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── Andreas Andreou v. Konstantinos Bisioulis, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-CT-03073 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 06, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Bradford concur On September 7, 2022, Andreou filed a six-count complaint against Konstantinos (“Gus”) Bisioulis; Olympia Greek Cuisine, Inc., d/b/a Athenian …
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Neutral
── Axel P Sundling v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00825 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 23, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Wabash Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Kenworthy concur In June and July 2022, law enforcement, via an informant, conducted two controlled purchases of fentanyl from Sundling in a Walmart …
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Neutral
── JAYSON J ROBERTS v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01198 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 14, 2022 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Foley concur On October 29, 2020, Roberts pleaded guilty and was sentenced for Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated Endangering a Person. Appellant’s …
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Neutral
── B. Nichole Deaton v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00905 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 14, 2022 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Shelby Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Foley concur On August 17, 2021, Shelbyville Police Department Officer Alric Staggers observed Deaton operate a vehicle southbound on Hamilton Street in Shelbyville. …
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── State of Indiana v. HEATHER R ANDERSON ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01377 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 16, 2022 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed Judge Robb and Judge Foley concur In March 2017, Anderson pleaded guilty to Class B felony incest pursuant to a plea agreement with the State. In exchange …
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Neutral
── Charles Yeager v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01341 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 16, 2022 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Foley concur In January 2021, then eighteen-year-old K.F. was living with her foster parents, Yeager and his wife Lisa. K.F. had been fostered …
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── Zachary D. Gober v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01338 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 16, 2022 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Foley concur In the early morning hours of November 1, 2020, Gober left a bar in Dearborn County, drove his vehicle erratically, and …
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Neutral
── PERRY NICKELL v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01707 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 23, 2022 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Dismissed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur In June 2021, Nickell pleaded guilty to Level 5 felony burglary. In exchange, the State agreed to dismiss charges of Level 4 …
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── Angelito Mercado v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00459 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 23, 2022 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb concurs. Judge Bradford concurs in result Sometime before mid-June 2020, officers with the Columbus Police Department’s Criminal Intelligence Unit were investigating “a very large drug dealer …
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Neutral
── Elmer Jones Jay Demoss, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00662 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 28, 2022 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Foley concur D.D. was born in 1990, and Demoss is D.D.’s father. In 2001, Demoss obtained custody of D.D., and they …
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── Michael Hooten v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-PC-00440 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 28, 2022 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Foley concur We described the facts underlying Hooten’s convictions for murder and attempted murder in his direct appeal: On the afternoon of April 1, …
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Neutral
── Craig A Fields v. Jane Allerton, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-DR-00939 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 30, 2022 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Delaware Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Weissmann concur Father and Sara Winstead (“Mother”) were married and had two children together, A.D. and A.F.1 In 2006, Father and Mother …
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Neutral
── Cross DeBoer LLC v. Micol Seigel ── Case No.: 22A-PL-01214 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 07, 2022 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Monroe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Foley concur Reynard Cross and Stephanie DeBoer are married and are members of Cross DeBoer, a real estate management and development company. In late …
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Neutral
── Paternity: Jerry Pharis, II v. Whitley Lorenzi ── Case No.: 22A-JP-01498 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 09, 2022 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Foley concur Father and Mother (collectively, “Parents”) are the parents of A.L. (“Child”), who was born January 2, 2012. In August 2013, Parents …
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Neutral
── Kimberly Ann Haddix v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01195 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 14, 2022 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Remanded Judge Robb and Judge Foley concur On October 10, 2021, the State charged Haddix with two counts. Count 1 alleged that Haddix had committed Class A misdemeanor …
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Neutral
── Kevin D. Albertson, et al. v. Richard Cadwell, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-PL-00782 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 14, 2022 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Vaidik concur In 2018, the Albertsons bought a lot at 8585 Hickory Hill Trail in a new subdivision in Mooresville …
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Neutral
── Anthony C Martin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-PC-00102 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 14, 2022 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Foley concur The facts underlying Martin’s convictions for Class B felony robbery, Class D felony resisting law enforcement, and for being a habitual …
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Neutral
── Karen Goodwin, Personal Rep. of The Estate of Danny Keller, et al. v. Michael Toney, D.C. ── Case No.: 22A-PL-01532 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 14, 2022 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Vigo Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Foley concur In July 2018, Darlene was experiencing moderate neck and shoulder pain. She …
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Neutral
── Robert A Gordon v. Michelle B. Tackitt ── Case No.: 22A-DC-00775 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 19, 2022 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Madison Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Robb and Judge Foley concur Husband and Wife have one child together, T.G. (“Daughter”), who was born in December 1999.1 The parties married …
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Neutral
── Termination: J M, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JT-01091 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 20, 2022 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Switzerland Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Foley concur Mother has had ten children, including Child, and Father is the biological father of nine of those …
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Neutral
── Ahmed Moustafa v. Nermine Moustafa ── Case No.: 22A-DC-00843 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 21, 2022 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Robb and Judge Foley concur Husband and Wife were married in Egypt in 1997, and they moved to Hamilton County, Indiana, shortly thereafter. …
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── CHINS: K J v. Indiana Department of Child Services , et al. ── Case No.: 22A-JC-01365 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 28, 2022 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Robb and Judge Foley concur M.K. was born on June 14, 2021. At birth, she tested positive for …
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Neutral
── Kyle Anthony Gray v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00456 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 29, 2022 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Robb and Judge Foley concur During the early morning hours of June 28, 2018, Gray called 9-1-1 to report a fire at the …
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Neutral
── Paternity: Jamee M Ferro v. RYAN RONALD BEHEYT ── Case No.: 22A-JP-01861 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 23, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Foley concur Z.B.B. was born in April 2007. Mother and Father were not married and Mother had custody of Z.B.B. Father …
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Neutral
── Leroy D Graham, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01551 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 23, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Foley concur In May 2020, Jhalease Sample lived with her two children and the father of one of her two children, Bashir …
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Neutral
── State of Indiana, et al. v. The Estate of Joseph W Quick Sr, Cathlee ── Case No.: 22A-CT-01359 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 23, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Robb and Judge Foley concur On November 18, 2014, at about 4:30 in the morning, Joseph …
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Neutral
── Evan B. Jackson, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Spencer A. Jackson v. SPC Leasing, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-CT-01201 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 23, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Delaware Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Robb and Judge Foley concur On May 5, 2019, Spencer Jackson (“Spencer”) was …
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Neutral
── Megan M. Smith v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01166 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 23, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Knox Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Foley concur Smith and M.H. were married. In 2020, both Smith and M.H. were convicted of domestic battery against each other. Thereafter, they …
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Neutral
── Ed R Anderson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-PC-01785 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 25, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Boone Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Robb and Judge Foley concur This is not Anderson’s first time before Indiana’s appellate courts. We have set out the factual and procedural …
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Neutral
── Shelley Ann Blagrave v. Robert Earl Blagrave ── Case No.: 21A-DC-02330 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 31, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Knox Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Robb and Judge Foley concur Husband and Wife were married in 1982 and had two children of the marriage, both of whom were …
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Neutral
── Toni Knowles v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02133 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 07, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Noble Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Bradford concur In January 2020, the State charged Knowles with five counts. In March 2022, Knowles and the State entered into a …
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Neutral
── James Williams v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01442 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 07, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur In 2018, then-thirty-one-year-old Williams found then-sixteen-year-old K.L. on Facebook and sent her a message. The two lived near each other in Illinois. …
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Neutral
── Tyson Eminger v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01077 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 10, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Noble Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Bradford concur In March 2017, Noble County Sheriff’s Officers suspected Eminger of being a “major . . . supplier” of methamphetamine out …
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Neutral
── Stephen J Pilarski v. Indiana Parole Board ── Case No.: 22A-MI-01418 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 15, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Miami Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur In April 1992, Pilarski struck one-year-old A.E. “five or six times in the face because she was moaning and groaning.” Pilarski …
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Neutral
── TEDDY ALBERT ALLMAN v. Bartholomew County Prosecutor's Office, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-MI-02447 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 17, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur On September 14, 2018, the State charged Allman with Level 1 felony rape while armed with a deadly …
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Neutral
── Charles B Kallas v. Lake County Board of Elections and Registration ── Case No.: 22A-PL-00906 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 22, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur Charles B. Kallas appeals the Lake Superior Court’s denial of his petition for judicial review following an …
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Neutral
── Marcia A Nix v. Edward F Nix ── Case No.: 22A-DN-02108 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 22, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Bradford concur Husband and Wife were married in 1979 and have three adult children together. During the marriage, Husband and Wife …
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Neutral
── Larry Marksberry v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01566 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 23, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Jennings Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Foley concur In April 2017, Leland Cassetty (“Cassetty”) became a confidential informant for Nick Megel (“Megel”), a detective at the North Vernon Police Department. …
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Neutral
── Jennifer Lynn Martin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02821 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 03, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur In March 2020, the State charged Martin with Level 6 felony forgery, Level 6 felony counterfeiting, and Level 6 felony attempted …
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Neutral
── Kurt Spurlin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02127 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 03, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur From approximately 2006 to 2011, Spurlin molested his daughter J.W., who was born in 2003. Spurlin had vaginal intercourse with J.W. “four …
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Neutral
── Guardianship: Sherry A. Renner Biggs v. Terri Renner ── Case No.: 22A-GU-02042 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 03, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Monroe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur Peggy Renner was born in 1933 and she has three adult children: Randy, who resides in Carmel, Indiana; Terri, who …
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Neutral
── Cameron B Hallett v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01859 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 03, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur In January 2020, in a phone call, Hallett accused fifteen-year-old Eric McDonnell of having stolen something from him with Jamari Green’s …
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Neutral
── William B. Harris v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01451 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 03, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur Sometime in 2014, Harris moved in with his girlfriend, T.P., and his girlfriend’s daughter, nine-year-old M.P. A few years later, the …
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Neutral
── Charles Eli Glenn v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02752 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 06, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Washington Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Bradford concur In September 2020, the State charged Glenn with multiple counts of child molesting and other offenses across two cause …
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Neutral
── STEPHEN A. BYRD v. Indiana Department of Corrections, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-SC-02537 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 06, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Sullivan Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur Byrd is an inmate at the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility. On October 5, 2021, officers at the facility, …
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Neutral
── Mark William Coleman v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01902 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 06, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur Coleman and Nina Sohlke were involved in a romantic relationship and lived together beginning in spring 2020. Nina had several …
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Neutral
── Stacy Smith v. Michael Hensel ── Case No.: 22A-PL-01643 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 13, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Shelby Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Bradford and Judge Kenworthy concur Hensel is the sole member of Hensel Construction, LLC. Hensel’s company is in the masonry business. In 2015, Hensel sought capital …
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Neutral
── ROBERT Y PIKE v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01584 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 17, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Johnson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur In April 2019, Pike was married to C.B.’s mother, and C.B. was ten-years-old. During that month, Pike molested C.B. on three …
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Neutral
── Ronald J. Steward v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02623 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 22, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur In May 2019, the State charged Steward with multiple felony charges across case numbers 45G03-1905-F3-81 (“case number F3-81”) and 45G03-1905-F5199 (“case …
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Neutral
── Keesha R Johnson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00427 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 03, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Rehearing Judge Robb and Judge Vaidik concur [1] In this case, we concluded that Keesha R. Johnson’s Sixth Amendment right to confrontation had been violated but that the …
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Neutral
── CHINS: R H, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JC-02643 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 06, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Wabash Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur Father has three children, including Child, who was born January 10, 2008. Child’s mother (“Mother”) and Father …
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Neutral
── MICHAEL J. NAGY v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02267 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 13, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur In June 2021, Nagy was living with his mother when he invited his friend J.P. to stay with them “for a …
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Neutral
── Town of Clayton v. Michael Swanson, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-CT-01061 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 14, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part Judge Bradford and Judge Kenworthy concur In 2005, the Swansons bought approximately five acres of real property in Clayton, Indiana. The …
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Neutral
── Jason Allen Bartley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02827 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 17, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Jefferson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur In February 2021, Jason Bartley violated a restraining order after entering the home of L.D. On May 14, 2021, the State …
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Neutral
── Tama G Butts v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02200 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 17, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur On May 28, 2015, Tama Butts was arrested after he entered the office of Dr. Robert Anderson and stole $90 in …
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Neutral
── Marion Assets 2020 LLC v. FIASCONE FAMILY LP ── Case No.: 22A-TP-01681 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 17, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Bradford and Judge Kenworthy concur In March 2019, Fiascone Family acquired condominium 3B at 1640 White Oak Circle in Munster. Marty Fiascone …
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Neutral
── Steven L Sailor v. Eileen Ruth Sailor ── Case No.: 22A-DN-02743 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 26, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Bradford concur In May 1989, Husband and Wife married. At that time, Wife worked and earned more than Husband. But, …
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Neutral
── Steven Michael Jennings v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02550 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 27, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur On August 6, 2020, Lafayette Police Department Sergeant Shawn Verma and other officers responded to a tip of illegal drug use. …
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Neutral
── Vera R. Morgan v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02668 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 28, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Delaware Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur In September 2020, Morgan and Michael Schoeff arranged to go to Dayton, Ohio, to purchase heroin, with which they would then …
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Neutral
── C M v. J M ── Case No.: 22A-PO-01743 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 28, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Howard Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur Father and Mother were married and have one minor child (“Child”).1 They divorced in Howard County in 2018. In May 2022, Mother filed …
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Neutral
── James Andrew Fair, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01589 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 28, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Kenworthy concur On September 30, 2021, Corporal Kyle Shaefer of the Hendricks County Sheriff’s Department heard an “unusual” and “loud” engine and …
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Neutral
── CHINS: T M v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JC-02664 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 04, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur Father and E.S. (“Mother”) are the parents of the Children. Father and Mother had an on-and-off relationship for several years, and it appears …
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Neutral
── Alberto J Gomez v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02477 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 04, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur In 2007, Gomez and M.H. began a romantic relationship. At that time, M.H. had a daughter from a prior relationship, A.H., …
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Neutral
── Mark Anthony Smith v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02997 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 09, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Decatur Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur During the evening of October 18, 2021, Smith consumed psilocybin in the form of mushrooms. While under the influence of that …
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Neutral
── Paternity: Michael J. Stolla v. Megan Gould ── Case No.: 22A-JP-01740 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 09, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur In 2013, Mother gave birth to the Child, and Father executed and filed a paternity affidavit. In March 2020, Father initiated …
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Neutral
── Tayshawn Malczynski v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02588 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 15, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur On December 15, 2020, Malczynski arranged a meeting with Joseph McFarland to buy marijuana from him. Malczynski and some of his …
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Neutral
── BRANT MATTHEW DAVIS v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00029 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 18, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur On June 23, 2021, Courtney Russell, a digital forensic analyst with the Tippecanoe County Prosecutor’s Office High Tech Crime Unit, received …
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Neutral
── Termination: J D v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-JT-02894 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 18, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur Parents are married and have a long history of substance abuse. In 2014, Mother gave birth to …
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Neutral
── New Hope Services, Inc., et al. v. City of Jeffersonville ── Case No.: 22A-CT-02870 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 18, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Clark Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur In October 2014, New Hope purchased the building in question, which was located northeast of the intersection of …
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Neutral
── State of Indiana v. Caden Smith ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02424 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 18, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Bradford concur On October 12, 2021, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers found three bodies in a field near 4400 S. Meridian Street. …
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Neutral
── Crystal Renae Winter v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02139 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 18, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Fulton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur On July 15, 2019, Winter lived in an apartment in Rochester. Madison Wolfe, who used to date Winter’s son, occasionally stayed …
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Neutral
── JOHN FRALISH v. DISCOVER BANK C/O DISCOVER PRODUCTS INC ── Case No.: 23A-CC-00211 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 30, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur On October 4, 2022, Discover Bank (“Discover”) filed its complaint against Fralish. In its complaint, Discover …
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Neutral
── K P v. L J, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-AD-00065 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 30, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Steuben Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur In May 2021, Mother gave birth to the Child.1 For the first two weeks after the Child’s birth, …
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Neutral
── Eric M. Cartwright v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02327 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 31, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur At approximately 11:45 a.m. on May 18, 2022, Cartwright was visiting a Target store in Goshen. Goshen Police Department Officer Robert …
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Neutral
── JASON MORALES v. CRAIG GRAGE, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-PL-01917 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 31, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur Morales is currently incarcerated in the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility (“WVCF”). In April and May 2020, Morales spent …
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Neutral
── Andria Collins, et al. v. Opportunity Housing, Inc. ── Case No.: 23A-MF-00279 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 02, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Putnam Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur On October 4, 2022, Opportunity Housing filed its “Complaint to Foreclose Real Estate Contract or Cancel Land Sale Contract” against …
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Neutral
── Jung Hee Kim v. Han Chong, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-PL-02747 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 07, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Monroe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur Chong manages a commercial building in Bloomington, owned by his parents, that previously had housed two restaurants, the Sake Bar …
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Neutral
── Erik Hernandez Berrera v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00054 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 12, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur In August 2020, Berrera was dating R.B., who has two children, including thenfive-year-old J.B. On August 2, R.B. left the children …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Patrick A Gamble v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-03040 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 26, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur Patrick Gamble and Lakethia Johnson were in a romantic relationship, cohabitating at Johnson’s residence in Gary, Indiana. Johnson’s 4-year-old son lived …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── William E. May, et al. v. Jeronimo Lucio, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-PL-02328 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 26, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Clark Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur The Mays live in Charlestown and share a property line with their neighbors, the Lucios. The Mays operate …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Vickie Wooldridge v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02296 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 26, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Kosciusko Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur On December 15, 2020, Matthew Lucas lived with his parents, William and Diane Burr, in their home in Warsaw, Indiana. Matthew’s bedroom …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Eric A. Fulk v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01606 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 26, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Whitley Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur In March 2020, five-year-old C.F. lived with her maternal grandmother, S.I. (“Grandmother”), in Huntington County. On occasion, C.F. would visit her …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── J C v. G K, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-AD-00130 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 27, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur On February 25, 2020, Child was born in Kentucky. Child’s mother, G.K. (“Mother”), filled out a paternity affidavit with J.N., who …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ricardo Perez v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02852 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 27, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur On March 2, 2021, agents for United States Customs and Border Protection intercepted a package being delivered from Mexico City to Felix …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joseph Beale v. Jennifer Beale ── Case No.: 22A-DN-02180 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 30, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Carroll Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur In March 1996, Husband and Jennifer Beale (“Wife”) were married. The parties lived in Carroll County during their marriage, and they had no …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Harold Ruth Farms LLC v. Calvin Miller, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-EV-00182 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 07, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Whitley Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur HRF raises eight issues for our review, which we consolidate and restate as the following two issues: 1. Whether HRF preserved …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── John Simpson, et al. v. Brown County Board of Commissioners, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-PL-03102 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 07, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur Simpson owns and operates a “site-work” contracting company. Appellant’s Br. at 6. Between 2014 and 2018, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lisa B DeCastro v. John M DeCastro ── Case No.: 22A-DR-01941 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 07, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Johnson Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur Mother and Father were married and have two children together, Ca.D., born October 1, 2011, and Co.D., born July 31, 2013. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Edwin D Calligan v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-PC-00118 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 12, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur In Calligan’s direct appeal, this Court stated the facts and procedural history as follows: In the early morning hours of March …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joseph A Loy v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00237 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 17, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Noble Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur On March 10, 2022, the State charged Loy with two felonies and one misdemeanor, to which he later pleaded guilty. Appellant’s …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Patrick Walter Hinton v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00107 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 21, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Cass Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur Around 3:00 a.m. on August 18, 2021, the Logansport Police Department received a phone call from Patricia Sanchez. Sanchez stated that …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lori Maletta v. Van Ristovski, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-CT-03090 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 24, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Porter Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur In 2007, Maletta bought a house in Crown Point with money she was awarded in a dissolution decree. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Quami Mingle v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01928 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 24, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Crone and Judge Kenworthy concur Around 7:20 in the morning on December 30, 2019, Angela Saylor arrived at her place of work in downtown …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Develan L. Bland, et al. v. Chapman Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc. ── Case No.: 22A-PL-02584 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 28, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur Bland owns a home in Indianapolis. In 2018, she solicited bids to replace her water heater …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── William O Herman v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02356 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 28, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Brown concur In 1974, Herman pleaded guilty across two cause numbers to two counts of second-degree murder. Herman’s plea agreement left sentencing in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: Leonard Rodriguez v. Bethann Fort ── Case No.: 23A-JP-00281 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 31, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur Father and Mother have two children together: R.R., born April 29, 2005, and A.R., born January 3, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Cornelius Powell v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00119 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 31, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur On May 26, 2021, officers with the Lafayette Police Department (“LPD”) investigated a tip that a man and woman staying in a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── P & G Associates LLC v. Monroe County Board of Zoning Appeals, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-PL-00040 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 31, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Monroe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Kenworthy concur In 1991, Alan Terry owned certain real property on South Victor Pike in Monroe …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: K A v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JC-00577 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 01, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Spencer Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur Father and S.T. (“Mother”) have one child together, Child, born August 5, 2021. After Child’s birth, the family lived …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── K A v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-JV-01873 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 01, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Posey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Kenworthy concur In December 2021, K.A., who was seventeen years old at the time, was in “a dating relationship” with a thirteen-year-old female. Tr. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── JOSHUA B VOLKERT v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02927 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 02, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marshall Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur In October 2022, the State filed an amended information against Volkert in which the State alleged that Volkert had …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── David W. Helvey v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00299 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 09, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur On September 18, 2022, Helvey intimidated two children playing in their yard while he was passing by in a red floral …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Shorewood Forest Utilities, Inc. v. Rex Properties, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-PL-02345 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 11, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Porter Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur [1] Shorewood Forest Utilities, Inc. (“Shorewood”) appeals and Rex Properties, LLC (“Rex Properties”) and Don Blum cross-appeal the trial …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tristain D. Riley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00462 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 15, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur Between August 27 and October 21, 2020, a series of robberies occurred near Ashton Pines, an apartment complex …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Nicole A. Reyes v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00509 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 16, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Noble Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur On May 4, 2020, Reyes pleaded guilty to one count of Level 4 felony burglary, three counts of Level 6 felony …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── JEANETTE R. GORDON v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00286 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 16, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur On June 20, 2020, at approximately 8:00 a.m., Gordon was visiting a friend in the emergency room at Elkhart General Hospital …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joni Rena Hermesch v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00868 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 22, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Decatur Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur On August 31, 2020, Hermesch pleaded guilty in Cause No. 16D01-2005-F6485 (“F6-485”) to Level 6 felony obstruction of justice, Class A …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joshua Tindall v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00749 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 24, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Pike Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur A.M. was born in March 2010. A few years later, A.M.’s mother, J.C., began a romantic relationship with Tindall, and she and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kriston Lamar Barbee v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00306 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 24, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur In January, February, and March 2022, officers with the Porter County MultiEnforcement Group, a drug task force, set up and monitored …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christy Krol v. Anthony Krol ── Case No.: 22A-DC-02857 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 24, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur The parties were married in 2009 and two children were born to the marriage: A.K., born in October 2011, and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Steven D Williams v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00826 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 01, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur In January 2019, Williams pleaded guilty to Level 5 felony intimidation and Level 6 felony criminal confinement. His plea agreement set …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── John W. Keller v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00557 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 01, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Daviess Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur In 2021, Keller was both a dealer in and a user of methamphetamine. He would purchase methamphetamine from …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Aundre Dix v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00342 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 01, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur In 2018, Dix worked as a maintenance foreman at the Indiana Women’s Prison. In February or March of that year, A.V., one …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: Adrianna Padilla v. Christopher C Weddle Meekins ── Case No.: 22A-JP-03000 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 01, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur Child was born August 15, 2019. Father and Mother signed a paternity affidavit in the hospital. That affidavit stated that …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ashlea Dunkerly, et al. v. Jamie Bean ── Case No.: 23A-CT-01038 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 06, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Greene Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur In October 2020, six-year-old B.D. lived with his parents, Ashlea and Caleb, on Osborn Lane, a dead-end street in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of B A ── Case No.: 23A-MH-00632 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 12, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur In December 2021, the State charged B.A. with Level 2 felony criminal confinement (where the “victim [wa]s used as a shield or hostage”); Level …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jerold Leroy Gaines v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00502 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 14, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur From 2014 to 2016, Gaines lived with his girlfriend and her daughter, A.M., who was born in December 2007. In …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of M T ── Case No.: 23A-MH-00341 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 14, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur M.T. has a history of mental illness and has previously been diagnosed with Schizophrenia, for which he has been prescribed medication. Since July 2022, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of C P ── Case No.: 22A-MH-02960 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 14, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur In 2022, C.P. was twenty-one years old and owned his own construction business. He had also owned a handgun since he was eighteen, and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Amber N. Egan v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00891 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 15, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Henry Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur In April and May 2021, Egan delivered between one and five grams of buprenorphine, a schedule III controlled substance, to a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Luis Sanchez Hernandez v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-03069 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 26, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur In 2011, twenty-three-year-old Hernandez and his uncle moved to Indianapolis. Their extended family allowed them to live in the family’s three-bedroom …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: S R, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JC-00666 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 29, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Orange Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur Mother and Father (collectively “Parents”) are not married but live together and have been involved in a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Gustavo Salgado v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02738 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 02, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur Around 2:40 a.m. on November 3, 2019, Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department Officer Justin Scott observed a blue Toyota RAV4 swerving in its …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Munster Medical Research Foundation, Inc. v. Patricia Hintz ── Case No.: 23A-CT-00485 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 03, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur MMRF owns and operates Community Hospital in Munster. On August 9, 2022, Hintz’s mother, Betty, was a patient …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ondrea Hartley, et al. v. Chatham Walk Townhouses, Inc., et al. ── Case No.: 23A-MI-00421 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 04, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur The HOA is an Indiana not-for-profit that has as its primary purpose the management of the residential …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael Jay McCune v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00135 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 06, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur On January 11, 2020, LaVerne Pflugh Jr. (“Verne”) planned a surprise birthday gathering for his girlfriend Stephanie Kitner at a bar …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ralph Gardner v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01178 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 10, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Crone concur In November 2020, Gardner, who was sixteen years old, was friends with M.T., who was seventeen years old. The two had been …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Alfredo Rivera Garduno v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00861 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 10, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Crone concur In 1997, Garduno, who was twenty-one-years old at the time, immigrated to the United States from Mexico. Here, he moved to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── S G v. J G ── Case No.: 23A-AD-00735 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 11, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Jefferson Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur In 2017, Mother used methamphetamine and marijuana during a pregnancy, and her child H. was born with “drugs in his system[.]” Tr. p. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Indiana Law Enforcement Training Board v. Marion County Sheriff's Office ── Case No.: 23A-PL-00655 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 12, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Crone concur In November 2021, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office filed a complaint for declaratory judgment against the Training Board. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Bobby L Timbrook v. Costco Wholesale Corporation, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-CT-00379 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 12, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur Sometime prior to 2014, Costco hired Kurt Russell, an Indianapolis resident, as an employee at Costco’s Michigan Road location …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kayla Lynn Eikenberry v. Michael Joseph Young ── Case No.: 23A-DC-01023 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 17, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Crone concur Father and Mother were married in June 2019. Mother has a son from a prior relationship, E.E. And Father and Mother …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Robert Sickle v. JTJ Indiana, LLC ── Case No.: 23A-PL-00644 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 26, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Crone concur On July 1, 2021, JTJ bought a residence at 5102 Hillside Avenue in Indianapolis (“the property”) from Janice Wright. Wright executed a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Nicholas A. Robinson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00400 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 31, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: DeKalb Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Crone concur In the summer and fall of 2020, L.M., who was thirteen years old at the time, lived with her maternal grandparents …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Frank Garber v. Robert Blair ── Case No.: 23A-CT-00953 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 01, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Kosciusko Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Crone concur On July 1, 2019, Blair bought a house in Pierceton, Indiana, from Garber, and they executed a mortgage and a promissory Note (“the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brandon E Klein v. Leanne R Salatas ── Case No.: 23A-DR-01640 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 06, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Crone concur Father and Mother married in 2013, had a child together in 2014 (“Child”), and divorced in 2015. The dissolution decree awarded …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Clay M Howard v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-PC-02884 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 06, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Crone concur In Howard’s direct appeal, this Court stated the facts and procedural history as follows: In April 2007, Howard was an inmate …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── The Waters of Muncie, LLC, et al. v. Carolyn Jones, Personal Representative of the Estate of Emma Jean Orick ── Case No.: 23A-PL-01070 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 15, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Delaware Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Crone concur On September 5, 2017, Emma Jean Orick was a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Thomas Snider v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00867 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 15, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Fulton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Crone concur In 1991, Snider was convicted of robbery in Kentucky. Thereafter, he moved into an apartment in Rochester, Indiana. Snider’s apartment was inside …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── John Couch v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00972 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 20, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed Judge Riley and Judge Crone concur On November 27, 2022, Couch was home with his five dogs when Caitlin Batchlor, an animal control officer for the City of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── M M v. B H ── Case No.: 23A-AD-01423 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 28, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Crone concur In September 2018, K.M. (“Mother”) gave birth to Child. Father is Child’s biological father. At the time of Child’s birth, Father was in a court-ordered halfway house …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Caitlin Ashley v. Richard F. Ashley, Jr. ── Case No.: 23A-DR-00667 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 07, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur In 2016, Husband and Wife divorced after thirty years of marriage. During their marriage, they accumulated several real …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jacob Dalton Gates v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01396 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 08, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Decatur Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Crone concur In the late evening hours of September 18, 2022, Gates and another person broke into the residence of Ronald and Marita …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Angela Sue Hawk v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01553 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 11, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Shelby Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Crone concur On September 13, 2022, Cherie McCollum reported that her truck had been stolen. On October 5, Shelbyville Police Department (“SPD”) officers …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Devonta D Dorsey v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01381 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 11, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Crone concur On January 20, 2023, Dorsey and his fiancée, Myra Feagin, were involved in an altercation in a Target store parking lot …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Matthew Olsen v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-PC-01246 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 11, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Montgomery Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Crone concur On April 3, 2019, at approximately 10:15 a.m., Kelly Short and her minor child reported to a law enforcement officer that Olsen, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── City of Hobart, Indiana v. Teddian Jackson, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-PL-01241 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 12, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Crone concur In 2017, Jackson applied for a permit to “renovate and operate a restaurant” in Hobart. Appellant’s App. Vol. 2, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jamie B. Rund v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00320 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 12, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Brown Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge May concur In the evening hours of November 7, 2021, Michael Peaslee was driving to his house in Brown County with his two …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kristine Bellinger v. Michael Christlieb, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-TR-01353 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 13, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: DeKalb Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Crone concur Lois Ann Christlieb (“Lois”) died testate on October 14, 2020. The Trustees were named co-personal representatives of Lois’s estate, and the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Timothy N Davis v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00766 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 20, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur On August 5, 2019, officers with the Columbus Police Department (“CPD”) and the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department (“BCSD”) accompanied a Columbus …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── William Roberts, Sr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-PC-01979 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 21, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Steuben Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Crone concur Between September 2008 and March 2009, Roberts lived with C.H. and C.H.’s two daughters, E.H. and M.H., in Steuben County. E.H. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Zachary R Miller v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01860 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 21, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Decatur Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Crone concur In September 2018, the State charged Miller with Level 5 felony escape and Level 6 felony escape after Miller fled from …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Supervised Estate: LaTonya King v. Joyce King, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-ES-00071 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 21, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Crone concur Larry King and Joyce King lived together for approximately ten years, but they were not married. Larry and Joyce bought a home together …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── William Ballard v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00798 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 22, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Crone concur In January and February of 2021, the State charged Ballard with nine counts, including murder and Class A misdemeanor domestic battery. In …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jeanette Robbins, et al. v. Thomas J Leffel, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-PL-01008 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 27, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Franklin Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Kenworthy concur Robbins/Woodward and the Leffels are adjoining landowners in Franklin County. The issue presented in this appeal arose because …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James J Zentko v. Cassie L Zentko ── Case No.: 23A-DR-01455 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 16, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Clay Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Crone concur Father and Mother (collectively, “Parents”) were married and had one child together, Child, born July 2, 2003. Following the dissolution of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Community Utilities of Indiana, Inc. v. Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-EX-00458 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 16, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias Category: Other Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Crone concur Community is a northern Indiana water and wastewater utility and is regulated by the IURC. The Indiana Office of Utility …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: Katherine Winn v. Alan Devellen ── Case No.: 23A-JP-01806 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 18, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Putnam Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur In May 2021, the trial court entered its original order on paternity, custody, parenting time, and child support between Mother and Father …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jose Luis Lopez Interiano v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01557 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 22, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Shelby Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur In the late evening hours of September 15, 2022, Shelby County Sheriff’s Department Officer Jeffery DeWitt observed a white truck …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tyrone Harper v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02044 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 23, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Henry Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Crone concur On August 28, 2016, Harper was incarcerated in the New Castle Correctional Facility. On that day, Harper transferred from the B housing …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Mamoon Anwarzai v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01634 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 29, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Shelby Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur On September 4, 2021, Anwarzai broke into the home of Toby and Tyler Delgadillo in Shelby County, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Centier Bank v. 1987 Troy Road LLC, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-MF-01261 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 30, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Daviess Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur The facts relevant to this appeal were not disputed in the trial court. In February 2021, the Bank filed …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Shane Michael Turner v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01487 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 31, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Switzerland Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Crone concur On January 11, 2022, Jarrodd Courtney was involved in a verbal altercation with Jessica Scudder, his former girlfriend, near his friend …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Spencer Turner v. Mark Sevier ── Case No.: 23A-MI-01053 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 31, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Henry Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Riley and Judge Crone concur In March 2020, Turner, an inmate at the Indiana Department of Correction’s New Castle Correctional Facility, was released to a two-year-term …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Anthony Thurman v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01659 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 01, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur On April 2, 2022, Benjamin Sears saw Thurman, who was armed with a crowbar, rummaging through a vehicle that Sears knew did …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Bryan Jackson v. Samantha Dejean ── Case No.: 23A-DC-01410 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 02, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Warrick Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur Mother and R.D. were married for seven years and they had two daughters. During the marriage, Mother became pregnant with M.D., …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jake A. Brunette v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00693 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 02, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur On November 17, 2021, Brunette murdered Andy Conley with a knife in Elkhart County. Brunette stabbed Conley numerous times before cutting …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Estate of Gerald Everett Goldsberry v. Drake Air, LLC, by its member Brent L. Drake ── Case No.: 23A-MI-01987 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 05, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur In 2020, Drake Air owned a Brantly B-2B helicopter. Brantly helicopters are …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christopher Bradley Covey v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02268 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 19, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur In the evening hours of October 21, 2022, Patrick Nostrant, his sister, Dawn, and their friend, Francisca, were walking through Noblesville. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joseph Jarboe v. Greg Moore, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-CC-01960 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 19, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Warrick Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur On January 30, 2016, Jarboe and Moore established a company known as JM Newburgh, LLC, and they entered into an operating …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jacquelyn Ivankovic v. Milan Ivankovic ── Case No.: 23A-DC-01954 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 21, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur During the parties’ marriage, Wife was the director of pharmacy for a hospital in Merrillville and Husband was a middle school teacher. The …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Harold Reed v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02370 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 23, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Wells Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur After Reed’s wife was tragically killed in a car accident, his neighbors allowed Reed to live with them. The family had three …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Diann Adams v. Canal Insurance Company ── Case No.: 23A-CT-02155 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 23, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur In August 2021, Anderson asked Adams for money to “buy[] him a truck.” Appellant’s App. Vol. 5, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Richard Howard Thomas, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01021 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 23, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur On April 16, 2022, the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Department received a report of a disturbance at a Quality Inn and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Rachel Laud v. Joe Witvoet, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-PL-02215 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 26, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur In December 2012, Joe and his brother, William Witvoet, purchased forty continuous acres of land in Lake County as joint tenants …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James Castile v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01928 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 26, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur In 1985, the trial court entered judgment of conviction against Castile for five counts of attempted murder, attempted robbery, and robbery, and sentenced him to an …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Destin Fluellen v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01810 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 26, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur Fluellen and Domanick Redmond were involved in a romantic relationship for approximately ten years. Redmond has two daughters, and D.R. was three …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Riley Alan Gilliland v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01636 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 04, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur On September 29, 2021, at approximately 11:30 p.m., Hendricks County Sheriff’s Deputy Damen Owens observed a vehicle run a red light. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── John U Dustin v. Michelle C Dustin ── Case No.: 23A-DC-00758 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 05, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Monroe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur Father and Mother (collectively, “Parents”) were married in 2012 and have one child together, Child, who was born in December 2013. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Bradley Allen Parke v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02304 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 11, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Vermillion County Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur In January 2018, Parke pleaded guilty to Level 2 felony residential burglary, Level 5 felony battery by means of a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Connie N Lefeber v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02274 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 11, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur In the evening of May 25, 2023, James Eaton was watering the flowers in his front yard on Milhouse Road in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christopher S. Applegate v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00954 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 11, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Clark Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur In July 2020, Applegate was dating Tiffany Cox. The morning of July 13, Applegate drove a Dodge Nitro along Upper River …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Alexandra L Gales v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00598 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 11, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Clark Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur On August 27, 2021, Yolanda Fisher was working as the on-site attendant at a laundromat in Jeffersonville. Fisher had been instructed …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael D Hart v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-PC-02144 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 12, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Sullivan Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur In 1998, the Marion Superior Court sentenced Hart to fifty years in the Department of Correction after Hart was found guilty …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kenneth Bardonner v. Veronika Bardonner ── Case No.: 23A-DC-01393 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 12, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Monroe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur Father and Veronika Bardonner were married, and they had two Children together, Child and W.B. (collectively “the Children”), who were born February 12, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Eddie Lee Wade Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00810 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 14, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur In May 2022, Artrice Brown and Wade were in an “on and off” relationship. Tr. Vol. 2, p. 29. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── R B v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-JV-02542 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 18, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Washington Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur R.B.’s first referral to the juvenile system occurred when he was ten years old. In 2020, he was placed on formal probation …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kevin Faughnder v. Amy Faughnder ── Case No.: 23A-DR-01000 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 18, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Porter Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur On April 24, 2018, the trial court entered a final decree dissolving Husband’s marriage to Amy Nondorf (“Wife”). The decree incorporated the parties’ …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jared Sullivan v. Chris Pruitt ── Case No.: 23A-SC-01944 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 21, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Washington Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann concurs. Judge Tavitas concurs in part/dissents in part In early 2020, Sullivan wanted to replace a large wooden deck abutting his house with a poured concrete deck. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael A. Byrd v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02511 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 22, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Howard Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur In March 2019, Byrd pleaded guilty to Level 3 felony dealing in a narcotic drug. The court sentenced Byrd to twelve …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── David Charles Wanke, Sr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02423 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 25, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Knox Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur Wanke is the paternal grandfather of N.W., and Ashton Wheeler is Wanke’s daughter-in-law and N.W.’s mother. In July …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Aneta K Mucha, et al. v. NextGear Capital, Inc. ── Case No.: 23A-CC-02142 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 25, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur On October 25, 2013, Brandmax Motors, Inc. executed and delivered a note and security agreement to NextGear in the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: K M, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-JT-01726 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 25, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur Parents have two children together, K.B., born May 10, 2013, and Ka.M., born December 17, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Elrice Lynn Williams v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00681 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 25, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur In January 2019, William Hawkins sold marijuana in Gary. Hawkins had several friends sell the marijuana on his behalf. One of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kayla Deckard v. Jakob Deckard ── Case No.: 23A-DC-01796 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 26, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Owen Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur Mother and Father were married, and then separated in 2019. Mother filed a petition to dissolve their marriage in January 2020. When Mother …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jonathan W Coats v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02632 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 27, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Washington Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur On December 19, 2022, Coats entered into an open plea agreement with the State in which Coats agreed to plead guilty …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brandon M. Newell v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-PC-01927 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 02, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Grant Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur In Newell’s direct appeal, we stated the facts underlying his convictions as follows: On September 24, 2016, Jesus Martinez was on …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Trishia R. Bergquist v. Ryan M. Bergquist ── Case No.: 23A-DC-02307 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 04, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Steuben Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur The parties were married in 2002 and three children were born to the marriage. The oldest child is …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Bremni Villatoro, et al. v. Progressive Commercial Casualty Company, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-CT-02831 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 05, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur In January 2019, Villatoro, a native Spanish speaker, met with Miguel Medina Angel de la Cruz, an …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Marion Tanner Joseph Haywood v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01399 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 08, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Clay Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur On May 25, 2020, Eben Haywood—Haywood’s father—reported to Greene County law enforcement officers that a black 9mm Taurus handgun had …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Fatir Muhammad v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01509 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 25, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Crone concur On December 14, 2021, Melissa Ley, Muhammad’s former girlfriend, lived in a trailer in Fort Wayne, Indiana. A few days prior, Muhammad …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Alan Caruso v. Donald Deel, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-CT-01620 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 26, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Crone concur On April 10, 2018, Caruso was visiting at his friend Deel’s house. Deel had two dogs at the time, Kobe, a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Converging Capital LLC. v. Kevin B Steglich ── Case No.: 23A-CC-02854 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 01, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: LaGrange Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur In October 2006, Resurgence Financial, LLC filed a complaint against Steglich. After Steglich had been served but failed to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Antonio White v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02804 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 01, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur During the morning hours of July 13, 2022, White borrowed Kathy Barber’s green SUV to go to a blood bank in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Pati Hanlon v. Walnut Grove Mutual Housing Association, Inc. ── Case No.: 23A-CT-02625 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 01, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur In 2013, Pati entered into a membership agreement with the Association, and she moved into unit 216 in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jonathan O Connor v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02233 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 01, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Henry Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur Alejandra Tellez used to purchase pain pills from Christopher Williams. However, she ceased doing so and cut off …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James P. Devlin v. Horizon Bank ── Case No.: 23A-MF-01986 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 01, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur Brendan Devlin is a farmer and Devlin’s son. On July 9, 2015, Brendan executed a set of documents with the Bank that …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joseph Edwards Barner v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-PC-01439 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 01, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur In January 2018, the trial court accepted Barner’s plea of guilty but mentally ill to murder, a felony, and two counts …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kristin R. Roush v. Ryan R. Roush ── Case No.: 23A-DC-02290 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 02, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur Mother and Ryan Roush (“Father”) (collectively, “Parents”) were married and have three children together who have, as of October …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joseph M Heffley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02724 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 09, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur In February 2023, Heffley was living in a motel room with his then-girlfriend, Makela Thompson, and their ten-month-old son in violation …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christina A Simone v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02622 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 09, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur Simone’s ex-husband, Richard Simone, is married to Erin Whittle. Erin has children from a prior marriage. Richard and Simone also have …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Briean Brown v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00699 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 14, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur Around 3:30 a.m. on December 13, 2021, Speedway Police Department Officer Scott Highland responded to a 9-1-1 call that …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: M P, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-03003 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 23, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Shelby Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bailey concur Four of Parents’ children are involved in this appeal:1 J.P., born December 21, 2017; E.P., born May …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Great American Insurance Company v. Cline Precast, LLC, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-PL-02162 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 24, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur In June 2017, CAB entered into a $134-million construction contract with Figg Bridge Builders, LLC (“Figg”) for Figg …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Sean Wayne Keith v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-PC-00940 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 24, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Steuben Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur In the direct appeal affirming Keith’s Class A felony child molesting convictions, our court recounted the following relevant facts: Keith was …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Robert E. Thompson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-03130 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 28, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur On August 20, 2022, Thompson and two accomplices committed thefts from two locations of Dick’s Sporting Goods in two counties. Thompson …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Olubunmi Okanlami v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02829 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 29, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bailey concur In 2022, Jasmine Howard and Okanlami were friends. Howard lived in Indianapolis and Okanlami lived in South Bend. Okanlami would occasionally visit …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── First Chicago Insurance Company v. Ron Jones ── Case No.: 23A-CC-02891 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 04, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Riley and Judge Felix concur On November 16, 2020, Anita Agboalu, an undocumented immigrant from Nigeria, was driving a van owned by her grandmother, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── S R v. T D ── Case No.: 23A-AD-02769 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 10, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur On August 20, 2020, M.H. (“Biological Mother”) 1 gave birth to Child. Shortly after his birth, Child was found to be a CHINS, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kenneth W. Herbert v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02466 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 10, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Delaware Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bailey concur Herbert married Kimberly Herbert (“Kimberly”) in 2013. Herbert soon became physically and verbally abusive with Kimberly, as Kimberly’s daughter Nicole Clark …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Anthony V. Johnson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02271 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 10, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bailey concur On May 24, 2022, Johnson and his girlfriend, Ashley Bills, placed an order from a Dairy Queen restaurant in Indianapolis using …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Whitney L. Hill v. Troy W. Hill ── Case No.: 23A-DR-02797 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 13, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Harrison Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Felix concur Mother and Father’s marriage was dissolved in 2017, and the trial court awarded custody of the parties’ two minor children to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jeffrey Thompson v. Michelle Thompson ── Case No.: 23A-DN-02892 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 18, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Hancock Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bailey concur Husband and Wife had each been married with children before they met, and they married in October 2017. At that time, Husband was …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: Juan Cuatzo v. State of Indiana, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-JP-02786 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 18, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Brown concur Father and Raquel Montes (“Mother”) (collectively “Parents”) have one child together, Child, who was born in June 2015. Parents …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Burke W Baughman, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00793 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 19, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Brown concur On January 28, 2020, Fort Wayne Police Officer Nicholas Lichtsinn was conducting surveillance at 1906 St. Mary’s Avenue. Officer Lichtsinn …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Keith Allison, et al. v. Jon Roock ── Case No.: 23A-PL-03057 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 21, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik and Judge Kenworthy concur In April 1969, four individuals established the Second Tamerix Lake Addition as a residential development in Bartholomew County. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Cornelious Lamont Johnson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00067 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 25, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bailey concur In April 2022, Johnson pleaded guilty to carrying a handgun without a license, which was enhanced to a Level 5 felony …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ian Steven Austin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-03084 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 27, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bailey concur On September 29, 2022, at approximately 9:20 p.m., Indiana State Excise Police Officer Joseph Formato was performing surveillance on a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kegan A. Kline v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01975 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 27, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Miami Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Brown concur On August 19, 2020, the State charged Kline with multiple felonies, and the State later amended the information and charged him …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kevin Martin v. Donald Westerhausen, Jr., et al. ── Case No.: 23A-CT-01836 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 27, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Brown concur Martin is currently incarcerated in the Pendleton Correctional Facility serving several sentences, including a sixty-five-year sentence for murdering his …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── David W. Reid v. Todd M. Reid, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-CT-00468 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 02, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Whitley Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur David and Todd are brothers; their mother was Rebecca Curless; and Todd is married to Heather. At some point …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── XL Insurance America, Inc. f/k/a Winterthur International America Ins. Co. v. Technicolor, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-PL-01686 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 02, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Bailey concur We previously summarized the parties’ relationships as follows: 1 In 2004, a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brandon L. Eller v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-03125 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 09, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Miami Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bailey concur On June 28, 2021, Eller was driving southbound on State Road 19 in Miami County when he crossed the center line …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Figg Bridge Builders, LLC v. Cline Avenue Bridge, LLC and United Bridge Operating, LLC, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-PL-02807 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 09, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Brown concur In June 2017, Cline Avenue Bridge, LLC (“CAB”) entered into a $134-million …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Julie M Guilfoyle, et al. v. Hannanh M Guilfoyle, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-MI-02673 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 09, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bailey concur When Grandchild was born on January 14, 2021, his parents, Hannah (“Mother”) and Gregory (“Father”) Guilfoyle (collectively, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Zachary T Ingram v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00201 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 10, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Jay Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bailey concur On December 22, 2022, Ingram was living at 628 E. Main Street in Portland, Indiana, a residence that he shared with …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Randy Steven Small v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02235 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 10, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Brown Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bailey concur Small lived near Nashville, and for fifteen years Bob Adair had been his neighbor. In 2021, Small was fifty-six years old …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Harry Hawkins v. Dushan Zatecky ── Case No.: 23A-MI-01821 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 15, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Putnam Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bailey concur In May 2008, the trial court sentenced Hawkins to forty-five years, with thirty years executed in the Department of Correction (“DOC”), for Class …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tyrone Dewayne Bradshaw v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02700 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 17, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Riley concurs. Judge Felix dissents On September 25, 2021, Bradshaw lived with Angila Chavez, with whom he had had an on-and-off relationship. That evening, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── John Bryan Fulk v. Steven Fulk, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-PL-02286 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 18, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Sullivan Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge Altice and Judge Bailey concur Warren G. Fulk died testate on August 14, 2016, and his Estate was opened under case number 77D01-1609-ES-34. He had …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Nathaniel L Baston v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00432 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 23, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Wabash Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bailey concur During the early morning hours of June 19, 2023, Baston was driving his pickup truck on County Road 800 West in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Walking w/Jesus Ministries v. Bianca Alexander ── Case No.: 24A-EV-00419 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 23, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: St. Joseph Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Bailey concur Beginning on July 1, 2022, the Landlord leased certain premises in Mishawaka to Alexander pursuant to a written lease agreement. The …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Trevon Lee Chapman v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00352 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 25, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bailey concur On June 13, 2023, the trial court convicted Chapman of Level 5 felony criminal confinement with bodily injury, Level 6 felony …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Charles Richard Etherton v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00535 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 29, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Jefferson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bailey concur In July 2021, Etherton pleaded guilty to Level 6 felony possession of methamphetamine in case number 39C01-2101-F5-48 and two counts of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Thomas F. Dunigan, II v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00083 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 30, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bailey concur On January 6, 2022, Dunigan was living in a motel room with his girlfriend, C.G., their baby, and Dunigan’s father, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Gregory Lee Sebastian v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00151 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 06, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Felix concur Sebastian is married to Heather Sebastian and they have four children: three biological sons and K.S., their adopted daughter who …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paul Russell v. City of East Chicago ── Case No.: 23A-CT-02942 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 08, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Brown concur In April 2021, the City employed Russell as a firefighter. On April 23, the City required Russell to partake in a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kay Beam v. Philipe Beam, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-DR-02722 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 08, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marshall Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Brown concur Wife and Husband’s marriage was dissolved in 2002. Husband was employed by the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department and had a vested …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── BioConvergence, LLC, et al. v. LaDonna Snyder ── Case No.: 23A-PL-02778 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 09, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Boone Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Brown concur In 2004, Alisa started BioC, which is a service provider to the life sciences industry. Alisa’s husband, Alan Lance Wright (“Lance”), …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Scott A Blattert, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01571 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 09, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Lawrence Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Brown concur Blattert and his wife, Cherry, were married in 2001, and, in August 2018, they moved to Springville in Lawrence County. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── State of Indiana v. BL Furrer Land Holdings, LLC ── Case No.: 24A-PL-00843 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 14, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: White Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Brown concur In November 2023, the State, on behalf of the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT), filed its complaint …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Rajesh Gupta v. Vartika Gupta ── Case No.: 23A-DC-02072 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 14, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Johnson Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge Riley and Judge Felix concur Father and Mother were married in 2008 and have one child together (“Child”). In January 2022, Mother filed a petition for dissolution of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael Allen Estep v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00649 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 26, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Howard Category: Criminal Decision: Remanded and Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Weissmann concur In May 2019, Estep pleaded guilty to Level 6 felony theft pursuant to a written plea agreement. That agreement …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── L N v. Indiana Department of Corrections ── Case No.: 24A-PO-00116 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 26, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Miami Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Brown concur On November 15, 2023, L.N. filed her petition for an order of protection against the DOC. According to her petition, L.N. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kenneth D. Ratliff v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00107 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 26, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Porter Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Riley and Judge Felix concur In the spring of 2020, J.B. met Ratliff through a mutual friend. Ratliff stopped by J.B.’s apartment in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kevin Michael Cardwell v. Paul David Bojrab, M.D., et al. ── Case No.: 23A-CT-02577 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 26, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Howard Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Weissmann concur According to Cardwell’s second amended complaint, on September 30, 2021, Cardwell went to a Kokomo hospital for hernia …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Bernie Harmon v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-PC-02548 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 26, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Crawford Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Felix concur This Court set out the facts and procedural history of this matter on direct appeal as follows: Harmon and his wife, Melissa …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael T. Schoeff v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02163 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 26, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Delaware Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas concurs. Judge Weissmann concurs in part/dissents in part In October 2020, Schoeff was romantically involved with Vera Morgan, and Schoeff lived in Muncie. On or …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lisa Brown v. Shelbie Reuille ── Case No.: 24A-MI-00918 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 27, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Wells Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge Altice and Judge Bailey concur In December 2023, Brown filed a petition to modify her visitation with her eldest grandchild. Following a hearing on March 13, 2024, the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jeffrey Reider v. Ursula Hoover ── Case No.: 23A-CT-02998 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 04, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part Judge Altice and Judge Bailey concur Hoover was married to Richard Hogshire, who owned and operated a business known as Mr. Dan’s through his …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Chad Michael Grimball v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02541 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 04, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Boone Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bailey concur Kandy Wampler’s apartment in Lebanon was a frequent location for various drug-related activity. On September 8, 2021, shortly after 6:00 p.m., …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kristen Mali Kirincich v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00369 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 05, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Bailey concur Kirincich and Billie Bedgood were romantically involved for several years. On February 12, 2023, when Bedgood returned home from …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: B R, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-00881 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 06, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Parke Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bailey concur Mother and Father have three children: L.R., born in March 2019, and twins K.R. and J.R., born …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── DSG Indiana, LLC dba Ashley Furniture v. Angela R Green ── Case No.: 24A-SC-00731 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 06, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Johnson Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Bailey concur On May 5, 2023, Green bought several pieces of furniture from DSG, including a leather …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jimmie Willoughby v. Clarissa Brown, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-PL-01110 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 09, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Bailey concur From 2014 until April 2023, Willoughby lived with his girlfriend, Annie Feagin. In 2021, Feagin bought a residence …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Robert Ewing v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00902 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 10, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bailey concur In September 2000, Ewing entered into a written plea agreement in which he pleaded guilty to two counts of Class D felony …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Donnie Wayne Hollins v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00145 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 11, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Grant Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bailey concur In 2019, Rita Coalson and her two children began living with Hollins, Coalson’s boyfriend, in Marion. Coalson’s daughter L.C. was eight …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Mary Elizabeth Yoder v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00307 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 13, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey concurs. Judge Altice concurs in result Yoder and her boyfriend, Alan Morgan, tortured their four-year-old son, J.M., which ultimately resulted in his death on October …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── John Devee Sanders v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00673 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 16, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bailey concur In October 2020, Sanders was convicted of Level 6 felony intimidation and sentenced to 728 days probation. In the course of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joel Fox v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00011 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 16, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bailey concur In 2013, Fox was living in Indianapolis with his mother, Candy Whitesides, his daughter, C.M., and his son, D.M. C.M. turned nine …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Anthony Barnett v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-PC-03137 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 26, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Floyd Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kenworthy and Judge Felix concur This Court stated the relevant facts and procedural history as follows in Barnett v. State, 83 N.E.3d 93, 96-99 (Ind. Ct. App. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── State of Indiana v. TikTok Inc., et al. ── Case No.: 23A-PL-03111 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 30, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Bailey concur In December 2022, the State filed its complaints in Cause PL-400 and Cause PL-401, which complaints the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── State of Indiana v. TikTok Inc, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-PL-03110 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 30, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Bailey concur In December 2022, the State filed its complaints in Cause PL-400 and Cause PL-401, which complaints the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Josiah Davis v. Memisha Davis ── Case No.: 24A-DC-00946 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 02, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Randolph Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Bailey concur Husband and Wife were married in 2008 and have two children together. During their marriage, Husband ran a construction business, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lindsay Earl Willoughby v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00736 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 02, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Henry Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bailey concur In November 2018, Willoughby pleaded guilty to Level 5 felony trafficking with an inmate, which is defined by statute as a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kelvin Martis Bradford v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00054 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 02, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur On January 7, 2021, at approximately 11:30 a.m., Bradford was traveling eastbound in a rental car on Interstate 80 in LaPorte …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Emily Taylor Shaffer v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01136 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 08, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Decatur Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur In June 2022, the State charged Shaffer with Level 5 felony fraud and Level 6 felony theft. In November, Shaffer pleaded …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jose C. Valentin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01053 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 08, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur In February 2023, law enforcement officers were conducting surveillance on Valentin’s residence because they had received information that he was selling …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jesse L. Monnett v. Melissa Monnett ── Case No.: 24A-DC-00425 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 08, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Putnam Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur Father and Mother (collectively, “Parents”) were married and have one child together, who was born August 18, 2019. Parents divorced in March …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of F L ── Case No.: 24A-MH-02216 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 10, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Robb concur F.L. lives with her adult son on the south side of Indianapolis. On August 28, 2024, she called 9-1-1 because she was experiencing tooth …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Phillip D. Martin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00912 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 10, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Wayne Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur On October 11, 2023, law enforcement officers initiated a traffic stop of a vehicle driven by Martin after observing that Martin …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Benjamin Adams v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01063 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 15, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur In May 2022, Adams was engaged to and lived with A.F. in Indianapolis. After dinner at their home on May 11, Adams …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── John E Coffer v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00671 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 15, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Kenworthy and Judge Felix concur On February 12, 2022, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Officer Jonathon Willey and other officers were surveilling Brandon Williams …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Real Estate Investments LLC v. Amanda Jo Lambrechts ── Case No.: 24A-SC-00582 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 15, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur In March 2022, Buyer agreed to buy a house in Indianapolis from Seller. The purchase agreement permitted Buyer to obtain an inspection of the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── State of Indiana v. Shianne Brooks-Brown ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00627 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 16, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Carroll Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey concurs. Judge Altice dissents The “facts” relevant to this pretrial interlocutory appeal are limited. Indeed, as there has been no assessment of the parties’ evidence before …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Marcus Jermaine Rozier v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02506 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 16, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: LaGrange Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur On January 14, 2022, LaGrange Police Department Officer Eric Patterson observed Paul Bennet, Jr. get into the back …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lone Oak Solar Energy LLC v. Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-EX-00033 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 17, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias Category: Other Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bailey concur Indiana law permits the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) to decline to exercise jurisdiction over an energy utility …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brad C Fair, II v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01070 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 21, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur In October 2022, Fair pleaded guilty to four counts of Level 4 felony arson. Following his plea, the trial court …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James Gilman v. C/O Gayhart, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-SC-00994 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 23, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Sullivan Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Kenworthy and Judge Felix concur Gilman is an inmate in the Indiana Department of Correction, and he is housed at the Wabash Valley …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brittany Baylor v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01546 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 25, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Clark Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur On July 6, 2022, Baylor was babysitting a six-month-old boy (“Child”) when he began throwing up and then went limp. Baylor was …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Autovest, L.L.C. v. Julie Abner ── Case No.: 24A-CC-01113 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 25, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur On December 28, 2023, Autovest filed its renewal complaint against Julie Abner. According to Autovest’s renewal complaint, on January 2, 2014, the Marion …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: M E R v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-00903 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 25, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur Mother gave birth to D.L.S. in January 2018 and to A.L.R. in January 2020.1 DCS first became involved …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Savannah R. Johnson v. Ramon A. Johnson ── Case No.: 24A-DC-00800 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 28, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur Mother and Father (collectively, “Parents”) were married and have two children together: A.R., born June 18, 2013, and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jody L. Koller v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00699 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 28, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur On February 9, 2023, Koller was driving a silver BMW displaying a license plate that was registered to a black Audi. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: J M, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-JT-01389 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 12, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Monroe Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur Mother gave birth to Child on May 22, 2021. At the time, Father’s identity and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Felipe Ramon Soto v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01293 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 12, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur In April 2021, law enforcement officers suspected Soto of dealing drugs and conducted surveillance of his activities. On April 22, after …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Cameron Parks v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01180 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 12, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur In the fall of 2021, Parks’s thirteen-year-old son, C.P., played football on a team coached by Martin Walker in Indianapolis. During the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── 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, …
Court Opinion
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. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Darren D Lloyd v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02515 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 21, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur In the evening hours of November 26, 2021, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Officer Jacob Kinnett received a report of a person …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── 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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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. …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jimearle Davis, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01328 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 17, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur In June 2021, Officers Keifer Mikels and Jeremy Kennedy with the Lafayette Police Department were looking for Davis because he had …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── 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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── L L v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-JV-01523 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 02, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Dubois Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Kenworthy concur When he was sixteen years old, L.M.L.J., who is originally from Guatemala, lived with his uncle in Dubois County. The uncle’s five-year-old …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── 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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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, …
Court Opinion
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, …
Court Opinion
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, …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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. …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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. …
Court Opinion
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. …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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, …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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. …
Court Opinion
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. …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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
── 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
── 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
── 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
── 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
── DON MORRIS, et al. v. BRAD CRAIN ── Case No.: 21A-PL-02538 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 29, 2022 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge May concur This litigation concerns the formation of BioSafe Engineering, LLC (“BioSafe”). This is the fourth appeal in this litigation. In 2010, Plaintiffs …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── J L v. M M ── Case No.: 22A-PO-00512 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 06, 2022 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Riley and Judge May concur Father and Mother are the parents of Child, who was fourteen years old at the relevant times. On August 6, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lee Evans Dunigan v. LMHC MARY HOLMES, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-PL-01429 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 21, 2022 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge Brown and Judge Altice concur Dunigan filed a complaint against Charlotte Ray and LMHC Mary Holmes on September 14, 2021. On December 30, 2021, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Keith Lee Jabaay v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01590 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 29, 2022 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Marshall Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Altice concur On May 25, 2020, Jabaay drove to a Walmart in Plymouth, Indiana, where he concealed three packages of meat in his …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Demond Latroy Welch v. 1106 Traub Trust, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-PL-02888 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 30, 2023 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Brown concur FILED Jan 30 2023, 9:26 am CLERK Indiana Supreme Court Court of Appeals and Tax Court ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT …
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Neutral
── BRIAN S ESKRIDGE v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01027 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 28, 2023 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Porter Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur R.G. (“Mother”) gave birth to S.G. on August 15, 1996. When S.G. was approximately five months old, she was diagnosed with …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CURTIS R JONES v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01517 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 11, 2023 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Porter Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur In the summer of 2016, Jones, a former police officer with the Porter County Sheriff’s Department, was attending nursing school, and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jared Andrew Walker v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00864 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 15, 2023 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Foley concur On September 17, 2021, deputies from the Tippecanoe County Sheriff’s Department attempted to execute a search warrant at Walker’s residence. Law …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: J V v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-02697 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 30, 2024 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Vigo Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Weissmann concur This case stems from the Department of Child Service’s (“DCS”) petition to terminate Mother’s parental rights to two of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kelyn Harris v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02054 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 06, 2024 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur In November 2020, then seventeen-year-old Harris began communicating with Ezekiel 1 Watkins on Instagram regarding Harris’ interest in purchasing a firearm from …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: M G, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JC-02108 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 07, 2025 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Brown concur The Child was born on February 11, 2024, exposed to methamphetamine. On February 12, 2024, the Department of Child Services (“DCS”) …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Robert Lee Harman, II v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01140 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 08, 2021 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Huntington Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur On September 4, 2019, Harman killed his father in a fist fight, during which (Harman later acknowledged) he punched his …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── K H v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-JV-02391 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 16, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur On July 25, 2021, Elkhart Police Corporal Jesse Morganthaler (“Corp. Morganthaler”) observed K.H., who he knew from prior encounters to be a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Justin Alexander v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-PC-01612 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 24, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Weissmann concur Over the course of eleven days from December 31, 2012, to January 11, 2013, Alexander committed a series of crimes. Our prior …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ashlyn E. Cox v. Anonymous Physician A, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-MI-00534 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 23, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Wayne Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann concurs. Judge Riley dissents [2] On March 27, 2019, Cox filed a complaint for damages under the MMA. On May 2, 2019, the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jhanika R. Nance v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01354 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 08, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur On November 4, 2020, Nance “was placed on Madison County Work Release under cause number 48C01-1810-F6-2718 for the original charge of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of J S ── Case No.: 23A-MH-02405 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 29, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur J.S., who was generally residing with his mother and brother at the time, admitted himself to the Stress Center five times in 2023, with …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James Huspon v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02752 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 01, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur In its opinion addressing Huspon’s direct appeal of his convictions and sentence, the Indiana Supreme Court delineated the following facts: At approximately 5:30 a.m. on December …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Timothy Hatton v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-XP-02857 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 18, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marshall Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur In 2012, Hatton pled guilty to Class B felony child molesting in exchange for the State’s dismissing five other criminal charges. See …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: D E v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-JT-01460 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 21, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Floyd Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Foley concur Father was incarcerated in federal prison in Kentucky when Child was born drug-exposed on November 24, 2019. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: T G v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-01510 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 26, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Foley concur J.G. was born to Mother on December 4, 2012. Au.G. was born to Mother on April 4, 2014. D.G. was born to Mother …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Timothy Deshay Blackwell v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02677 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 24, 2023 Author: Judge Robert Altice County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Foley concur Case Summary In this discretionary interlocutory appeal, Timothy Deshay Blackwell appeals the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: J W v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-02370 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 28, 2025 Author: Judge Robert Altice Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Tavitas concur Case Summary J.W. (Father) appeals following the involuntary termination of his parental rights to M.W. and R.W. (Children). Father contends that the trial …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── K S v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-JV-01548 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 06, 2025 Author: Judge Robert Altice County of Origin: Grant Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Tavitas concur On April 12, 2024, fifteen-year-old K.S., who was living with his grandparents, 1 took his grandfather’s Chevy Volt automobile without permission. K.S.’s …
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
── 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
── 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
── 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: 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
── 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
── 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
── CHINS: J C v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JC-02822 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 22, 2023 Author: Judge Peter Foley County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Juvenile Decision: Dismissed Judge Altice and Judge May concur [1] J.C. (“Father”) appeals the trial court’s denial of his motion to modify the placement for his child, L.S. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Frederico Allen Conn v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02170 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 24, 2023 Author: Judge Peter Foley County of Origin: Fayette Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur On February 23, 2021, a Connersville Police officer was on patrol on Country Club Road in Fayette County. The officer saw …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Shannon R Miller v. Steven M Miller ── Case No.: 22A-DN-02116 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 30, 2023 Author: Judge Peter Foley County of Origin: Gibson Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur Wife and Husband began dating in 2007. At that time, Wife lived in Henderson, Kentucky, and worked as …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: C E v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JC-01308 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 12, 2024 Author: Judge Peter Foley Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Tavitas concur Mother and B.E., 1 who are divorced, are the parents of the Children. Mother had custody of the Children, and the Children resided …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── J K v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-JV-01772 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2024 Author: Judge Peter Foley County of Origin: Huntington Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Tavitas concur While J.K. was on probation in two delinquency matters, the State filed a new delinquency petition alleging that J.K. committed acts that, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: T H v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-02473 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 15, 2024 Author: Judge Peter Foley County of Origin: Lawrence Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Brown concur Mother is the biological mother of J.W.H., born July 20, 2015, and A.H., born June 27, 2016. The Children …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of K K ── Case No.: 24A-MH-01540 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 20, 2024 Author: Judge Peter Foley County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge Bailey and Judge Bradford concur On April 22, 2024, K.K. was involuntarily admitted to Eskenazi Mental Health Center (“Eskenazi”). Eskenazi applied for an emergency detention order, which the trial …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: C C v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-02607 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 23, 2025 Author: Judge Peter Foley County of Origin: Jay Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Felix concur Mother is the biological mother of five children: Ch.C., born November 28, 2012; M.C., born March 18, 2014; D.R., …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: J P v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JC-02235 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 22, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur Father has four children: 17-year-old Ja., 13-year-old Jy., 12-year-old Jl., and 8year-old Jo. (Children). Father’s wife, D.P. (Mother), is the stepmother of Ja. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: T C v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JT-02657 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 08, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur The Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) first became involved with Child, then three years old, in April 2019 due, in part, to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: K C, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JC-01124 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 22, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Wayne Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur Three days after Child was born in April 2023, DCS petitioned to find Child to be a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: A S v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-01722 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 11, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur In late December 2022, the Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) investigated a report that Mother was neglecting Child, then eight months old. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jose Rosas v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00416 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 25, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur Early one morning, Mother awoke in her bedroom to a male intruder lying on top of her. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Robert Cole v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02289 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 28, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur In 2023, Cox rented a bedroom in Cole’s home for $40 per week. By agreement, Cox would pay Cole each Sunday or …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: H M, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-02287 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 13, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur The Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) became involved with Parents and Children in June 2023, after Z.T.K.S. was born with …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Vance Aron Vanlandingham v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01427 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 20, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Huntington Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur While on patrol one night around 2 a.m., Detective Jordan Corral, a drug task force officer, observed a tan van nearly …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Chris J Gordon v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02512 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 28, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Scheele concur He argues that the resentencing court abused its discretion by failing to recognize as a mitigating circumstance his …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: M D, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JC-00649 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 01, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Clark Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur In September 2024, Daughter was born with syphilis and remained hospitalized for that condition for ten days. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Robert Stone v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00082 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 01, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Montgomery Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur In the Montgomery Circuit Court in January 2018, Stone pleaded guilty to Level 3 felony possession of methamphetamine and Level 4 felony …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Rothasy Eshamlech LLC v. John Dudley, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-PL-00873 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 13, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Randolph Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur Rothasy, based in New York, bought a house in Lynn, Indiana (the Property), for $7,501 at a tax sale in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── N D v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-JV-02083 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 30, 2026 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Franklin Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur N.D.’s involvement with the juvenile justice system began in October 2023, when she was 14 years old. She was referred to juvenile …
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
── Brian P. Cozine v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01483 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 26, 2021 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Clark Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Tavitas concur On November 17, 2017, the State charged Cozine with several criminal offenses. A status conference was scheduled for October 3, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brandon Fisher v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01795 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 21, 2022 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Najam and Judge Bradford concur S.D. suffers from narcolepsy, a sleep disorder causing excessive daytime sleepiness. She takes a prescription stimulant during the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: T R , et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JT-02550 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 26, 2022 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Bradford concur On June 2, 2019, DCS received a report that Mother had overdosed on heroin while …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Anthony D. Tilford v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02709 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 29, 2022 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Bradford concur On July 12, 2021, Anthony Stice (“Stice”) was riding his bicycle, accompanied by Tilford, Kaylee Shuffitt (“Kaylee”), and Kevin Shuffitt …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael Anthony Thompson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02463 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 27, 2022 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Monroe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Bradford concur The owner of an apartment building asked William Shouse (“Shouse”), the “maintenance man” for the building, to check on vacant …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: B B v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JC-02605 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 29, 2022 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Decatur Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Bradford concur In May 2021, the Indiana Department of Child Services (“DCS”) received a report that Child had been sexually …
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
── American Freedom Ins. Co. v. Marc Hires, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-CT-00539 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 07, 2022 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Vigo Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Vaidik concur In 2015, Hires sought the assistance of independent insurance broker Sam Boaz of the Sam Boaz Agency to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── D C v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-JV-01636 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 19, 2022 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Reversed Judge Riley and Judge Vaidik concur In January 2022, D.C. was on probation for a prior offense. On January 14, after officers became aware of a social …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: S K v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JT-01835 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 27, 2022 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Vaidik concur In August of 2014, Mother gave birth to Child. Child is autistic and non-verbal. At times, he engages in self-injurious behavior, such …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Devante Lavon King v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00660 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 30, 2023 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Weissmann concur On April 22, 2020, the State of Indiana charged King, in a single Information, with Dealing a Narcotic Resulting in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: S B, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JT-01773 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 08, 2023 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Weissmann concur On June 15, 2021, police found Mother unconscious in the front seat of her van. She had overdosed on heroin. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── M B v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-JV-01614 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 20, 2023 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Weissmann concur In October of 2020, then-fifteen-year-old M.B. attended a party where gunshots were fired. Police detained M.B. at the party and filed a delinquency petition in …
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Neutral
── Kirby R McPhearson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02994 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 28, 2023 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Kenworthy concur In 2010, McPhearson began dating his now-wife, Melissa. Shortly thereafter, he moved in with Melissa and her five children, one …
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Neutral
── Termination: D H v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-00649 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 18, 2023 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Fountain Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Kenworthy concur 1 H.M. (“Mother) voluntarily relinquished her parental rights to N.H. and does not participate in this appeal. [3] …
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Neutral
── Termination: A R v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-01542 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 11, 2023 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Floyd Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Felix concur Mother and J.N. (“Father”) are the parents of L.N., born April 11, 2007, and C.N., born June 24, …
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Neutral
── Jaysie Dunn v. Lenard Vander Lyke ── Case No.: 23A-DC-01705 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 27, 2023 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Tipton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Felix concur Mother and Father have two children, At.V.L., born October 14, 2019, and Ar.V.L., born June 8, 2021 (collectively, “Children”). The parties …
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Neutral
── Termination: J L, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-01763 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 11, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Clay Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Felix concur Mother and Father have four children together: Jo.L., born July 16, 2013; J.H., born October 7, …
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Neutral
── Termination: D L v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-JT-01951 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 31, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur Father and A.D. (“Mother”) (collectively, “the Parents”) are the parents of D.M. (“Child”), who was born on October 6, 2014. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Marqisha Monee Thomas v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01675 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 06, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur In April 2022, Thomas was in an “on and off” relationship with Civon Green, and the two lived together …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jeffrey H. Stanley, et al. v. Lisa Stanley ── Case No.: 23A-DN-02810 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 24, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Kosciusko Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Mathias concur Lisa and Mark married on May 26, 2006, and in 2011, they moved into the Lake House …
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Neutral
── Luis Portillo v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00240 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 26, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Mathias concur In October of 2023, Ruddy Cazares lived at 1718 Lafayette Road, Indianapolis, in a warehouse or office building. The building had …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: J H v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-01625 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 16, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Lawrence Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Foley concur Father and T.M. (“Mother”) (collectively, “Parents”) have two children together: C.M., born June 4, 2020, and M.M., born …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tavon T Macklin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00952 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 16, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Bradford and Judge Foley concur During the early morning hours of January 17, 2021, Macklin and John Ziegler armed themselves and traveled …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: K P v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-01677 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 26, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Foley concur In December of 2022, Child was born addicted to fentanyl. Child suffered withdrawal symptoms requiring his hospitalization for fifteen days. Mother was …
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Neutral
── Termination: J M v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-02075 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 13, 2025 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge DeBoer concur Child was born on May 12, 2018, and Mother adopted him on December 2, 2020. In January 2023, Mother went to the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── A B v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-JV-02062 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 13, 2025 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge DeBoer concur A.B. was born on September 2, 2008. His family has a history of involvement with the Indiana Department of Child Services …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Micah D. Bradley v. Taeonna Bradley ── Case No.: 24A-DC-02078 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 18, 2025 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik and Judge DeBoer concur Husband and Wife started dating at the end of 2012 or the beginning of 2013. By November 2013, …
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: T S, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-02813 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 30, 2025 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Floyd Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge DeBoer concur Mother gave birth to Child on May 18, 2020. Mother and Father were not married and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: A G, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JC-00524 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 08, 2025 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Henry Category: Juvenile Decision: Vacated and Remanded Judge Brown and Judge Weissmann concur Child was born in March 2013. His biological father was Father’s brother. At some …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── K M v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-JV-01839 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 14, 2026 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Grant Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Kenworthy concur The facts most favorable to the delinquency adjudication are as follows. In May 2025, K.M. was in a residential placement at …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Charles E Herbst v. Sarah Wolf ── Case No.: 25A-DR-01557 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 20, 2026 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Kenworthy concur From what we can discern from the trial court’s order and Father’s deficient brief, which we discuss in more detail below, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: B V v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-JT-02227 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 29, 2026 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Scheele concur A.V. was born on January 13, 2017, and S.V. was born on January 31, 2019, and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jennifer R Teising v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24S-CR-00055 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: February 15, 2024 Author: Justice Derek Molter County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Vacated Teising was elected trustee of Wabash Township in November 2018, and she took office the following January for a four‐year term. Ind. Code § 36‐6‐4‐2(c). At that time, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Zachariah Brian Wright v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20S-LW-00260 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: May 04, 2021 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Boone Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Justice Rush and Justice David concur. Justice Massa concurs in result. Justice Slaughter dissents During the early morning hours of June 18, 2017, …
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Neutral
── M H v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22S-JV-00251 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: April 19, 2023 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Justice Rush and Justice Molter concur. Justice Massa and Justice Slaughter concur in result In June 2019, police arrested 14-year-old Martin (a pseudonym) for trespassing, leading to the discovery …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── State of Indiana v. $2,435 in United States Currency and Alucious Q. Kizer ── Case No.: 23S-CR-00072 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: October 31, 2023 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Alucious Kizer fled from his car after police stopped him for a traffic violation. While running, Kizer …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Sabrina L. Dunn v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24S-CR-00123 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: April 10, 2024 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Orange Category: Criminal Decision: Vacated and Remanded Sabrina Dunn married William “Bill” Dunn in 2005. In 2018, Bill began using methamphetamine and became erratic and abusive. Sabrina moved into a separate guesthouse on …
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Neutral
── J D, et al. v. R W ── Case No.: 24S-AD-00117 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: January 09, 2025 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Montgomery Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Child was born in September 2016. Grandparents, residents of Illinois, are the grandparents of Child’s mother. After living with Grandparents part-time for the first two years …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Noblesville Indiana Board of Zoning Appeals v. FMG Indianapolis, LLC ── Case No.: 23S-PL-00114 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: September 25, 2023 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Justice Rush, Justice Massa, and Justice Molter concur. Justice Goff concurs in result Reagan Outdoor Advertising owns billboards in Noblesville, Indiana. The city classifies billboards …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Thomas DeCola v. Norfolk Southern Corporation, Inc. ── Case No.: 23S-PL-00358 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: December 08, 2023 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Appellate jurisdiction here is premised on the trial court’s entry of a final judgment. But the court’s entry—the denial of plaintiff’s summaryjudgment motion—was not final because (among other …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jason Morehouse, et al. v. Dux North LLC ── Case No.: 23S-PL-00071 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: February 08, 2024 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Plaintiff, Dux North LLC, owns landlocked property in rural Hamilton County, Indiana. To access its property, Dux seeks an implied easement over adjacent property owned …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christine Cosme, et al. v. Debora A. Warfield, et al. ── Case No.: 24S-CT-00159 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: May 06, 2024 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded We reaffirmed this standard in Purcell v. Old National Bank, 972 N.E.2d 835 (Ind. 2012). There, we held a trial court may …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Duke Energy Indiana LLC v. City of Noblesville Indiana ── Case No.: 23S-PL-00130 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: May 30, 2024 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded This case pits a municipality’s power to protect the health and safety of its residents against the utility regulatory commission’s power to impose uniform, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── William Ray Grimes v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24S-CR-00217 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: June 26, 2024 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Sullivan Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Justice Rush and Justice Molter concur. Justice Massa and Justice Goff dissent Indiana Criminal Rule 4 balances two competing interests: a criminal defendant’s constitutional right to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Richard Dolsen, Jr. v. Veoride Inc, et al. ── Case No.: 24S-CT-00225 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: July 02, 2024 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Our traditional “fireman’s rule” limited a firefighter’s tort recovery for injuries sustained when responding to a fire. The rule’s origin is a premises-liability case that …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Perdue Farms Inc. v. L & B Transport, LLC, et al. ── Case No.: 24S-PL-00040 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: August 13, 2024 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Daviess Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Indiana courts generally hold contracting parties to their bargain, and that is especially true of commercial parties. The issue here is …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Indiana Law Enforcement Training Board v. R L ── Case No.: 24S-XP-00185 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: December 03, 2024 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Martin Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded R.L., a sheriff’s deputy, was charged with driving while intoxicated. The State later dropped criminal charges. But the Indiana Law Enforcement Training Board, which credentials …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── William Clyde Gibson, III v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22S00-1608-PD-00411 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: October 24, 2019 Author: Justice Mark Massa County of Origin: Floyd Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Justice Rush, Justice David, and Justice Goff concur. Justice Slaughter not participating Victims, Murders, and Arrest In March 2012, William Gibson invited Stephanie Kirk to his home, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── FORREST PERKINS v. MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF SOUTH BEND ── Case No.: 20S-CT-00233 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: March 31, 2020 Author: Justice Mark Massa County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Justice Rush, Justice David, and Justice Goff concur. Justice Slaughter dissents Forrest Perkins was employed by Memorial Hospital of South Bend for about four …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── P L v. M H, et al. ── Case No.: 23S-AD-00158 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: June 20, 2023 Author: Justice Mark Massa County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed P.L. (“Father”) is the biological father of S.L. (“Child”). Child was removed twelve days after birth and placed with M.H. and A.H. (“Adoptive Parents”) for fourteen months. In …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Penny Korakis v. Memorial Hospital of South Bend, et al. ── Case No.: 23S-CT-00109 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: January 25, 2024 Author: Justice Mark Massa County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part On August 3, 2017, Penny Korakis was taken to Memorial Hospital of South Bend (“Hospital”) for medical care where …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── A W v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23S-JV-00040 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: March 12, 2024 Author: Justice Mark Massa Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part Justice Rush, Justice Slaughter, and Justice Molter concur. Justice Goff concurs in result A.W., a seventeen-year-old, fled on foot from a traffic stop for speeding. While A.W. ran, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Conroad Associates, L.P. v. Castleton Corner Owners Association, Inc., et al. ── Case No.: 22S-PL-00307 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: March 24, 2023 Author: Justice Loretta Rush County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Justice Massa, Justice Slaughter, and Justice Goff concur. Justice Molter not participating The present appeal is the third in this case, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Performance Services, Inc. v. Randolph Eastern School Corporation ── Case No.: 23S-CP-00059 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: June 28, 2023 Author: Justice Loretta Rush County of Origin: Randolph Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed In 2008, Performance Services, Inc. approached Randolph Eastern School Corporation (RESC) about constructing a wind turbine. Following school-board approval the following year, the parties entered into a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Bradley Cooley v. Shelly Cooley ── Case No.: 23S-DN-00245 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: March 20, 2024 Author: Justice Loretta Rush County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Shelly Cooley (“Wife”) and Bradley Cooley (“Husband”) had been married for nearly twenty-six years when Wife petitioned for dissolution on August 11, 2021. Early in the marriage, Husband started …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: C H v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-01274 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 17, 2026 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Knox Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Scheele concur Mother and T.E. (“Father”) are the parents of B.H. (“Child”), who was born in July 2015. Father has never …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: A H v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-01912 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 30, 2026 Author: Judge Rudolph Pyle Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Mathias concur 1 The trial court also terminated the children’s father’s parental relationships with the children. Father is appealing the terminations under a separate cause …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: D C v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-01948 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 26, 2026 Author: Judge Rudolph Pyle Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Kenworthy concur 1 The trial court also terminated the children’s mother’s (“Mother”) parental relationships with the children. This Court affirmed those terminations under a separate …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paulino Santiago-Bautista v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01502 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 9, 2026 Author: Judge Stephen Scheele County of Origin: Carroll Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Felix concur On June 10, 2023, fourteen-year-old L.A. was home alone at her family’s farm in Carroll County. Around noon, Santiago-Bautista knocked on the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Andre J.S. Richardson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-02332 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 20, 2026 Author: Judge Stephen Scheele County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Vaidik concur In January 2023, Richardson, then twenty years old, was communicating with a fourteen-year-old girl via social media. The two sent each …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Edmarius Malik Oats v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-02309 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2026 Author: Judge Stephen Scheele County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Vaidik concur On May 23, 2023, officers with the Columbus Police Department received a report of a drive-by shooting at Lincoln Park. Officer …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Andrew Wayne McWhorter v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-PC-01333 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 5, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Henry Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur This appeal is McWhorter’s fourth appearance before our Court following what was originally a 2006 conviction for Class …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: B F v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-02244 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 6, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Monroe Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Felix concur Mother has two children, C.F. born in April 2017 and J.F. born in May 2020. 1 The children were …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Todd E. Clark v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01762 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 6, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Criminal Decision: Remanded and Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur C.R. has known Clark for sixteen years, and over that time they have had an on-and-off romantic relationship. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Stephanie Bell, et al. v. Faraway SG Trust ── Case No.: 25A-MF-01865 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 9, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur In November 2022, Purple Umbrella Investments, Inc. (“Purple Umbrella”) executed a note in the principal amount of $156,200 payable to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── M L v. L L ── Case No.: 25A-PO-01756 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 9, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Huntington Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Felix concur M.L. is L.L.’s stepmother. L.L. is a two-year-old child who is the subject of a custody order between her mother, K.W. (“Mother”), and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: P B v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-02153 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 18, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Vigo Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Felix concur Father and M.B. (“Mother”) 1 have one child together, Child, who was born September 12, 2023. While she was …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Robert P Wilson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-PC-00372 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 18, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Felix concur The facts underlying Wilson’s convictions for murder and carrying a handgun without a license were stated by our Court in his …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── John P Cosgrove, et al. v. Newrez LLC dba Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing ── Case No.: 25A-MF-01185 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 26, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Jasper Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur On November 20, 2024, NewRez LLC, d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing (“NewRez”), filed its complaint on a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jamonte Montral Morrow v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-02189 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Felix concur On November 20, 2024, Renita Freeman was driving her car when she came to a stop on 56th Street at the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── E S v. C H, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-AD-01167 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Rehearing Judge Pyle concurs. Judge Vaidik denies rehearing As we explained in our memorandum decision: On July 21, 2023, Grandparents filed a verified petition for the adoption of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Corey Ryan Rhoton v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-PC-01304 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 11, 2026 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Clinton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Kenworthy concur On November 13, 2017, Rhoton was convicted following a jury trial of ten counts of child molesting and was sentenced to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── L M v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-JV-02660 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 19, 2026 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Henry Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Kenworthy concur On August 26, 2025, Lebanon Police were dispatched to the Indiana United Methodist Children’s Home (“IUMCH”) to investigate a fight involving two …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: A W v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-02186 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 19, 2026 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Jay Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Kenworthy concur Parents are the biological parents of Children. On February 9, 2023, DCS investigated a report that K.W., a sibling …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Johnathan Juvinall v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01856 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 26, 2026 Author: Judge Peter Foley County of Origin: Warren Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Altice concur On May 7, 2024, R.J. was married to Juvinall, and on that date, the two went to the Oak Grove Motel in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Calvary Temple Church of Evansville, Inc. v. Gerard A. Kirsch ── Case No.: 24S-CT-00378 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: February 11, 2025 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Our legislature limits the duties that a nonprofit religious organization, like a church, owes to persons entering its premises. For an invitee—one who …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── South Bend Community School Corporation v. Connie Grabowski ── Case No.: 24S-CT-00395 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: June 24, 2025 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Justice Rush and Justice Massa concur. Justice Goff and Justice Molter dissent Indiana has long been an employment-at-will state. An employer generally may terminate an employee for any reason. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Bradley Baldwin, As Assignee of Tommi C. Hummel and Travor Hummel, et al. v. The Standard Fire Insurance Company, et al. ── Case No.: 25S-CT-00033 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: October 21, 2025 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Marshall Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Justice Rush, Justice Massa, and Justice Molter concur. Justice Goff concurs in part/dissents in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Perry County, Indiana, et al. v. Keith D. Huck ── Case No.: 24S-PL-00297 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: July 22, 2025 Author: Justice Mark Massa County of Origin: Perry Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Justice Slaughter and Justice Molter concur. Justice Rush concurs in result. Justice Goff dissents Prior to January 1, 2024, Perry County provided group health …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── D W v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25S-JV-00190 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: July 23, 2025 Author: Justice Mark Massa County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed D.W., born in 2006, is the second oldest of six children born to Mother. Of those siblings, D.W.’s younger brother, A.O., was born in 2015. Sometime prior to March …