-old Aziz was the executive chef at an Indianapolis restaurant where twenty-year-old M.S. was the hostess. On January 7, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Darion L. Byrd v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02711 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 15, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur On July 27, 2020, Byrd was waiting in his car outside a Meijer store in Elkhart while two family members shopped …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: J N v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-00241 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 17, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Scheele concur Father and H.N. (“Mother”) (collectively, “Parents”) were married when each of their four children—J.N. (born in July 2018); M.N. (born in July 2019); …
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
── Lake County Sheriff v. Michael Anthony Jordan ── Case No.: 24A-CT-02792 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 30, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Foley and Judge Scheele concur In May 2008, the State charged Antonio Yanders with murder, attempted murder, and battery. A warrant for Yanders’ arrest …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: M W v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JC-00468 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 08, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Scheele concur J.S. was born in September 2011 and I.S. was born in October 2012 to Mother and Jo.S. (“Father”). 2 In the fall of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Steven Lee Cowart v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-03120 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 09, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Remanded Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur In the early morning of October 1, 2022, Garrett Anderson took an Uber from his home to visit a friend in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── David Anthony Schonabaum v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02604 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 09, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur Schonabaum lived in a two-bedroom home with his wife Angel; their son, sixmonth-old T.S.; Angel’s two other children from a prior …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Emily Winchester v. Zackery Winchester ── Case No.: 25A-DC-01199 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 14, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Foley and Judge Scheele concur Case Summary Emily Winchester (“Mother”) and Zackery Winchester (“Father”) are the parents of two minor children (“Children”). Father is a member …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Club Newtone, Inc., et al. v. Jarissa Gillaspy ── Case No.: 24A-CT-01239 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 20, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur In 2018, Vaughn was the owner, president, and CEO of Newtone, a physical fitness gym in Lafayette. Vaughn also owned …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tom Ross v. Brian English ── Case No.: 24A-MI-00658 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 23, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Miami Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur Ross was convicted of murder in 1995. For that conviction, he was sentenced to sixty years. In August 2022, while still on parole, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Aaron Isby-Israel v. Catherine Borkowski, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-TR-01755 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 27, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Miami Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge DeBoer concur Isby-Israel has been incarcerated in an Indiana Department of Correction (“DOC”) facility since 1989. In 2019, the U.S. District Court for …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jennifer Dougherty, et al. v. Indiana Department of Transportation ── Case No.: 24A-CT-02882 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 28, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Scheele concur On March 7, 2020, NCCS employee Davis was driving on State Road 46 in Bartholomew County when she crossed …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tony Thompson v. Cedar Lake ULock LLC, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-PL-02658 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 28, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Scheele concur On May 31, 2024, Cedar Lake ULock LLC (“Cedar Lake”) filed a complaint alleging Thompson and a limited liability …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Arron D. McCutcheon v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-03173 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 30, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Dubois Category: Criminal Decision: Dismissed Judge Foley concurs. Judge Scheele dissents In October and November 2023, the State charged McCutcheon with seven offenses under two separate cause numbers. In a combined plea …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Altus Realty Group, LLC v. Antoine Johnson ── Case No.: 25A-PL-00509 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 31, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Foley and Judge Scheele concur Facts and Procedural History 1 Altus sued Premier Region Real Estate, LLC (“Premier”), Clarence Webb, and Johnson alleging breach …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Heather N Beltran v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02999 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 31, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Noble Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Scheele concur Lieutenant Nathaniel Stahl of the Kendallville Police Department was on patrol on the morning of December 25, 2023, when he came …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jonathan Randall v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00158 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 10, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Clay Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Scheele concur 1 Randall raises two issues for review: (1) Did the trial court abuse its discretion in its identification of aggravators and mitigators?; …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jason Stanke v. Nichole Schmitt ── Case No.: 25A-DC-00555 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 13, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey and Judge Tavitas concur Father and Mother’s marriage was dissolved in 2013. They share joint legal and physical custody of their two teenaged children …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Marco Lamar Webster v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-PC-02462 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 17, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Scheele concur In October 1994, Webster was charged with possession of a controlled substance and carrying a handgun without a license under 49G06-9410-CF131214 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jimmy Lee Nave, Jr. v. Donald Emerson ── Case No.: 25A-MI-00506 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 19, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge Foley and Judge Scheele concur In July 2013, Nave was convicted of kidnapping. He was sentenced to thirtyeight years in custody of the Indiana Department of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brian Montez Williams v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00514 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 19, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Clark Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Scheele concur On July 27, 2021, in an apparently random attack, Williams murdered a retired grandmother, Melody Gambetty, in her home by inflicting …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── George Atkinson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00446 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 21, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Scheele concur Atkinson and his wife, Natalie, were married in 2012 and are the parents of three children. According to Natalie, Atkinson would drink …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James Anderson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00776 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 25, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Scheele concur contained in an underlying probable cause affidavit? Because it is unclear if the trial court took judicial notice of the facts within …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Pastor Mario Lamont Sims v. Richard Bryant, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-CT-00926 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 26, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Scheele concur In 1994, Sims was convicted of burglary, rape, and criminal deviate conduct in St. Joseph County. In the years …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── K D v. D D ── Case No.: 25A-PO-00826 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 04, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Franklin Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Foley and Judge Scheele concur Child was born in September 2018 to Mother and J.D. (“Father”). In 2019, Mother and Father reached an agreement on paternity, custody, parenting …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ricky D. Marcum v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00250 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 08, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Henry Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Scheele concur In April 2024, the trial court accepted Marcum’s guilty plea to one count of Level 5 felony possession of methamphetamine. Per …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kamal Nour v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00338 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 10, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Johnson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Scheele concur Nour and B.C. began a relationship in 2009, and the two were later married under “Islamic law.” Tr. Vol. 2 at 34–35. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Daniel J Mathis v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00540 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 12, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Scheele concur On August 8, 2023, thirty-five-year-old Mathis used a cell phone camera to peep into a Hollister clothing store dressing room while …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jean Fagnide v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00511 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 12, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Scheele concur In the afternoon of July 24, 2024, Fagnide was standing on a bus station platform in the 3800 block of Shelby Street …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Katheryn Elaine Maxwell v. Kelly Maxwell ── Case No.: 25A-DC-01066 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 16, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey concurs. Judge Tavitas dissents Father and Mother married in 2015. The couple initially lived in Michigan. Ke.M. was born in Michigan in April 2015. At some …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Mark Wayne Doucette v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-03087 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 17, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Scheele concur Victim and her sister began living with their aunt and her husband, Doucette, when Victim was around three years old. As …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Laporsha Cooper v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01523 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 22, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Tavitas concur On June 20, 2023, Cooper was driving her car while intoxicated with her two minor children in the back seat. Her car …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: C B v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-01440 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 22, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Cass Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Tavitas concur Child was born in March 2018 to Mother and D.D. (“Father”). 1 Mother and Father were not married, and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jeff Allan Large v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01266 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 22, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Tavitas concur In 2022, John Frey was temporarily living at his girlfriend Nancy’s house. Nancy had hired Large to do electrical repairs at …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Rebecca Molter v. Timothy Molter ── Case No.: 25A-DC-01146 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 22, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Tavitas concur The parties were married in 1992 and had three children. In August 2023, Mother petitioned to dissolve the marriage. Only one of the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Justin Monroe v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01868 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Noble Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Tavitas concur In October 2024, Monroe pleaded guilty to Level 6 felony nonsupport of a dependent child. 1 Per the plea agreement, the trial …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Daniel A. Marshall v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01686 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Tavitas concur Marshall and his passenger were involved in a one-car accident on August 3, 2024, in Dearborn County. Responding officers saw methamphetamine …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Iesha Bryant v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00041 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Tavitas concur Bryant and Tanayrie Perez-Dingui met sometime in 2021 while working together at Walmart. At the time, Perez-Dingui had a one-year-old daughter, E.D., …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jerrod Rakeem Sanders v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01382 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 21, 2026 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Bailey concur Sanders and Keneisha Rose were in a dating relationship. But by the late summer or early fall of 2022, they …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Edgar Morales Chavez v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00897 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 23, 2026 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Bailey concur On June 5, 2024, Morales Chavez’ romantic partner reported to police that he had battered, intimidated, and held her against her …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Courtney Lamar Parker v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-PC-00342 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 27, 2026 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Scheele concur In 2010, Parker and Patricia Torres began dating and subsequently had a child together. Parker and Patricia separated, and in April …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Anthony Cobb v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02085 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 26, 2023 Author: Judge Peter Foley County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge May concur On September 13, 2021, the State brought several charges against Cobb. As amended, the information alleged that Cobb committed Class C misdemeanor …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── D S v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-JV-02302 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 04, 2024 Author: Judge Peter Foley County of Origin: Kosciusko Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Brown concur D.M.S. was born on November 12, 2008. D.M.S. lived with his mother along with his younger half-sister (“sister”), his mother’s boyfriend, and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Terrence Brodnik v. Cottage Rents LLC ── Case No.: 20A-SC-02036 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 22, 2021 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Mathias and Judge Altice concur Terrence Brodnik canceled his Florida vacation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He prepaid for lodging through Cottage Rents, a vacation …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: K R v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JC-01095 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 23, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Fulton Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur Mother’s three children are 11-year-old A.J., 7-year-old J.R., and 3-year-old E.B. (collectively, Children). Each child has a different father. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brandon Kaiser v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02705 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 26, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur Kaiser and his nephew, Alfredo Vasquez (Nephew), were drinking alcohol at a downtown Indianapolis bar when they …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: T T v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JC-01827 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 06, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur In April 2024, DCS removed Children from the care of Mother and Mother’s husband, M.T. (Stepfather), after substantiating a report that Children were …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Charles W. Curry, II v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01844 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 24, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur Curry pleaded guilty in the Lake Superior Court to Level 5 felony auto theft in July 2022 and was sentenced …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: C R v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 11A01-1705-JT-00958 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 08, 2017 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Baker and Judge Altice concur Mother and G.M. (“Father”)1 had three children when the DCS initiated an investigation into allegations that the medical needs of Cn.M. and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: N N, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 18A-JT-00809 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 17, 2018 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur Mother and Father were married and had four children together: J.N. (born 7/25/07), N.N. (born 1/26/09), Ai.N. (born 11/27/11), and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jarvis Nelson Peele v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-PC-00965 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 12, 2021 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Clark Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Robb concur In 2017, the State charged Peele with several criminal offenses and later alleged that Peele had the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: J G v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JT-00713 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 08, 2021 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur Father1 and A.H. (“Mother”)2 are the parents of Child, who was born on July 7, 2012. At the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: A K v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JT-00867 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 28, 2021 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur On July 19, 2019, Children were removed from Mother’s care when she was arrested and charged with Possession of Methamphetamine. 1 On …
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
── Angela Cunningham-Goble v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01101 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 02, 2022 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Henry Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Vaidik concur On March 12, 2021, the State charged Cunningham-Goble with driving while suspended, a Class A misdemeanor,1 under Cause Number 33C03-2103-CM165 (“Cause …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Juan Gomez v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00937 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 05, 2022 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Vaidik concur M.G.P. obtained an ex parte protective order against Gomez on June 24, 2021. Deputy Johnson of the Marion County Sheriff’s Office …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Matthew D Englehardt v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01760 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 06, 2023 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Wells Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed Judge Crone concurs. Judge Kenworthy dissents Englehardt was previously married to Danielle Dues. During the marriage, on April 20, 2005, M.V.13 was born. Following the dissolution …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── M W v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-JV-00888 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 30, 2023 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Felix concur On June 23, 2022, M.W. left home without her parents’ permission. Then, on June 27 and July 14, M.W. used her parents’ credit card information …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── J B v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-JV-02940 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 27, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur On August 17, 2023, J.K.B. was adjudicated a delinquent for unlawfully carrying a handgun. At that time, J.K.B. had prior referrals for truancy and informal …
Court Opinion
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: C W v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-02478 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 05, 2025 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Weissmann concur Mother is the biological mother of eight children. Her oldest child, A.P., is twenty-one years old, and she and another sibling of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Archie L Whitest, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00854 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 16, 2025 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Kenworthy concur In March 2024, Whitest and Donald Warren were each living at an Economy Inn hotel. At 11:20 a.m. on …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Cave Quarries Inc. v. Warex, LLC ── Case No.: 24S-CT-00039 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: August 29, 2024 Author: Justice Derek Molter County of Origin: Orange Category: Civil Decision: Remanded and Affirmed I. Factual Background Cave Quarries owns and operates two limestone quarries in Indiana. At its Paoli quarry, it also used to own and operate an asphalt plant …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── In the Matter of the Certified Question: Jeffrey Cutchin as Personal Representative of the Estates of Claudine Cutchin and Adelaide Cutchin v. Amy L. Beard, Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Insurance, Administrator of the Indiana Patient's Compensation Fund ── Case No.: 21S-CQ-00048 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: June 30, 2021 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter Category: Other Decision: Certified …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of A A ── Case No.: 49S02-1711-MH-00688 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: May 17, 2018 Author: Justice Loretta Rush Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded In August 2016, thirty-six-year-old A.A. lived with his mother, who grew concerned with his behavior and filed an application for emergency detention. The application stated that A.A. suffered from a psychiatric disorder and …
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 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: A H, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-02321 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 18, 2026 Author: Judge Mary DeBoer County of Origin: Lawrence Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Altice concur Between December 9 and December 11, 2023, Mother called law enforcement to Parents’ home four different times …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Timothy Rueth, et al. v. Michael Schrage, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-PL-00956 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 11, 2026 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Kenworthy concur The origins of this case go back to 2009, when the Bank filed a commercial foreclosure action (the “Commercial …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Justin M Credico v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-PC-01924 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 2, 2026 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Tavitas concur On May 6, 2024, the State charged Credico with Level 5 felony intimidation and Class B misdemeanor disorderly conduct. The trial …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kan Shao v. Yan Li ── Case No.: 25A-DC-01554 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 2, 2026 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Monroe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Tavitas concur Father and Mother married in their native China in 2007. They both attended universities in the United States, where the two settled permanently. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Gerald P. VanPatten v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-PC-00581 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 6, 2026 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Bailey concur The facts of this case were set forth by the Supreme Court in VanPatten’s direct appeal: Gerald VanPatten is the biological …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Denitra Jones v. Full Spectrum Property Management, ── Case No.: 25A-EV-00532 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 10, 2026 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Madison Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Tavitas and Judge Bailey concur On November 14, 2024, Landlord filed a claim of possession against Jones and her son, Ar’monte King, for the home they …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: T U v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-01939 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 13, 2026 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Bailey concur Since Child was born in April 2017, he has been adjudicated a child in need of services (“CHINS”) three times. The Indiana Department …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Aaron Hope v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01095 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 17, 2026 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey concurs. Judge Tavitas concurs in result Hope and his girlfriend, J.B., had an on-again-off-again relationship and shared a child together. In January 2024, J.B. was seven months pregnant with their …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── T H v. E B ── Case No.: 25A-PO-01445 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 23, 2026 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Carroll Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Bailey concur E.B. is co-owner of the Neon Cactus bar located in West Lafayette. In 2022 or 2023, Hardy worked for E.B. for about six …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: C H, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-02279 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2026 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Kosciusko Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur E.H. was born in January 2021 and B.S. in March 2023. In July 2023, Mother and J.S. …
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
── Commitment of J F ── Case No.: 25S-MH-00111 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: May 5, 2025 Author: Justice Loretta Rush County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Justice Massa, Justice Goff, and Justice Molter concur. Justice Slaughter concurs/concurs in result In January 2023, thirty-nine-year-old J.F. had been living with her parents for nearly nine years and was struggling …