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── Derrick Duane Dale v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01768 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 19, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur In March and April 2020, Dale lived with his girlfriend Kimberly Grosklos and her four children—eleven-year-old S.M., nine-year-old K.M., eight-year-old B.M., …
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Neutral
── Jackie L Haines, III, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-CT-00652 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 20, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Madison Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur The facts as alleged by Plaintiffs, which we accept as true for purposes of this appeal, …
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Neutral
── Darius K. Thomas v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01260 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 25, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Kenworthy concur In February 2021, Thomas and his friend, Jeffrey Mack, were parked in the lot of a Marathon gas station in Elkhart. …
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Neutral
── In Re The Matter Of The Guardianship Of: Martin Sebastian ── Case No.: 23A-GU-03059 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 10, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Jackson Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur Martin was born in Guatemala in March 2005. His mother, Marta Sebastian Mateo (“Mother”), has seven …
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Neutral
── Robert Lee Williams v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01040 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 23, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge May concur Between approximately 11:00 pm and 11:30 pm on March 6, 2021, Daryl Johnson walked to a Marathon Gas Station near his …
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Neutral
── Timothy Manges v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-PC-01602 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 24, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Bradford concur In late 2001, a jury found Manges guilty of child molesting as a Class A felony in Cause 20D03-0012-CF-00186. In early 2002, …
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Neutral
── Benjamin C. Taylor v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01625 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 05, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Jackson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bradford concur On the morning of November 27, 2019, in Seymour, Indiana, GonzalezQuintana started up her grey Chevrolet Malibu so it would be …
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Neutral
── Thomas Leon Wilson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02376 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 07, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bradford concur On the night of December 21, 2021, Daniela Torres, Anderson Hernandez, and Erick Chacon went to K1 Speed, an indoor go-kart …
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Neutral
── T K v. J C ── Case No.: 25A-AD-00383 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 31, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Scheele concur Child was born in September 2013 and is the child of Mother and Father. Mother moved in with Father after Mother became pregnant. …
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Neutral
── Termination: T F, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 20A-JT-01059 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 05, 2020 Author: Judge Melissa May Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Altice concur [2] L.S. (“Mother”) 1 gave birth to D.C. on August 21, 2014, and A.C. on December 27, 2015. Father C. is …
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Neutral
── Termination: B A v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 20A-JT-00812 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 05, 2020 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Altice concur 1 Child was born to J.G. (“Mother”) on August 28, 2018. Child tested positive for “THC, fentanyl, codeine, …
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Neutral
── Charles J. Norton v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-00857 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 13, 2020 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Vigo Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Altice concur On December 27, 2017, the State charged Norton with two counts of Level 6 felony intimidation. 1 Norton pled guilty to …
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Neutral
── Kennetra Lanae Scisney v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-00378 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 13, 2020 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Altice concur Scisney is K.S.’s mother. At the time of the incident, K.S. was twelve years old. Scisney had full custody of K.S., …
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Neutral
── Fredrick L Ford v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 19A-CR-02588 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 13, 2020 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Riley and Judge Altice concur Ford and Catrina Russell began dating in August 2017, and Ford moved into Russell’s apartment shortly …
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Neutral
── AGUILA ANTWON BINION v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 19A-CR-02688 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 16, 2020 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Altice concur On April 27, 2018, Patrolman Alex Kelly of the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office initiated a traffic stop of Binion’s vehicle. Patrolman …
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Neutral
── Michael Gayer v. State of Indiana, et al. ── Case No.: 20A-PL-01020 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 25, 2020 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Pulaski Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Altice concur On May 2, 2016, the State filed a Complaint to Recover Public Funds against Gayer based on allegations that Gayer …
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Neutral
── Anthony D. Williams v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-00985 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 25, 2020 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Altice concur In 2014, Williams pled guilty to Level 6 felony sexual battery 2 of V.L.S., which battery was compelled by force or …
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Neutral
── James E. Saylor v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CC-00343 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 25, 2020 Author: Judge Melissa May Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Altice concur 1. Administrative Action Saylor received unemployment compensation insurance benefits from July 19, 2003, until November 22, 2003. On April 20, 2004, DWD mailed a determination …
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Neutral
── M M v. A C ── Case No.: 20A-AD-01241 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 09, 2020 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Steuben Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Bradford concur Mother and N.E. (“Father”) divorced on August 14, 2015. Two children had been born of the marriage – I.E., born December 19, 2012, …
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Neutral
── MICHAEL T MCGILL v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-00327 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 10, 2020 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Lawrence Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Altice concur Around noon on July 27, 2018, Kenneth Ivey and his wife decided to leave their house in Bedford and visit the …
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Neutral
── Michael Gillam v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 19A-PC-03001 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 10, 2020 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Altice concur In 2011, the Indiana Department of Child Services received a report that alleged Gillam had been involved in a relationship with …
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Neutral
── RAYMOND LEE MONTGOMERY v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-00183 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 11, 2020 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Altice concur In the early morning of February 11, 2019, Patrick Connors exited his Indianapolis apartment to go to work. As he was …
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Neutral
── Jeremy McNett v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-00799 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 18, 2020 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Altice concur In June and July of 2019, eleven-year-old J.R. divided her time between her mother’s house and her father’s house. McNett was married …
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Neutral
── PAMELA JANE SCHOLL v. MOHAMMED E MAJD, M.D. ── Case No.: 20A-CT-00571 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 18, 2020 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Floyd Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Riley and Judge Altice concur Scholl filed suit on August 26, 2017, alleging Dr. Majd, an orthopedic surgeon, committed medical malpractice when he …
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Neutral
── Ladon Earl Cameron v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-00993 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 28, 2020 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Bradford concur On August 24, 2016, Cameron called Dorothy Dunham to drive him to a nearby CVS pharmacy. Once they arrived at the …
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Neutral
── Anthony B Kutch v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-00763 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 28, 2020 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Bradford concur After Justin and Brynn Keist noticed food missing from their house on several occasions, they installed surveillance cameras inside their house. …
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Neutral
── Barbara Whetstine as Co-Guardian of the Limited Guardianship, et al. v. Menard, Inc ── Case No.: 19A-CT-02949 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 28, 2020 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Altice concur 2 The corporation name is “Menard” but the stores are called “Menards.” (See, e.g., App. …
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Neutral
── DANTE R GOOCH v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01266 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 13, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Bradford concur In the early afternoon of January 14, 2020, Kathryn Haverfield was smoking a cigarette while standing on the balcony of her …
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Neutral
── Brooke Brown, by next friend, Mark Brown v. SOUTHSIDE ANIMAL SHELTER INC, et al. ── Case No.: 20A-CT-00066 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 13, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Rehearing Judge Riley and Judge Altice concur On October 15, 2020, we held the trial court erred when it granted summary …
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Neutral
── Teresa L Yates v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-00330 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 22, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed Judge Riley and Judge Altice concur On September 27, 2019, Brandon Arnold, the night manager of an Indianapolis Meijer store, responded to a call from his staff …
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Neutral
── Bradley C Back v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-PC-01173 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 27, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Altice concur On April 16, 2017, an explosion occurred at Back’s home. The explosion was centered in Back’s bedroom and Back had a …
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Neutral
── Muhamed Dugonjic v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-PC-01015 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 27, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Altice concur In our opinion on Dugonjic’s direct appeal, we recited the facts surrounding his offenses as follows: In 2010, A.D. moved from Bosnia …
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Neutral
── Bruce Jackson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-00764 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 29, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Altice concur Jackson and his girlfriend, L.A., lived together in a house on North Emerson Avenue in Indianapolis. On May 5, 2019, two of …
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Neutral
── Emery Brown v. Brent Eaton, Hancock County Prosecutor ── Case No.: 19A-MI-01999 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 10, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Hancock Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Robb and Judge Vaidik concur 2 On May 11, 2017, Officer Derrick Archor of the FPD was on patrol in his police cruiser …
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Neutral
── John Wilder v. Degood Dimensional Concepts, Inc ── Case No.: 20A-PL-01100 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 16, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Kosciusko Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Kirsch and Judge Bradford concur The facts of the claim underlying this attorney fee issue can be found in our earlier opinion DeGood …
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Neutral
── Ernest Julian Mance v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01702 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 17, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Bradford concur On April 16, 2003, the State charged Mance with two counts of murder based on an incident during which Mance chased …
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Neutral
── Dominic Desando v. Andrew Jacobs, Jr. ── Case No.: 20A-SC-00866 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 17, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Altice concur Desando and Jacobs, both recent graduates of Indiana University McKinney School of Law, agreed to lease an apartment together at The Whit in Indianapolis, Indiana. 1 …
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Neutral
── Stacy E Lock v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01635 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 18, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Whitley Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Bradford concur On November 12, 2018, Lock sold 3.5 grams of methamphetamine to an acquaintance from jail who happened to be a confidential …
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Neutral
── Terrence Terrell Jones-Bey v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01544 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 19, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Bradford concur On July 22, 2020, Jones-Bey appeared in person before the trial court to address a pending petition to revoke his probation. …
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Neutral
── Keith Collins v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01313 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 24, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Bradford concur On October 17, 2019, J.C. was at her home in Indianapolis with her son M.B. and her grandchildren. While J.C. was getting …
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Neutral
── Dakota S. Dudelston v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01795 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 12, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Delaware Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Bradford concur On April 13, 2018, the State charged Dudelston with Level 5 felony domestic battery resulting in injury to a pregnant woman, …
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Neutral
── Daniel A Ellis v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01673 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 12, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Kirsch and Judge Bradford concur On July 1, 2019, Ellis was driving south bound along a county road in rural Madison County, Indiana, …
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Neutral
── Billy Francis Williams, II v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01531 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 12, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Bradford concur On December 12, 2019, Thomas and Marilyn Richardson were awakened in their home at 2:30 a.m. by an alarm alerting …
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Neutral
── Curtis L Williams v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-00865 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 12, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Bradford concur On December 12, 2016, Williams moved in with his girlfriend, Michelle, who lived in the same house as her mother, Jenny. …
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Neutral
── CHINS: B M v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 20A-JC-01507 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 26, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Sullivan Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur C.W. (“Mother”) 1 gave birth to Child on November 7, 2005. At the time Child was born, Mother was …
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Neutral
── MICHAEL KELLEY v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-XP-01413 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 26, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Bradford concur Between 1975 and 2005, as an adult in Indiana, Kelley accumulated numerous felony convictions, including a conviction of murder 1 in 1982 …
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Neutral
── Richard Dean Martin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01327 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 26, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Clark Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Bradford concur Martin was convicted of six counts of Class A felony child molesting 1 on August 21, 2008. The trial court imposed …
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Neutral
── Herco LLC v. Auto Owners Insurance Company ── Case No.: 20A-PL-01682 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 07, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Bradford concur HERCO owned an apartment building located at 2212-2218 West 12th Avenue in Gary. On April 27, 2012, an unknown person threw …
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Neutral
── Supervised Estate: Cassandra Fischer, et al. v. Margaret Hutchins ── Case No.: 20A-ES-01691 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 08, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Steuben Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Bradford concur Fredrick is the father of Children. Margaret is the stepmother of Thomas and the mother of Dalaina, Cassandra, and …
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Neutral
── State of Indiana v. Andrew M Royer ── Case No.: 20A-PC-00955 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 08, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Weissmann concur 1 We summarized the facts of the offense in our opinion on Royer’s first petition for post-conviction relief as follows: In …
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Neutral
── Ohio Casualty Insurance Company , et al. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 19A-PL-02794 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 08, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Robb and Judge Vaidik concur “[S]everal years prior to January 1, 2009[,]” Theresa Bruening began employment as a deputy in …
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Neutral
── Gary A Diana v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01708 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 09, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Vigo Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Bradford concur In 2018, Laura Nicoson and three other nurses from Great Lakes Caring, provided in-home care to Diana, who needed nursing care …
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Neutral
── Lowell Lakin AKA L&P Body Shop v. Auto-Owners Insurance Company #8988, et al. ── Case No.: 20A-CC-02020 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 20, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Jasper Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Bradford concur In 1990, Lowell Lakin, the owner of L&P Body Shop, switched the body shop’s property …
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Neutral
── Billy Robinson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01693 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 20, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Bradford concur On the afternoon of December 27, 2018, Shanel Byrom left her job at the post office on the south side of Indianapolis …
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Neutral
── Gregory Weinkauf v. Jean Gleissner, et al. ── Case No.: 20A-PL-01295 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 20, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur Joseph was married to Veronica Weinkauf, and their marriage produced Gregory, Julie Stratton, and Beth Muller. Sometime in 1999, Joseph …
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Neutral
── Termination: M M, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 20A-JT-02069 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 05, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur M.M. Jr. and T.H. were born to Parents on December 12, 2016, and October 22, 2018, respectively. Parents have a third …
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Neutral
── Jason M Schnitzmeyer v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01311 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 05, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Bradford concur On March 30, 2018, Lawrence Police Officer Jeffrey Gray heard two gunshots in the area that he was patrolling. Once he …
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Neutral
── Todd D. Norman v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-PC-02349 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 19, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Ripley Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur The facts of Norman’s underlying convictions were set forth in our opinion deciding his direct appeal: On February 17, 2016, Versailles …
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Neutral
── Myra Inskeep v. Gary & Barbara Schwartz ── Case No.: 20A-CT-02183 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 19, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Wells Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur On May 8, 2017, Inskeep was walking into the Corner Depot restaurant in Bluffton, Indiana, when she tripped on …
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Neutral
── Aaron Isby v. State of Indiana, et al. ── Case No.: 20A-PL-02022 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 19, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Miami Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur In 1990, Isby stabbed a correctional officer at the Pendleton Correctional Facility. The Indiana Department of Correction (“DOC”) initiated prison …
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Neutral
── Joshua R Morgan v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-00960 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 20, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur B.R. was born in November of 2005, and in 2016, she lived in LaPorte, Indiana, with her mother V.R. (“Mother”), her …
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Neutral
── CHINS: R B v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JC-00011 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 27, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur Mother is the mother of Ad.B., born December 13, 2005; Av.B., born February 10, 2008; Al.B., born December 4, …
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Neutral
── Iven D. Walker v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-02197 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 03, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Delaware Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur At approximately 6:00 p.m. on February 19, 2020, Walker and D.R. were at a bus stop at the intersection of Memorial …
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Neutral
── Joshua L Bargerhuff v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-02328 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 06, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Cass Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur On May 1, 2018, Officer Scott Turney of the Cass County Sheriff’s Department received a dispatch regarding a suspicious person located …
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Neutral
── CHARLES WILLIAM SMITH, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-02311 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 06, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur On November 3, 2016, Smith pled guilty to one count of Level 2 felony dealing in cocaine and one count …
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Neutral
── Cynthia Rossner, et al. v. South Bend Orthopaedics, et al. ── Case No.: 20A-CT-01804 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 07, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur On June 18, 2013, thirty-six-year-old Shawn visited Dr. Biever, a physician at South Bend Orthopaedics, for pain …
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Neutral
── Joe H. McNew v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00259 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 08, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur On June 17, 2019, McNew was released on bond pending trial for domestic violence charges. As a condition of his release, …
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Neutral
── Scott M Jones v. Beth E. Jones ── Case No.: 20A-DN-02275 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 08, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Cass Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur Husband and Wife married on July 7, 2007. Wife alleged that on January 1, 2018, Husband “cut the power” to the …
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Neutral
── Supervised Estate: Kenneth J. Schaefer v. Estate of Cletus P. Schaefer, Deceased ── Case No.: 20A-ES-01007 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 08, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May Category: Civil Decision: Rehearing Judge Riley and Judge Altice concur Kenneth J. Schaefer files a petition for rehearing, asking this court to interpret Indiana Code section 29-1-17-3, which governs abatement …
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Neutral
── MICHAEL STEELE v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00237 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 28, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur Steele 2 and N.T. dated for approximately six months in early 2018. After their romantic relationship ended, N.T. petitioned the Hamilton Superior …
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Neutral
── Tom A. DeCola v. Starke County Council ── Case No.: 21A-MI-00120 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 28, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marshall Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur In November 2018, DeCola won election to the Starke County Council. On December 7, 2018, DeCola swore and filed with the …
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Neutral
── MICHAEL MAURICE BISHOP v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00350 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 29, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Vaidik concur On February 9, 2019, Officer Ryan Rush of the South Bend Police Department observed the driver of a vehicle fail …
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Neutral
── Termination: S Y v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 20A-JT-02345 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 29, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur Mother 1 is the biological mother of Y.L.Y. and T.Y., born May 24, 2016, and September 21, 2017, respectively. On October 10, 2016, …
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Neutral
── The Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County d/b/a Eagle Valley Meadows, et al. v. Sharon Dial ── Case No.: 20A-CT-02382 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 30, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur On December 6, 2010, Robert McFerran …
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Neutral
── Ricardo Hernandez Vasquez v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-02344 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 30, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marshall Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur Vasquez began living with his girlfriend, J.D., and her daughter, K.D., in 2009 or 2010. When Vasquez met …
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Neutral
── Marcus A Ternet v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00535 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 06, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Jay Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Vaidik concur In May 2011, Ternet was married to K.M., who had two children from a prior relationship – five-year-old M.M. and four-year-old …
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Neutral
── Sandra Haggarty v. Thomas Haggarty ── Case No.: 20A-DC-01877 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 17, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey concurs. Judge Robb concurs in part/dissents in part On June 30, 2000, in contemplation of their impending marriage, Thomas and Sandra 2 entered an Agreement that contained …
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Neutral
── Kelsey McManus v. Ryan Montgomery ── Case No.: 21A-DC-00337 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 18, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Kirsch and Judge Vaidik concur Child was born to Mother and Father on September 2, 2014. Mother and Father were married on October …
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Neutral
── Nathan L Reitenour, et al. v. M/I Homes of Indiana, L.P., et al. ── Case No.: 21A-CT-00103 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 20, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur M/I Homes constructed a new house (“the Residence”) in Lawrence, Indiana, and the …
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Neutral
── Judson K. Hoover v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-02310 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 03, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Floyd Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Vaidik concur Hoover and R.H. married in 2008. Three children were born of the marriage – fraternal twins, Be.H. and T.H., and a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Corey A. Garrett v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00070 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 07, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Delaware Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur Garrett and S.T. began dating in January 2019, and Garrett moved into S.T.’s house in Commack, Indiana, in April 2019. Shortly …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Eileen Davis v. Carolyn Scott, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-PL-00424 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 10, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Shelby Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Vaidik concur In 1983, Helen and Clyde Richards – who were the parents of Eileen Davis, Carolyn Scott, Louis Richards, Theresa Richards, Robert …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lyndal Woosley, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00351 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 10, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Harrison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Vaidik concur On November 30, 2017, the State charged Woosley with one count of Level 2 felony dealing in methamphetamine. 1 On February …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: K T v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JT-00748 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 24, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Posey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Vaidik concur Mother is the biological mother of L.P. and L.T., born November 29, 2006, and May 31, 2016, respectively. On …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: T R, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-JC-00409 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 27, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Vaidik concur Child was born to Parents on December 9, 2016, at twenty-seven weeks gestation. 2 Child …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Timothy Jacob Glenn v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00294 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 27, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Vaidik concur On August 25, 2020, the State charged Glenn with Level 5 felony intimidation 2 under cause number 79D02-2008-F5-146 (“F5-146”). The State …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Erica Nicole Sever v. Barbara Martin, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-MI-00575 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 28, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Rush Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Kirsch and Judge Vaidik concur Mother gave birth to Child on November 6, 2014. Child’s biological father was the son of Grandparents and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael Shelmadine, Jr. v. Nicole Klingaman ── Case No.: 21A-DN-00402 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 28, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Noble Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Vaidik concur Klingaman and Shelmadine married on June 20, 2015. On July 13, 2020, Klingaman filed a petition for dissolution of marriage. Following the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Taggart Insurance Center Inc. v. Aegean LLC d/b/a Public Agency Training Council, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-PL-01378 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 05, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Vaidik concur Aegean LLC d/b/a Public Agency Training Council (“Aegean”) is an Indiana limited liability company …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Frank Chester Oliver v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00493 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 05, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Vaidik concur On February 2, 2020, Oliver and his twenty-year domestic companion P.B. were in their apartment. For reasons not disclosed in the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Harmon L Jones, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00863 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 22, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Noble Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Molter concur On May 18, 2017, the trial court entered judgment of conviction against Jones for Level 5 felony burglary. 1 The …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── T P v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-JV-00926 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 27, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Martin Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Molter concur In the early morning hours of August 5, 2020, fifteen-year-old T.P. was at his Guardian’s house in Shoals, Indiana, with friends, but …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── W O v. M D ── Case No.: 21A-AD-00774 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 27, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Monroe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Molter concur Child was born to S.M. (“Mother”) on November 2, 2015. Father filed a paternity affidavit indicating he was Child’s father at the time …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── John Ludack v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-PC-00552 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 27, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Molter concur We summarized the facts of Ludack’s offense in our opinion deciding his direct appeal: In June 2008, Ludack lived in an Indianapolis …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Daniel M. Farris v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00795 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 28, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Posey Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Molter concur On February 21, 2020, Farris committed three crimes in Posey County, Indiana. Farris forced open the door to Daryl Abell’s garage, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: Elizabeth Jackson v. Sharon Thomas ── Case No.: 21A-JP-00057 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 16, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Hancock Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Molter concur Mother gave birth to Child on September 11, 2008. Mother and Matthew Thomas (“Father”) were never married. Father filed a paternity action …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Anthony Padgett v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00519 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 18, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Sullivan Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik and Judge Molter concur This case was previously before us after the Henry Circuit Court denied Padgett’s petition for writ of habeas corpus. We …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Stanley Wendell Robinson, Sr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01124 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 30, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Molter concur Robinson and L.D. dated for several years, but the romantic relationship ended in the spring of 2020. L.D then moved …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: L T v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JT-01492 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 14, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur Mother is the biological mother 1 of A.P., Jr., and K.P., born August 11, 2014, and June 7, 2016, respectively. On May 20, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kim M Lloyd v. Lawrence Kuznar, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-CT-01338 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 28, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur Lloyd, who was represented by the law firm of Christopher Myers and Associates, initiated suit against Purdue …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: D H, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JC-01425 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 03, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Greene Category: Juvenile Decision: Rehearing Judge Vaidik and Judge Molter concur D.H. (“Father”) requests rehearing and argues the following footnote (hereinafter “FN1”) in our original opinion was incorrect: …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Indiana Repertory Theatre, Inc. v. The Cincinnati Casualty Company, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-PL-00628 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 04, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Weissmann concur 4 As stated in the record, IRT is the largest professional nonprofit theatre in Indiana. IRT presents …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Frank E. Minges, III v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00216 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 04, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Molter concurs. Judge Bailey concurs in result On October 13, 2020, police conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle driven by Minges. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: S C v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JC-01776 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 25, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Wabash Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur Mother 1 gave birth to Child on December 9, 2018, and Child lived with Mother prior to these proceedings. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kimberly S. Vanderveer v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01688 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 26, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Vacated in Part Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur On an undisclosed date prior to these events, Vanderveer inherited a Smith & Wesson .357 caliber …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Megan Rose v. Cole L Winters ── Case No.: 21A-SC-01390 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 28, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur Between August 2016 and August 2019, Rose and Winters were involved in an on-again, off-again romantic relationship. On February 15, 2019, Rose …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Scott M. Afanador v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01000 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 28, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Lawrence Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Molter concur On January 25, 2002, Afanador was convicted of Forgery, a Class C felony, in Monroe Circuit Court under cause number 53C05-0002-CF-00065 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Demetre D Payton v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01547 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 11, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur On August 5, 2020, at approximately 1:30 a.m., Fort Wayne Police Officers Zachary Chapman and Roderick Waters pulled into the parking …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Denver Lee Murray v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01495 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 11, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Wells Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur In exchange for a reduction in the length of his term of probation, Nathan Romine agreed to serve as a confidential …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Trent Howard Boyle v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00686 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 11, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Wells Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Vaidik and Judge Molter concur At approximately 11:00 a.m. on February 4, 2020, an anonymous person called 911 and reported that …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: M M v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-JC-01767 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 18, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur Mother gave birth to Ma.M. 1 and Mi.M., 2 on February 7, 2015, and August 19, 2020, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Thomas Wayne McKenzie v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02214 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 04, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur On October 20, 2020, McKenzie’s fourteen-year-old grandson reported to his mother that McKenzie repeatedly molested him from the time he was …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Rodney Maxx Perry v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01527 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 04, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Boone Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur Perry’s daughter, S.P., lived with Perry while her mother was participating in work release. When S.P. was seven or eight years …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brett Alan Beatty v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01517 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 07, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur On August 5, 2017, Beatty was living in a house in Crown Point, Indiana, with his then-girlfriend, Rachel Griffin. Beatty was …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── A B v. B B ── Case No.: 21A-AD-01792 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 16, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur Child was born on August 25, 2009, to Mother and Father. Mother and Father have never been married, but the trial court entered an order confirming Father’s …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── JOSE DEJESUS SANCHEZ MALDONADO v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01479 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 16, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Vacated in Part, Remanded Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur 1 Ind. Code §§ 35-42-2-1.3(a)(1) & 35-42-2-1.3(c). 2 Ind. Code §§ 35-42-2-1.3(a)(1) & 35-42-2-1.3(b)(2). …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Daniel Scott Weinley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02162 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 17, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Huntington Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur Between November 2017 and December 2018, H.E. lived with her aunt (“Aunt”), Aunt’s husband Weinley, and their four children. During this …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Amber Richardson v. Ivan C Stetter ── Case No.: 21A-DC-01730 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 17, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur Child was born on June 28, 2012, to Mother and Father, who were married. At some point, Mother and Father moved to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Justin Wade Black v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01703 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 25, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Decatur Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur On January 8, 2015, Black was convicted of Class B felony burglary. 1 The trial court imposed an eight-year sentence, ordered …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CYRILLE J. CATELLIER v. Allie Grigsby, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-CP-01243 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 25, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle concurs. Judge Brown dissents Prior to January 2019, Tim owned the property at issue, which is located in Plainfield, Indiana (“Disputed Property”). On January …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Corey Rucker v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01393 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 28, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur In 2002, Rucker was convicted of predatory sexual assault of a child in Cook County, Illinois. As a result of that conviction, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Warren Parks v. Lisa Bloc, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-MI-01751 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 29, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Putnam Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur On November 5, 2020, Parks, an inmate at the Putnamville Correctional Facility (“PCF”), filed a complaint against Bloc and Pherson (collectively, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── State of Indiana v. Derick S Pemberton ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00668 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 31, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Putnam Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik concurs. Judge Molter dissents In 2012, sixteen-year-old Pemberton allegedly forced eleven-year-old K.S. to have sexual intercourse. K.S. did not report the allegation to her parents …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Justin Ryan Yeary v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01080 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 07, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Brown and Judge Weissmann concur 2 In early 2019, Tyler Humphrey was twenty-three years old and attended Indiana University Purdue University-Indianapolis. He had been …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kyle Travis Chandler v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02049 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 14, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Wells Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur In November 2020, Jarius Daggett was working as a confinement officer at the Wells County Sheriff’s Department. As part of his …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── BELINDA A DOBROWOLSKI v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01775 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 14, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Parke Category: Criminal Decision: Dismissed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur On November 9, 2018, the State charged Dobrowolski with Level 6 felony domestic battery resulting in moderate bodily injury 1 after …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Charles Benson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-PC-00132 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 14, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Molter concur On direct appeal, we relayed the facts of Benson’s offense as follows: Around 2:00 p.m. on January 30, 2016, Officer Robert Geiger …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Scott Geels, et al. v. Desiree Morrow, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-MI-00960 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 27, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Rehearing Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur [1] Scott Geels and Erica Leitch (“Appellants”) request rehearing, arguing this court “incorrectly decid[ed] the matter on an issue …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christina Ann Helsley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02465 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 11, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Shelby Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur On February 10, 2020, Helsley pled guilty to Level 6 felony possession of methamphetamine. 1 The trial court sentenced Helsley to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── C R v. Review Board ── Case No.: 21A-EX-01780 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 20, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May Category: Other Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur On October 2, 2020, a claims investigator for the Department determined Redmond was ineligible for PUA from April 4, 2020, through December 26, 2020. Redmond timely filed …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Justin D Littlejohn v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-PC-02489 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 24, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur The facts of Littlejohn’s conviction were set forth in our opinion deciding his direct appeal: Randy Dial was a mildly mentally …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: S K v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JC-02793 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 26, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Owen Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur Mother gave birth to Child on November 2, 2017. She and J.P. (“Father”) 1 (collectively with Mother, “Parents”) primarily …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: Bianca A Teamer v. Theophilus Muhammad ── Case No.: 21A-JP-02261 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 26, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle concurs. Judge Brown dissents Mother gave birth to Child on August 2, 2012. Shortly after Child was born, Mother and Father executed a paternity affidavit …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joseph L Wilson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02308 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 02, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Jay Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur On December 19, 2017, the State charged Wilson with Level 5 felony incest 1 and Class A misdemeanor invasion of privacy …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christopher Richardson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01955 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 02, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Union Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur Richardson met K.M. while they both lived in Liberty, Indiana, and the couple married on September 21, 2002. Three …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joseph William Baker v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02575 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 03, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur On June 9, 2021, Joseph William Baker’s mother, Diane Wilder, called the police while she and Baker were having a heated …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kevin Martin v. J Meek, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-MI-02481 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 03, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Sullivan Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur On June 8, 2021, in Sullivan Circuit Court, Martin filed an “information for count-I” alleging the DOC Parties committed Level 6 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Robert Lloyd Matthew Gouge v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01340 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 08, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Wayne Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur On July 5, 2020, at approximately 3:30 a.m., Officer Julia Ridgway of the Richmond Police Department responded to a domestic …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Robertson Fowler v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-PC-01985 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 21, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur On January 27, 2000, Fowler was sentenced to serve twenty years in the Indiana Department of Correction (“DOC”) after he was convicted …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Bonnie Katherine Joslin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01356 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 21, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Rehearing Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur [1] Bonnie Katherine Joslin requests rehearing and asks this court to address an issue omitted from our original opinion, Joslin v. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jill Hutsler v. Brian Snyder ── Case No.: 21A-PL-01126 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 22, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur most favorable to Jill failed to demonstrate an issue of material fact about two elements of promissory estoppel and, therefore, the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── BFD Enterprises LLC v. Jeff Koepnick, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-CT-01931 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 23, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Huntington Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur 1 BFD is a limited liability company incorporated in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and has its principal place of business …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Cody J Hitchcock v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02663 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 28, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Howard Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur On September 12, 2019, Hitchcock and his friend, Sam Crull, were driving to Taco Bell and noticed a man, later identified …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Robert E Hamilton, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01186 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 30, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur Three months after Hamilton and Nicole Horner began their relationship in 2010, Horner and her two daughters, A.H. and A.L.H., …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Leon Casillas v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02182 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 11, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur 4 After sunset on February 12, 2020, Detective Brandon Garland, who serves as both a detective with the Washington Indiana Police Department …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Justin M. James v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02679 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 19, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur On January 13, 2019, Officer Aaron Graham stopped Justin James for a traffic violation and discovered he was driving while suspended. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lisa Haynes Whorley v. John F Whorley, Jr. ── Case No.: 21A-DR-02670 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 19, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur Mother and Father (collectively, “Parents”) divorced in 2016. Children were born of the marriage. Pursuant to the trial court’s order …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── PERRY S MILLER v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02046 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 19, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Porter County Category: Criminal Decision: Dismissed Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur In 1990, Miller and two accomplices robbed a convenience store and kidnapped the clerk. Miller v. State, 623 N.E.2d 406-07 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Keith Anthony Bryson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02700 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 20, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur On May 14, 2020, the State charged Bryson with Class A misdemeanor possession of marijuana 2 and Class B misdemeanor public …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Robert Carl Johnson v. Corrections Officer Schell ── Case No.: 21A-PL-02328 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 20, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Madison Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur Johnson is serving a forty-nine year and eleven-month sentence for robbery. This case has been pending for approximately seven years. In …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James E Manley v. Eric Lowe, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-PL-01073 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 20, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Henry Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Mathias concur At all times relevant to this appeal, Manley resided in the New Castle Correctional Facility (hereinafter “the Facility”) and Defendants …
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Neutral
── Cleatus Furlong v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00162 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 21, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Porter Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur In June 2001, the State charged Furlong with murder, 1 conspiracy to commit murder, 2 and theft 3 after he shot his …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── EP MSS, LLC v. Merrillville Board of Zoning Appeals, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-MI-02611 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 21, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur On November 1, 2019, DG Properties purchased property commonly known as 7189-7245 Taft Street in Merrillville (“the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jesse A Adkins v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00166 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 27, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur Around 3:00 a.m. on April 4, 2021, Morgan County Sheriff’s Deputy Eric Cheek received a notification from his doorbell security …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Cameron A Causey v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00449 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 17, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur On September 7, 2021, Causey was on probation under a separate cause number for a prior conviction of possession of methamphetamine. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael L Wright v. Kerry L Wright ── Case No.: 21A-DR-02369 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 17, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Putnam Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur Mother and Father were divorced in 2003. Two children, Austin and Tyler, had been born of the marriage. The initial dissolution …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Robert Lee Bealmear v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00062 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 19, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Vermillion County Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur On October 22, 2018, under Cause Number 83C01-1810-F2-5, the State charged Bealmear with one count of Level 2 felony burglary …
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Neutral
── DONALD M JOHNSON v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01234 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 19, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Porter Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Riley and Judge Weissmann concur 1 On January 21 and 30, 2012, Jeffrey Knutilla filed a complaint with the Office of the Secretary …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── MICHAEL A. WHITAKER v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02268 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 22, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Whitley Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur 1 Ind. Code § 9-30-5-3(a)(1). 2 Ind. Code § 9-30-5-1(b). 3 Ind. Code § 9-26-1-1.1(b). 4 The trial court also determined …
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Neutral
── Tony K Campbell, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02083 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 22, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Grant Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur On March 28, 2016, the trial court sentenced Campbell under cause number 27D01-1412-F4-27 (“F4-27”) to a seven-year term for committing …
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Neutral
── Robert Eugene Smith, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02493 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 23, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur On April 15, 2004, Smith committed Class D felony sexual battery3 and Class A felony domestic battery4 against an adult …
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Neutral
── BRIAN L SEARS v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00555 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 26, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Clay Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur On May 10, 2021, Sears detached the price tag from a backpack on sale for $119.99 at the Ace …
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Neutral
── Makeesha Laannett Harris v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00180 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 26, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Jefferson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur On February 16, 2021, the trial court sentenced Harris to a two-year term in the Indiana Department of Correction after Harris …
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Neutral
── David Bugay, et al. v. Jeffrey Deboy, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-PL-01667 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 29, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur Bugay owns Rolling Maul, which operates Legacy Sports Club, a business that owns and operates soccer facilities. DeBoy owns …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Darla J. Ellis v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00868 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 01, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Huntington Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur In 2008, an Indiana State Police Trooper arrested Ellis after Ellis caused a disturbance during Sunday services at a church. The …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Dietrich Lapsley v. Anh Lapsley ── Case No.: 21A-DC-02858 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 01, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur Mother and Father married on June 13, 2015. On July 30, 2015, Mother gave birth to Child. At the time, …
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Neutral
── Sean Nigel Hindman v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02624 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 06, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur On September 9, 2015, the State charged Hindman under cause number 48C041509-F4-1468 (“F4-1468”) with Level 4 felony dealing in cocaine 1 …
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Neutral
── John H. Gonzalez v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02271 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 07, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Putnam Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur Gonzalez and Lisa Attkisson 5 were involved in a romantic relationship and lived together at Attkisson’s house on Berry Street in …
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Neutral
── Paternity: Amanda J Kimmel v. Raymond S Clay ── Case No.: 22A-JP-00467 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 14, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Noble Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur Mother gave birth to Child on April 17, 2016. Mother and Father were not married, but Father established his paternity …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Derr Enterprises LLC v. Union City Indiana Properties LLC ── Case No.: 21A-CC-02305 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 14, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur On July 2, 2018, DERR, a wholesaler of hospitality and restaurant products, agreed to lease a commercial …
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Neutral
── Jose Luis Izaguirre v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02258 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 14, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Kosciusko Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur Around age twenty-two, Izaguirre began a relationship with W.I., who had young children. Izaguirre and W.I. lived together and then married, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Geordi J Gaff v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00827 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 15, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Weissmann concur Shortly after midnight on March 1, 2021, Gaff argued with his mother, Lisa Nelson, about a cell phone. Gaff’s sister, Nicole …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── M H v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JM-00771 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 04, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Dismissed Judge Crone and Judge Weissmann concur A.L. (“Mother”) is the mother of M.P-M. and S.A., born August 8, 2017, and August 1, 2018, respectively. At some …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jaelynn Niree Billups v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02890 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 04, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur On August 31, 2020, seventeen-year-old Billups was absent from high school due to illness, and she spent most of the day …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Thomas Edgar Sparks v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-PC-02216 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 04, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Wayne Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur On October 3, 1986, Sparks pled guilty to Class B felony dealing a Schedule II controlled substance. 2 On November 19, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: B G v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-JC-02149 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 06, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur A.R. and I.T. were born on December 26, 2005, and May 20, 2014, respectively. 3 On March …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── DAVID J DIDIER v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00573 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 12, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Weissmann concur In February 1997, Didier was convicted of Class C felony burglary 3 under cause number 49G01-9608-CF-112363 (“Cause 112363”). In May 2003, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael Oldfield v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02855 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 12, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Putnam Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Weissmann concur On March 7, 2019, Indiana State Trooper Yan Dravigne was monitoring westbound traffic on Interstate 70 in Putnam County when he saw …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Megan Sparrow v. Ernest Virgil Sparrow ── Case No.: 22A-DC-01405 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 13, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Washington Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Weissmann concur Mother and Father married on October 13, 2015. Two children were born of the marriage: E.S., born December 7, 2015, and I.S., …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Keith Faulkner v. Jodie Faulkner ── Case No.: 21A-DN-02669 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 19, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Howard Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur Husband and Wife married on October 11, 2014. No children were born of the marriage. In March 2017, the couple began operating Faulkner …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jalen Bonner v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01187 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 27, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Weissmann concur During the evening of July 25, 2020, Dennis Johnson Jr. attended a block party in South Bend and then drove to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── R. K. W. Homes, Inc. v. Aaron Hutchison, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-CC-02767 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 28, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Johnson Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur On September 8, 2018, Hutchison and Burns hired RKW to build a house for them in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Sarah Marshall v. David Powers, Sr., et al. ── Case No.: 22A-MI-01010 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 31, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Crone and Judge Weissmann concur Mother gave birth to Child on July 22, 2012. Mother and Child’s biological father, David Powers, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: Z U, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JC-01502 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 17, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Wayne Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Weissmann concur Parents are the biological parents of G.U., born October 13, 2014; S.U., born July 16, 2015; M.U., …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── DAYSHAWN LAMONT MUMFORD v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00871 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 17, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Weissmann concur The plea agreement provided Mumford’s sentence in Cause 25369 would be a maximum of three years, with a cap of two …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── AMANDA PERDUE v. William H O'Toole ── Case No.: 22A-SC-00231 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 17, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Porter Category: Civil Decision: Rehearing Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur Perdue retained O’Toole to represent her in a bankruptcy proceeding. On March 1, 2013, 2 the parties signed an attorney/client contract (“Attorney/Client …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kente Barker v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-PC-02750 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 18, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Sullivan Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur Barker was sentenced to a term of thirty-eight years in the Indiana Department of Correction (“DOC”) for Class A felony dealing in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── A S v. J T, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-AD-01178 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 22, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Madison Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Weissmann concur Mother and R.G. (“Father”) are the biological parents of Child, who was born on April 8, 2013. In 2016, the Department …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Bryan Jordan v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-PC-00339 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 23, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur When Jordan brought a direct appeal of his convictions, we set out the underlying facts of his case as follows: On July …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── IMAN C.L. GREGORY v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00034 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 23, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur In the late evening hours of May 25, 2019, and the early morning hours of May 26, 2019, Ishmael Porter and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── JERMAINE LEE SMITH v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01244 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 29, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Weissmann concur Smith dated R.T. for a few months in 2021. During the relationship, Smith bought a 2007 Chrysler van. The car was …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── E C v. Review Board ── Case No.: 22A-EX-01310 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 01, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May Category: Other Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Weissmann concur Until May 2020, E.C. worked as a pharmacy technician with Indy Scripts. In May 2020, the location where she worked was closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Milan Stojkovic v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01578 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 19, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Weissmann concur Stojkovic and Lydia Abbot were engaged to be married, and on April 3, 2021, they hosted a party at a restaurant for …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tariq Fuad Hamdi v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01324 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 19, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Cass Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Weissmann concur On October 20, 2020, Hamdi’s employer instructed him to drive a van containing eight large black trash bags from Chicago, Illinois, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jennifer Pfadt, et al. v. Wheels Assured Delivery Systems, Inc., et al. ── Case No.: 21A-CT-01449 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 19, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur Shortly after 4:00 a.m. on June 1, 2017, Jonathan R. Zeigler was driving southbound …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── John C. Miller v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01055 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 27, 2022 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Whitley Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Weissmann concur 3 Around midnight on May 31, 2020, Deputy Brendan Barber and Deputy Gary Archbold of the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department were …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kory Matthew Easterday v. Amber Everhart ── Case No.: 22A-DC-01510 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 06, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Jackson Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Crone and Judge Weissmann concur Mother and Father were married when Child was born on August 25, 2010. On July 10, 2012, Mother filed for divorce. On …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Erin Harrell Stanley v. Andrea Burns, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-CT-00721 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 13, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur In December 2019, Andrea Burns (“Andrea”) was an Executive Director with Pure Romance, “a direct sales company that provides bath …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jamia Franklin, as personal representative of the Estate of Phillip Franklin v. Elizabeth Senetar ── Case No.: 21A-CT-02154 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 13, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Riley and Judge Tavitas concur As a trial on the facts underlying this case did not occur, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Robert Griffin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01816 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 20, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Boone Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Weissmann concur On August 5, 2019, Robert George Jr. met with Griffin to discuss home improvements George wanted to make to his home. George …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── John D. Akers, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01781 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 20, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Vigo Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Weissmann concur On March 12, 2018, the trial court sentenced Akers to a term of nine years. The trial court ordered Akers …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James Charles Lockridge v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01381 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 20, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Weissmann concur In January 2022, K.C. lived in a house in Evansville, Indiana, with her two children. She was in a romantic relationship …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Robert Mata v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01447 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 25, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Adams Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Weissmann concur On June 26, 2021, Adams County Sheriff’s Deputy Peter Amstutz was traveling on US 27 in Adams County when he observed a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tracy L Wheeler Jr v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01390 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 26, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Vigo Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Crone and Judge Weissmann concur Wheeler filed this motion for return of property on October 23, 2020. Included in that motion was a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: G H v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JT-02035 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 09, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Scott Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur Child was born to B.B. (“Mother”) 1 and Father on November 3, 2015. On November 13, 2018, Child’s half-sister, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Richard Dale Talbott v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02625 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 09, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Jefferson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Weissmann concur Talbott and P.D. met online in July 2019 and began dating shortly thereafter. In the middle of October 2019, Talbott moved …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── GAGE P CONDON v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02147 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 15, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur On August 20, 2019, Condon pled guilty to Level 4 felony burglary. 1 The trial court subsequently sentenced Condon to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── R M v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-XP-01661 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 15, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Sullivan Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Weissmann concur On June 12, 2013, DCS received a report that R.M.’s children, E.M. and A.M. (collectively, “Children”), “were exposed to domestic …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Evansville MHC, LLC v. K&M Transport, LLC ── Case No.: 22A-PL-01778 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 21, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Weissmann concur MHC owns and operates Grandin Pointe in Evansville, Indiana. On March 29, 2018, Melinda Evans entered into a written Manufactured Home …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── William Charles Boles v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01304 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Weissmann concur Boles and Kelly Rohr had a romantic relationship and, in 2016 or 2017, began living together. On June 9, 2019, Rohr …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Anchor Health Systems, Inc. v. Hammond City Controller, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-CC-00611 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 01, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Weissmann concur On January 27, 2016, Anchor filed suit against Dennis Radowski (“Dennis”), the Hammond City Controller, and Professional Claims …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Charles B Summers v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02125 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 02, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur On June 8, 2021, Summers stole tools from the owner of the “halfway house for recovering alcoholics and drug addicts.” (App. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joseph Alford v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02366 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 09, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur At approximately 11:23 p.m. on December 25, 2018, Alford was driving west on Lincoln Way in Mishawaka. Alford drove his vehicle …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Clinton County Board of Commissioners, et al. v. Clinton County Sheriff's Office, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-CP-00117 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 09, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Montgomery Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur In 2012, the Indiana Legislature sought to regulate smoking in some locations in Indiana. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael Wayne Shepard v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02029 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 14, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Shelby Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Weissmann concur On June 20, 2022, Shelbyville Police initiated a traffic stop of Nikki Vanover, and during the traffic stop, Vanover reported Shepard …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Wade E Boyer v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02001 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 14, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Boone Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur In early 2021, Boyer faced charges of Level 5 felony battery by means of a deadly weapon, 1 Level 6 felony …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: E W, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JT-01465 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 16, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Floyd Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur Mother gave birth to B.R. on June 16, 2014, and C.R. on November 1, 2016. On January …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brian Taylor v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01443 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 16, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Lawrence Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur On September 25, 2020, Taylor’s infant son, A.M., ingested Suboxone while in Taylor’s care. A.M. lost consciousness, and his mother took him …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Shalee C. Dowell v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 19A-CR-02623 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 23, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Perry Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Riley concur In our earlier opinion, we stated the facts relevant to that appeal, which are also pertinent here: On May 2, 2018, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Maurice Shelley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02069 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 24, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Howard Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur On May 22, 2017, the State charged Shelley with five counts: Level 2 felony voluntary manslaughter, 1 Level 5 felony involuntary manslaughter, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Krieg DeVault LLP v. WGT V, LLC ── Case No.: 22A-PL-01744 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 24, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Weissmann concurs. Judge Crone dissents The relevant facts most favorable to WGT V, the non-moving party, are as follows. In the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Franklin Ralph Scott v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02540 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 30, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur At approximately 10:45 p.m. on December 10, 2021, Columbus Police Department officers were dispatched to Cork’s Liquor following a 911 call …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Rachel W. Baker v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00998 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 10, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Cass Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur 2 At approximately 3:17 a.m. on February 3, 2021, Indiana State Police Trooper Chad Babbs initiated a traffic stop of a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brian Marshall v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02194 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 12, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur In March of 2020, Marshall lived with C.M. and their thirteen-year-old daughter, J.M. On March 20, 2020, Marshall, who did not have …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Shawn J Vernon Riggle v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01529 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 12, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Clay Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur On June 11, 2020, off-duty Officer Ryan Cannon of the Brazil Police Department reported to Officer Elliot Mullinix that Riggle, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Andrea L. Armour v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02407 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 18, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur 1 On August 27, 2018, the State charged Armour with Level 3 felony dealing in methamphetamine, 2 Level 5 felony possession …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── William Rowland Brittingham, III v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01974 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 25, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Remanded and Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur 4 The State alleges that Brittingham suspected his girlfriend, L.D. (“Girlfriend”), was romantically involved with another man, R.H. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kristyn R Plummer, et al. v. Indiana Patient's Compensation Fund, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-CT-02559 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 04, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Weissmann concur 1 During the timeframe relevant herein, our legislature had limited the amount a patient could recover …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── William Spalding v. UTICA TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE ASSOCIATION d/b/a NEW CHAPEL FIRE & EMS ── Case No.: 22A-PL-02398 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 04, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Clark Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur The Utica Township Volunteer Fire Association d/b/a New Chapel Fire & EMS (“New Chapel”) …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joshua Lee McCarty v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02904 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 17, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marshall Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur On November 10, 2021, Pastor Matthew Elliott (“Pastor Elliott”) was driving home when he saw a man, later identified as McCarty, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: H A v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JC-02381 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 17, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur H.A. is the mother1 of Son, born August 27, 2008, 2 and Daughter, born October 26, 2018. 3 Mother previously was involved with …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael James Moore v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02476 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 18, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur On the night of May 9, 2021, Moore entered Robert Elliott’s apartment without Elliott’s permission. Moore believed a woman he knew, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James Harold Higgason, III v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02000 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 19, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Najam concur 2 On January 18, 1998, Hammond police received a 911 call reporting three deceased individuals in a house at 4604 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tony Lawrence Richey v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01107 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 19, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Shelby Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur 2 On October 28, 2021, Deputy Justin Parker of the Shelby County Sheriff’s Department was on duty in a marked police …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: A T, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JC-02876 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 23, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur Child was born to Parents on March 8, 2006. On April 24, 2022, Child’s adult sister (“Sister”) …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: N R v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JT-02539 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 01, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Floyd Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur Child was born to S.H. (“Mother”) 1 and Father on January 26, 2010. On March 14, 2019, the Department …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Bonnie C. Hoff v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02692 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 08, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Noble Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur On November 20, 2018, Hoff pled guilty to Level 5 felony intimidation 1 and Class A misdemeanor operating …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── BRADLEY VERNON, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02534 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 08, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford concurs. Judge Mathias concurs in result Vernon and E.P. (“Mother”) have two children: D.V. (“Son”), born October 6, 2010, and his older sister S.V. (“Daughter”). …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tynae R. Couts v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01990 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 08, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Clark Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur On October 11, 2021, Couts and Corlaysia Meaux argued about a man. The argument “got out of hand” and Couts stabbed …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Cheryl Leeann McCollum v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-03024 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 09, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur On June 26, 2020, McCollum was staying at the Fairfield Inn in Lafayette, Indiana. Officer Matthew Pate was dispatched to the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Timothy L Sallee, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00001 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 12, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Miami Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur On June 9, 2021, at around 1:30 a.m., Deputy Nathan Freeman of the Miami County Sheriff’s Department sat on the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Harrison Raymond Addis v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02645 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 12, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Noble Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur Fourteen-year-old K.B. lived with her father, S.B., and father’s girlfriend, C.S. K.B. also spent time with her mother, who lived with …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jerry W. Allred v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00109 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 14, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Henry Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur Allred lived with his parents, 2 Willard and Wilma Allred, and his two granddaughters: fourteen-year-old V.H. and five-year-old I.H. (collectively “the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── EMMANUEL R.K. COLLIER v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02958 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 15, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur On April 27, 2022, Corporal Crisha Bishop and Officer Cody Vicary of the Elkhart Police Department were patrolling together when they …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Wiese USA, Inc., et al. v. Patricia Rich, as parent and natural guardian of Timothy Rich, Jr., et al. ── Case No.: 22A-CT-00681 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 22, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Johnson Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Crone and Judge Weissmann concur ALDI, a corporation that operates a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── R G v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-JV-00011 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 28, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur In the summer of 2022, the State had filed three separate delinquency petitions against R.G. under cause numbers 45D06-2207-JD-000345 (“Petition 345”), 45D06-2207-JD-000365 (“Petition 365”), and 45D06-2207-JD-000366 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brandon M Ashby v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02951 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 05, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Franklin Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur Ashby and K.A. married in 2013 and filed for divorce in August 2020. Their marriage produced a son (“Son”), who was …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── ANTHONY T BARBEE v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02778 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 05, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur On August 6, 2021, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (“IMPD”) Detective Ronald Clayton responded to a call from a Welcome Inn in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Berline Mae Willis v. DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES ── Case No.: 22A-PL-02800 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 06, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur This case involves property located in Indianapolis (“the Property”). In 2015, City of Indianapolis Department of Business and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Red Lobster Restaurants, LLC., et al. v. Abigail Fricke ── Case No.: 22A-CT-02221 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 06, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur 1 2 Progressive Flooring Services, Inc., and Dwayne Featheroff are not parties to this appeal. 2 We heard oral …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Piccadilly Management as Managing Agent for Piccadilly Properties II, LLC d/b/aRoland Manor v. Shenita Abney ── Case No.: 22A-SC-01904 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 12, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur On April 16, 2008, Piccadilly filed a Notice of Claim for Possession of Real Estate …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Bret S Booher v. Atlas Services Inc ── Case No.: 22A-CC-02301 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 14, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Grant Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur In 2012, Bret purchased a house on Michigan Avenue in Marion, Indiana, and Bret registered the title for the house in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: J G, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JC-00338 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 21, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Vigo Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur Parents are the parents of Child, who was born June 17, 2022. At the time of Child’s …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── PHILIP D. HUTSON, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02240 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 26, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bailey concur 2 Shortly before 2:00 a.m. on June 28, 2021, Trooper Scott Probasco of the Indiana State Police received a dispatch …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Dwayne A. Springfield v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-PC-01724 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 26, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Rehearing Judge Crone and Judge Weissmann concur in the record outside of the erroneous facts to support our decision to affirm the trial court’s denial of Springfield’s petition …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ibrahima Fall v. Soukenya Kebe ── Case No.: 23A-DR-00300 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 04, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur 1 The parties have one child, M.F., born February 22, 2014. Father filed for dissolution of his marriage to Soukeyna Kebe (“Mother”) on …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Latasha M. Rodriguez v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02694 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 04, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Dubois Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur Bruce Clayton dated, married, and eventually divorced Rodriguez’s cousin. After Clayton’s divorce, he remained a part of the family. In 2008, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── William Ford Skipton v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-PC-02481 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 04, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur On May 15, 2018, Skipton purchased a 9mm handgun. On May 20, 2018, at around 10:00 a.m., Skipton drove his motorcycle …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of S C ── Case No.: 22A-MH-03071 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 08, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur S.C. is a twenty-three-year-old man who has been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder and experiences auditory and visual hallucinations. On August 2, 2021, Sandra Eskenazi …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kurt Russell v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02299 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 08, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Boone Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur Maxwell Timbrook and Russell met when they both worked at a Costco store in Indianapolis, and they became friends. They exchanged hundreds …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James Joseph Bertrand v. Michelle Dorothea Gordon ── Case No.: 22A-DN-02698 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 16, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur Husband and his first wife acquired a waterfront house near Lake Michigan on Miller Beach (“Miller House”) in 2006. Husband divorced …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: B G v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-JT-00561 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 30, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur Mother gave birth to Child on August 19, 2016. On July 14, 2020, police responded to a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Corey Rolland Lambert v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00190 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 01, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur On July 28, 2019, Lambert committed Level 5 felony battery resulting in serious bodily injury, 2 and the Dearborn Circuit Court …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Connie Ehrlich, et al. v. Starke Solar, LLC d/b/a Mammoth Solar, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-PL-01738 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 07, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Pulaski Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Weissmann concur In order to develop the Solar Project, Mammoth sought a tax abatement by having the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Connie Ehrlich, et al. v. Moss Creek Solar, LLC, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-PL-01732 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 07, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Pulaski Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Weissmann concur Moss Creek seeks to develop a commercial solar-power facility (“the Facility”) in Pulaski County near high-tension electrical …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── William R. Cook, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01074 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 28, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Henry Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Felix concur Shanda Nolley, a member of the “non-profit investigative organization” Predator Catchers Inc. (“PCI”), created a fake profile on an internet …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jessica M Renkenberger v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00751 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 29, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Adams Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur Between May 2020 and January 2021, Renkenberger and William Kahn agreed to complete home improvement projects for Brian …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ashley N Holden v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02709 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 29, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur In April 2021, Holden began living with H.M.’s family in a two-bedroom apartment after H.M.’s mother learned that …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tayler Majors v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00743 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 05, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur On the morning of June 17, 2022, Majors was at her rental duplex with K.S., who was Majors’s “on and off” girlfriend. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Justin L. Haller v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01537 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 19, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Ripley Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Felix concur Haller and the victim, A.H., had been married for fourteen years in 2022, and have two minor children, then ages seven …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: C P v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-JT-01170 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 26, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Felix concur On April 10, 2014, K.W. (“Mother”) 1 gave birth to Child. On February 8, 2016, the Department …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jason Dane Brown v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01241 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 26, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur 2 On July 27, 2017, at approximately 2:30 p.m., Brown and Hassan London were in a vehicle traveling at a high …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Mark A Brown v. Jennifer M Brown ── Case No.: 23A-DC-00792 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 02, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Clinton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Felix concur Mother and Father divorced on May 9, 2017. Mother was awarded primary physical custody of Children – B.B., born September 29, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James E Ramsey v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02877 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 02, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Tavitas concur 4 On August 5, 2019, Sergeant Jeffrey Slayback of the Danville Police Department was “running plates” at a Circle K gas …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Daniel E Willard v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01024 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 15, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Ripley Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur On June 1, 2018, the State charged Willard with Level 6 felony possession of marijuana, 1 Level 6 felony maintaining a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Bradley W Woods v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02980 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 15, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Pike Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur In 2021, Dennis Clark lived in Winslow, Indiana, and he was friends with D.P. (“Husband”) and K.P. (“Wife”). Husband and Clark …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── L R v. M H ── Case No.: 23A-PO-00366 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 16, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Monroe Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur 4 In August 2021, L.R. and M.H. began seventh grade at the same middle school. M.H. was thirteen years old when school started, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael L. Dumdey v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00284 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 16, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur Dumdey lived alone in a one-bedroom apartment and would sometimes babysit the two children – J.M. and A.P. – of Dumdey’s …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Steven E Malloch v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-PC-02053 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 16, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: DeKalb Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bradford concur On direct appeal, we recited the pertinent facts regarding Malloch’s underlying criminal conviction as follows: In 1998, Malloch began living with …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Steven W Slater, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-03060 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 20, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Mathias concur 4 On October 30, 2021, Slater stole a change machine from a hotel in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The State charged …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jesse Lee Risley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02971 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 20, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur When Risley appealed the validity of his underlying conviction of aggravated battery, we stated the facts as follows: On the night …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── K B v. Review Board, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-EX-02763 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 29, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May Category: Other Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Felix concur On April 12, 2022, K.B. was terminated from her employment as an art teacher for Employer and filed for unemployment benefits. On May 9, 2022, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Sherrie Mitchell v. Christina Buccos ── Case No.: 23A-SC-01089 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 06, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Brown Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Felix concur In 2015, Mitchell moved into a house near property owned by Shady Oaks Lake, LLC (“Shady Oaks”) in Brown County, Indiana. Buccos inherited …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Abiyel Tsegai v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00989 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 07, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Felix concur On December 26, 2021, Marisa Pera was working as a front desk agent at the Embassy Suites in Plainfield. When she was …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Daniel Jacob Bellm v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01668 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 08, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Felix concur At approximately 9:22 p.m. on March 18, 2023, an anonymous 911 caller reported that his neighbor was “yelling help.” (State’s Ex. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kyle M Davies v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01472 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 18, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Felix concur At approximately 7:45 a.m. on February 14, 2023, officers transported Davies from the Tippecanoe County Jail to the county’s community corrections …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joshua Anthony Adamson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01314 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 18, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Kosciusko Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Felix concur In May of 2021, Adamson lived with his wife of nearly twelve years, E.A., and her sixteen-year-old daughter from a prior …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Justin Mercer v. Maribel Vega Jimenez ── Case No.: 23A-DC-00993 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 22, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Newton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Felix concur Mother and Father are the parents of A.M., born March 22, 2013; D.M., born April 5, 2016; and K.M., born January 18, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Marvella Genise Walls v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01581 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 28, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey and Judge Felix concur On March 11, 2023, Officer Blake Moothery of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and a second officer responded …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joseph Hudson v. Jacqueline Traut ── Case No.: 23A-MI-01561 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 28, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Johnson Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Felix concur Child was born to Father and M.V. (“Mother”) on November 5, 2013. On April 28, 2015, Father initiated a case to establish his …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brandi E Leon v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01420 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 28, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Huntington Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Bailey and Judge Felix concur 1 Ind. Code § 35-48-4-1.1(e). 2 Ind. Code § 26-42-19-18(a). 3 Ind. Code § 35-48-4-11(a)(1). 4 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Teddy Allman v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00075 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 28, 2023 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur T.A. lived in a trailer in Elizabethtown, Indiana, and she had a protective order against Allman, her estranged husband. Shortly before dawn …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jeremy W. Kelly v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01805 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 10, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Jay Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Felix concur On February 25, 2022, Kelly’s father, Gary, was killed in his home. On March 1, 2022, the State charged Kelly with …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── ALEJANDRO BENITEZ RESENDEZ v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01148 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 10, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Felix concur Y.Z.P. was born in 2005 and lived with her mother and younger sister. Resendez began living with their family when Y.Z.P. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Charles Anthony Robinson, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00676 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 10, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Huntington Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Felix concur On May 30, 2021, Trooper Bryan Rumple of the Indiana State Police (“ISP”) was monitoring traffic on Interstate 69 in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Terri Welbaum v. Courtney Bowser, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-MI-01586 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 24, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Felix concur Child was born on April 21, 2014, to Courtney Bowser (“Mother”) and Grant Bockelman (“Father”). Mother and Father were never married. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Justin Newbury v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01495 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 24, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Felix concur In 2021, Newbury and his ex-wife, C.N., 2 shared custody of their children – M.N., a boy born in 2009, and E.N., …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Shamaquie Guider v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00433 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 24, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Felix concur In 2020, Guider worked as a Behavioral Health Associate at Resource Treatment Facility (“Resource”) in Indianapolis, which houses children with trauma and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── LAYLA CHRISTINA MIHUTI v. SIMONA MIHUTI, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-CT-00369 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 24, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur Layla is the widow of Bogdan Mihuti (“Bogdan”), who died in December 2015. Bogdan’s brother, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Unsupervised Estate: Imogene Abbott Perry v. Janice Mandla Mattingly ── Case No.: 22A-EU-02774 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 24, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur On September 4, 2015, Richard Abbott passed away in Muncie, Indiana. At some point thereafter, Lauth Investigations …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Amy R. Lee v. Anonymous Hospital, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-MI-01228 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 31, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Wayne Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Felix concur Lee filed a proposed complaint against Anonymous Hospital and Anonymous Physician Group (hereinafter, “Medical Providers”) with the IDOI on January …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Stephanie J Henry v. Alex A Wulpi ── Case No.: 23A-DN-00171 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 21, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur Henry and Wulpi married on January 1, 2021, and separated approximately seven months later. Henry continued to live in the duplex …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Richard J Nagel v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01595 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 23, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Noble Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Kenworthy concur After 10:00 p.m. on August 25, 2020, Nagel was in Wolcottville, Indiana, to visit a friend. As Nagel walked from his …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Oscar Contreras Zamilpa v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01309 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 23, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey and Judge Felix concur Zamilpa and C.M. were both residents of an assisted living facility in Evansville, Indiana. They lived in separate …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ray Timothy Dampier v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02151 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Kenworthy concur On May 12, 2022, the State charged Dampier with murder 1 under trial court cause number 45G02-2205-MR-19. (Appellant’s App. Vol. 2 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Mark Vincent Chavis, II v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01062 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Felix concur At 3:00 a.m. on May 17, 2022, Maria Hurley got out of bed to investigate why her dogs were barking …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: L R, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-02341 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 28, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Lawrence Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Kenworthy concur Mother is the biological mother of B.D., born September 6, 2011, and B.M., born October 15, 2018. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Thomas Scott Ritchie v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02411 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 29, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Noble Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Kenworthy concur On June 13, 2021, Ritchie and his girlfriend, S.K., became involved in a physical altercation during which Ritchie and S.K. fell …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Benjamin A. Duncan v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01982 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 29, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Kenworthy concur In January 2021, twenty-six-year-old Duncan was having trouble in his marriage and began living with his half-sister (“M.S.”), her husband, and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Seth Allen Stanley v. Amber Nicole Stanley ── Case No.: 23A-DR-01832 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 13, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik and Judge Kenworthy concur Mother and Father divorced on May 19, 2016, after two children were born of the marriage – M.S., …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Vickie Jones, et al. v. Tony Bosworth ── Case No.: 23A-TR-00807 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 15, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Randolph Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur Jones, Loser, and Tony are the three children of H. Louise Bosworth (“Louise”) and Neal L. Bosworth (“Neal”). …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Artavius Richards v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-PC-00484 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 15, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Kenworthy concur In February 2016, Richards killed three people during an armed robbery. Richards v. State, 02A04-1703-CR-646, 2017 WL 6029399 (Ind. Ct. App. Dec. …
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Neutral
── Kevin L. Martin v. Marley Hancock, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-PL-00554 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 22, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Felix concur On August 12, 2020, Martin filed a complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 against Hancock and Rethlake. Therein, as …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── L B v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-JV-02108 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 26, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Greene Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Kenworthy concur On June 26, 2021, fourteen-year-old L.B., who was under the influence of LSD, crashed his mother’s car after taking it without her …
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Neutral
── Unsupervised Estate: Kay L. Smith v. Jay T Ropp ── Case No.: 23A-EU-01168 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 27, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Whitley Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur Robin L. Ropp died testate on November 5, 2018. Jay Ropp (“Jay”) was Ropp’s husband and Smith was her …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lonnel Tinker v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01177 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 03, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Kenworthy concur On November 28, 2022, Johnny Yates agreed to trade two of his guns and marijuana for one of Anfernee Dean’s handguns. Amber …
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Neutral
── Charles Huntley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00241 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 11, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur On May 31, 2017, around 12:25 p.m., Officer Tyler Rodewig and two other officers conducted a “shakedown” of Huntley’s cell at the …
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Neutral
── David Edward Barton, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02471 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 24, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Clark Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Kenworthy concur During the afternoon of July 24, 2021, Officer Daniel Karr of the Clarksville Police Department was dispatched to a house …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joshua H. Field v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01094 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 24, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Clay Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Kenworthy concur In June 2020, Field lived in an apartment at 212 South Leavitt Street in Brazil, Indiana (“Leavitt Street Property”). Susan Patterson …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lamar Fuqua v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01011 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 26, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Felix concur Fuqua is J.F.’s grandfather. J.F. was born in January 2009, and she lived with her mother and her brother Ja.F. in Louisville, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Daniel J Mckimmie v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02443 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 01, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Kenworthy concur On February 3, 2023, I.M. invited Mckimmie, her estranged husband, over for dinner because she hoped to reconcile. Mckimmie arrived at …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Papa Ndiasse Ndiaye v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01060 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 01, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Felix concur On April 7, 2022, eight-year-old A.N.’s second grade teacher sent A.N.’s parents - Ndiaye and Dieynba Ndiaye (“Dieynba”) - an email …
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Neutral
── Autumn R Bolinger v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02559 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 10, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Kenworthy concur On March 24, 2022, officers from the Fort Wayne Police Department responded to a 911 call reporting “that a female driver …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Dominique Banks v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02508 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 15, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Kenworthy concur On November 10, 2020, C.S. moved from the detox unit of the Marion County Jail to a regular block of the jail. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Thomas S Gray v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01871 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 15, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Kenworthy concur On August 26, 2019, Indiana State Police (“ISP”) Detective Charles Meyer logged into a peer-to-peer file sharing network and began looking …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lakesha L Norington v. Indiana Department of Corrections, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-CT-01855 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 17, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Henry Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Kenworthy concur On March 26, 2018, Norington filed a complaint against the DOC, DOC officials, Zoley, and DOC employees, alleging …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Daimon Oshai Harris v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01104 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 24, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Foley concur 5 In August 2022, Jesse Hatcher allowed Harris and Harris’s girlfriend 6 to live as guests in Hatcher’s two-bedroom house on …
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Neutral
── Patrick James Comiskey, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02987 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 29, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Kenworthy concur On October 19, 2020, twenty-two-year-old Comiskey lived in a house in Gary with five other adults and eleven children. Two …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: C T v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-00811 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 31, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Crawford Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur Father is the biological father of Child, who was born on December 24, 2020. The Department of Child Services …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ivy D Nunn v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01375 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 10, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Rehearing Judge Vaidik and Judge Kenworthy concur Ivy Nunn requests rehearing of our memorandum decision issued April 24, 2024, in which we affirmed Nunn’s sixty-three year-sentence for murder. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Liam Parke v. Vishal Vishwam ── Case No.: 23A-CT-00245 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 18, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Delaware Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Felix concur In December 2020, Viswam purchased a house on Main Street in Muncie, Indiana, that he intended to own as a rental investment (hereinafter …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Heather L Erwin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02826 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 26, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Kenworthy concur On November 20, 2022, Erwin was at Walmart on West 86th Street in Marion County, ringing up her items at self-checkout. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Clifford Lawon Green v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01730 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 26, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Kenworthy concur Around 1:00 a.m. on November 2, 2021, S.W. and her ex-boyfriend Green were at S.W.’s house in Lafayette, Indiana. S.W. decided …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Larry Joseph Kubsch, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00099 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 03, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Vaidik concur 2 Around 2:00 a.m. on June 22, 2023, police were dispatched to a domestic disturbance at the South Bend …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── H O v. C L ── Case No.: 23A-PO-02644 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 03, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Orange Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur On July 13, 2023, H.O. went to the house C.L. shared with his girlfriend and his girlfriend’s children, and H.O. started “banging” on …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Adam Sean Tempest, et al. v. Fifth Third Bank, National Association ── Case No.: 23A-MF-02245 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 24, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Decatur Category: Civil Decision: Rehearing Judge Bailey and Judge Felix concur Tempest requests rehearing of our memorandum decision issued on May 29, 2024, in which we affirmed the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Derrick W. Clark v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-03115 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 31, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Delaware Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur Kieran Vorhees lived in a mobile home in Muncie, Indiana, with his grandmother Linda Conley. On July 1, 2020, Vorhees sent …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jessica A. Marsh v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02343 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 31, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Kenworthy concur Joshua Marsh (“Father”) and Ryan Stevens (“Mother”) have two children together, L.M. 2 and E.M. 3 (collectively “Children”). Father completed paternity …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James D Frye v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01691 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 31, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Greene Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Brown and Judge Shepard concur Frye and AV were in a romantic relationship and lived together. In early January 2023, AV ended their romantic …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Net Shar v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01596 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 31, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Kenworthy concur Shar is an American citizen of Burmese descent who came to the United States seeking refuge from religious persecution. He has a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Gabriel Francisco Garcia-Fraire v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02973 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 02, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur In 2021, Helen Velich lived in a condominium building that had a common entrance for four units (hereinafter “Common Area”). Velich …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jason M. Proctor v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02636 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 07, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Boone Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur On July 30, 2022, Sarah Smith (“Sarah”) picked up Proctor and her mother, Lisa Smith (“Lisa”), from the American Legion Hall …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Samuel D. Rifner v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00313 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 12, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur At approximately 3:00 a.m. on December 25, 2022, a pedestrian flagged down Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (“IMPD”) Officer Samuel McKnight to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christopher C Rosenow v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02851 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 12, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Gibson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Kenworthy concur In May 2023, thirteen-year-old A.E. was struggling emotionally following the death of her father. She was engaging in self-harm, threatening her …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jamariahn C. Gregory v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02818 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 12, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Vigo Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Kenworthy concur On December 23, 2015, under cause number 84D03-1512-F4-3132 (“F4-3132”), the State charged Gregory with Level 4 felony dealing in cocaine, 1 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jamie D. Weldon v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00045 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 21, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur On August 28, 2020, the State charged Weldon with Level 5 felony possession of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine. 1 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── VL Davis Properties v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee, on behalf ── Case No.: 23A-MF-02224 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 21, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Jennings Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Kenworthy concur On July 30, 2004, Accredited Home Lenders, Inc. (“AHL”) lent $83,600.00 to Dan Dulong …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Cassei Lynn Mentis v. Joshua Michael Mentis ── Case No.: 24A-DC-00404 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 23, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Howard Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur Child was born on February 6, 2016, during the parties’ marriage. On July 7, 2017, Mother filed a petition for dissolution …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Nina Cahill, et al. v. Charity Davis, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-PL-01682 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 28, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Floyd Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Kenworthy concur Charity Davis (“Charity”) was an employee of Baptist, where she worked as a coding specialist and bill processor. Charity …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joshua D. Burton v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00436 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 29, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Clark Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur On April 12, 2021, the State charged Burton with Level 6 felony possession of methamphetamine 1 and Level 6 felony possession …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Marcos Coronado v. Connie Coronado ── Case No.: 24A-DR-00157 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 06, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik and Judge Kenworthy concur Connie Coronado (“Mother”) and Father were married and have two children together: M.C., who was born April 16, 2003; and S.C., …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── China Lasha Pinkney v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02879 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 06, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur After midnight on September 12, 2022, K.R. and her boyfriend – Marquette Lauderdale – arrived at the South Bend apartment …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael J Steury v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02380 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 06, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Kenworthy concur On November 20, 2020, Steury and his girlfriend Rachel Reed met K.O. and K.O.’s boyfriend Nicholas Resor at a bar in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Harvey Devon Williams v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-03122 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 11, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur On December 6, 2022, St. Joseph County Police Department Patrol Officer Augustin Barker was patrolling when he saw a white …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jacob Lee Smith v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00272 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 18, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Shelby Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur Around 9:00 p.m. on July 28, 2022, Jayden McDaniel was driving on SR 44 toward Shelbyville with Alex Frazier. In an …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Erin Gaich v. Steve Fulton ── Case No.: 24A-DC-00353 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 25, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Madison Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur Mother and Father were married on August 23, 2006. They are the parents of M.F., born October 18, 2006, and J.F., born May …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Alice Marie Flowers v. Tyler Lee Jugg, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-CT-01131 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 04, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Madison Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Bradford concur During a criminal proceeding involving Flowers’s son, Flowers became disruptive and ultimately was removed from the courtroom. Under cause …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joseph Lee Young v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02544 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 04, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Johnson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Foley concur 4 On March 8, 2023, Franklin Police Department (“FPD”) officers conducted long-range surveillance of Young because there was an outstanding warrant …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Correct Roofing Inc. v. Alfredo Vasquez ── Case No.: 23A-CT-02535 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 18, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Kenworthy concur In June 2019, a hailstorm damaged the roof of Vasquez’s house in Goshen, Indiana. After the storm, Correct Roofing canvased Vasquez’s subdivision …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Arron Andre Waldeck v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01153 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 23, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Henry Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur On November 11, 2019, Waldeck pled guilty to Level 5 felony escape. 1 The court sentenced Waldeck to four years in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Timothy J. Byers v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01103 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 23, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Warren Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur On August 2, 2021, the State charged Byers with Level 6 felony operating a vehicle while intoxicated with a prior conviction …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jason Keith Brown v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00757 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 23, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Dubois Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur Brown and D.S. met in September 2021 and began dating. In April 2022, the relationship ended, and D.S. asked Brown to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: P C, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JC-00879 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 30, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Adams Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur Child was born April 6, 2007. Parents served as Child’s kinship placement while Child was the subject …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Craig Matthew Jones v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00986 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 13, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Decatur Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge DeBoer concur In 2021, Jones lived with his wife Renee Jones (“Renee”), Renee’s fourteenyear-old daughter J.J., and their five-year-old son C.J. On November …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Harrison Firebaugh v. Jody Wilde, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-SC-00264 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 20, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Johnson Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur Firebaugh purchased a house in Greenwood, Indiana, from the Wildes in 2021. The listing for the house indicated that it sat …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── C A v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-JV-02040 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 20, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May Category: Juvenile Decision: Reversed Judge Vaidik and Judge Kenworthy concur In August of 2022, fourteen-year-old K.W. lived in Mitchell, Indiana, with his maternal grandmother, C.D. (“Grandmother”), who was his legal guardian. Mother lived in Bedford but …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jonathan Eugene Cain v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00984 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 25, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge DeBoer concur At approximately 12:30 a.m. on May 21, 2023, Ray Nipper arrived at a bar in Lafayette, Indiana, and he parked his …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── D O v. T H ── Case No.: 24A-AD-00506 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 27, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur Child was born to Mother and Father, who were not married, on August 26, 2012. In 2015, Father established paternity of Child. 1 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: K H v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JC-01390 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 06, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Vigo Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge DeBoer concur Mother1 and Father are the parents of Child, born October 1, 2018. Mother and Father were not married. Child …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of R R ── Case No.: 24A-MH-00725 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 06, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge DeBoer concur 1 R.R. is a fifty-seven-year-old army veteran who has been diagnosed with “schizo-affective disorder bipolar type.” (Tr. Vol. 2 at 15.) On January 26, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Phillip Patterson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01923 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 06, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur On September 11, 2021, Patterson’s friend, Jason Bennett, invited him to hang out. On his way to Bennett’s house, Patterson purchased bourbon …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Larry Fulbright v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-PC-00101 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 16, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur When Fulbright challenged his sentence on direct appeal, we presented the following underlying facts: In June 2011, Fulbright was living with his …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── William Dummich v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01209 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 17, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Decatur Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge DeBoer concur On December 17, 2015, the State charged Dummich in cause number 16C011512-F1-805 (“Cause F1-805”) with Level 1 felony child molesting 1 and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── William D. Alfke v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01826 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 18, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge DeBoer concur On the morning of June 24, 2023, Alfke and his girlfriend, R.B., went to the neighborhood pool with Alfke’s teenage son …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Steven Allen Bridges, II v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01545 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 18, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Clinton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Tavitas and Judge DeBoer concur Shortly before 5:00 a.m. on March 5, 2023, Sergeant Jared Yoder of the Clinton County Sheriff’s Department …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Matthew R. Thompson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01346 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 18, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge DeBoer concur Thompson and Ciarra Thompson (“Ciarra”) married in 2015. Thompson physically and emotionally abused Ciarra throughout the marriage, and in August 2023, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Deborah Tinsley v. Somerset Lakes Apartments, LLC ── Case No.: 24A-CT-00850 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 18, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur On March 1, 2016, Tinsley moved into a unit in the Somerset apartment complex in Indianapolis. At some point, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jalen V Calhoun v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01271 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 23, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Fountain Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge DeBoer concur On April 25, 2022, Calhoun entered, and the trial court accepted, a plea agreement by which he would plead guilty to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Markee Deloney v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01020 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 23, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge DeBoer concur On March 28, 2023, Deloney brought Xeena, his four-year-old female black labrador retriever, into the VCA Animal Hospital in Plainfield. He was …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: Leah Myers v. Michael Jackson ── Case No.: 24A-JP-01184 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Tavitas and Judge DeBoer concur Mother gave birth to Child on January 17, 2017. On May 1, 2017, Mother filed a petition to establish paternity …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael A Blanch, Jr. v. Joyce Acuti ── Case No.: 24A-MI-00078 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Delaware Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur In 1985, Blanch and his first wife purchased a 1100 square foot house on nine acres in Yorktown, Indiana. Blanch and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Robert Carney v. Shirley Carney ── Case No.: 23A-DN-02915 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Cass Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur In February 2, 2010, Husband and Wife married. They were fifty and forty-five years old, respectively. One asset of the marriage was 178 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kim A. Cox Trust v. Stookey Construction, LLC ── Case No.: 23A-PL-01618 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 10, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Kosciusko Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Kenworthy concur Kim Cox (“Kim”) and his wife Cindi Cox (“Cindi”) are trustees of Cox Trust. Cox Trust owns property on Kimal …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Leah Moone v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-03050 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 29, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur In August 2022, Moone began working with Helping Veterans and Families (“HVAF”), a “local nonprofit that serves veterans and families facing homelessness.” …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── John Alan Moreno v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01648 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 29, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur Donna Hawes sporadically allowed Moreno to spend the night in her apartment in Indianapolis because Moreno did not have a permanent …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Richard Lawrence-Ari Brooks, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02602 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 31, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Monroe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur During the months at issue, S.W. was a thirteen-year-old who lived with her mother, father, and brother near Bloomington, Indiana. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── P P v. Review Board ── Case No.: 24A-EX-02579 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 12, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May Category: Other Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Scheele concur P.P. began receiving unemployment benefits in April 2024. In June, the DWD informed P.P. that he was required to report to WorkOne on June 19, 2024, at …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── N B v. L B ── Case No.: 24A-PO-01856 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 12, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Daviess Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge DeBoer concur N.B. and L.B. began a romantic relationship in September 2022. In March 2023, the couple got engaged. However, in the midst of an …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── George Lee Hall v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00537 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 19, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Benton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur In late July 2023, Hall, his long-term girlfriend Margaret Molencupp, and their friend Paul Farmer began discussing the possibility of robbing …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Carl J Griffith v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02307 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 21, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Decatur Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Scheele concur On March 4, 2022, police stopped the vehicle Griffith was driving for a traffic infraction. During that stop, a K9 alerted …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Midwest Holdings-Indianapolis, LLC v. David R Hennessy, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-PL-00125 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 21, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Weissmann concur In 2018, Midwest Holdings, which is a company solely owned by Katherine Bleier, listed real property on River Road …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Earon W Ervin, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01014 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 26, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge DeBoer concur In late 2020, Ervin was in a romantic relationship with Taylor Heniff, and the two had a child together. The …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: B S v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-JT-00894 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 28, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge DeBoer concur Mother1 gave birth to Child on September 6, 2020. On September 10, 2020, the Department Child Services …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Steven E. Mackey, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00640 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 05, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Scheele concur On January 11, 2022, the State charged Mackey with Level 6 felony theft, 1 Level 6 felony possession of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: V M v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JC-02241 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 07, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Scheele concur Child was born to Mother and B.H. (“Father”) 1 on March 7, 2024. When Child was born, Mother experienced postpartum depression and bleeding …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Keith Payton v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01175 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 12, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Miami Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge DeBoer concur On November 22, 2022, Payton was an inmate housed in the N unit at the Miami Correctional Facility (“MCF”). Correctional Officer Xavier …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── State of Indiana v. Jeremiah Allen Hendricks, Sr. ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00972 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 12, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle concurs. Judge Brown dissents 1 At approximately 11:30 p.m. on March 10, 2023, Officer Daniel Anthrop and Officer Steven Ceballos-Olieas of the Lafayette Police …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lawrence Paul Whitfield v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02388 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 21, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Scheele concur On July 5, 2020, a Crown Point Police Department officer attempted to initiate a traffic stop of Whitfield’s vehicle, but Whitfield …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael C. Trimble v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02310 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 26, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Scheele concur Jerry Haywood owned over twelve acres of land in Morgan County. On his land, he raised cattle to feed his …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Gary Hamby v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02017 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 28, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur On May 16, 2019, the State charged Hamby with three counts of Level 4 felony child molesting. All three counts alleged Hamby …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Hoagland Family Limited v. Town Of Clear Lake ── Case No.: 24A-PL-00239 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 04, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Steuben Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur HFLP owns three parcels of real estate in the Town. In 2002, the Town enacted an ordinance that required connection …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ryan Stroud, et al. v. Christopher Grigsby ── Case No.: 24A-CC-00678 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 11, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur Stroud and Grigsby met in the early 1990s while they were both serving in the military. Stroud owned …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── M S v. J A, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-AD-02302 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 17, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Scheele concur Child was born to S.D. (“Mother”) 2 on August 30, 2017. Child lived with Mother after his birth. In July 2019, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Linda Leonardo v. Daniel Kajer ── Case No.: 24A-DN-00155 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 17, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Starke Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur Husband and Wife were married on March 28, 2014. Wife was approximately forty years old when the parties married, and Husband was approximately …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Allen Wayne Harry v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02598 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 23, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Henry Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Scheele concur On February 19, 2024, Harry sent his ex-girlfriend, E.S., threatening messages via Facebook Messenger. In one of the messages, Harry told …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michelle L. Miller v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02787 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 24, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Decatur Category: Criminal Decision: Dismissed Judge Weissmann and Judge Scheele concur On August 6, 2022, Sergeant Eric Lusk of the Greensburg Police Department responded to a reported theft at the local Walmart. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael J Asselstine v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02363 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 24, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Scheele concur In 2021, Asselstine moved into a house in Indianapolis with his aunt, T.S., and her two children, S.S. and Z.H. S.S. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Rickey Idlewine v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01241 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 24, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Scheele concur Idlewine and his girlfriend, Mary Singleton, lived together in Anderson, Indiana. Singleton had two granddaughters, S.C. and R.C., who moved from Jamaica …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Josh Griffith v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02022 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 30, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Brown and Judge Pyle concur Griffith and Emily married in 2016, and they bought a house together in Beech Grove, Indiana. Griffith and Emily each …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Diran T. Brooks v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02254 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 02, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Scheele concur On May 3, 2021, following an incident with his girlfriend, V.J., the State charged Brooks with Level 5 felony criminal confinement, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Zachary Joseph Cunningham v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02549 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 07, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Montgomery Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Scheele concur On December 2, 2022, Cunningham went to The Tavern, which is a bar in Crawfordsville, Indiana. After spending time in the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Peggy S. McElhany v. Elizabeth Jordan, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-CT-02250 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 07, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur 2 On December 30, 2021, Indianapolis Marion County Animal Care Services received a report that a stray pit …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Richard J. Campos v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-PC-02008 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 07, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Franklin Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge DeBoer concur On June 22, 2011, the State charged Campos with Class A misdemeanor possession of marijuana, 1 Class D felony possession of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Terrence D Wintrode v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01173 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 07, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge DeBoer concur In 2017 and 2018, Wintrode dealt marijuana to Robert Giliberto, and Giliberto owed Wintrode $370 from those transactions. In the late …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Emmanuel Lee Newman v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02574 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 16, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Scheele concur On December 27, 2022, Newman was at his cousin Joshua Hopson’s apartment in Indianapolis. After an argument during which Newman told …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ernest T Nichols, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02773 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 21, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Scheele concur On June 26, 2024, Nichols pled guilty to Level 5 felony battery with bodily injury to a public safety officer. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Alyssa Svatba v. Justin Svatba ── Case No.: 24A-DC-01695 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 21, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Delaware Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Scheele concur Mother and Father were married in 2010 and have three children: A.S. (born 2010) and twins C.S. and D.S. (born 2012). Following their …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Karl J. Stevens v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01198 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 21, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge DeBoer concur Stevens and A.L. began dating in early 2021, and by August 2022, A.L. was nine months pregnant with Stevens’s child. Around …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: V S v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-03152 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 23, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Scheele concur Mother gave birth to Ka.M. on September 21, 2009; J.M. on April 25, 2011; Z.M. on February 23, 2013; and Ke.M. on June …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: M B v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-JT-03107 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 23, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur Child was born to C.B. (“Mother”) 1 on September 11, 2021. Child was born with congenital limb …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Z R v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-JV-02665 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 23, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Scheele concur On November 23, 2023, Z.R. was driving a stolen vehicle when Gary Police Officer Alphonse Mariani initiated a traffic stop. Z.R. fled Officer Mariani in the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Gabriel Scott Galvez Roblero v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00066 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 23, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge DeBoer concur Roblero and his wife, Karen Hernandez, lived in a house on Mimosa Lane in Indianapolis. Eva Espinosa, Hernandez’s mother, agreed …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jeffrey L Humble, et al. v. Barbara Robinson, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-PL-01585 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 06, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Madison Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge DeBoer concur In August 2023, the Humbles began constructing a new building on their property in the Hickory Hills subdivision …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Rashun A Carter v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01557 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 06, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge DeBoer concur On January 2, 2023, Yusef Muhammad was working at a recording studio located in Fort Wayne, with his girlfriend, Jocelyn Bolf. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Unsupervised Estate: Bobbe Singleton v. The National Bank of Indianapolis ── Case No.: 24A-EU-00685 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 11, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Johnson Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge DeBoer concur William executed his last will and testament on August 12, 1999, and he executed two codicils to that …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Gary L. Martin, II v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01430 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 13, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Scheele concur On the evening of August 23, 2023, B.O. was at a friend’s house in Elkhart when she encountered Martin, whom …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jacob M Johnson v. Rachel M Johnson ── Case No.: 24A-DR-01958 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 20, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Madison Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Scheele concur Father and Mother were married until 2013, and Child was born on April 22, 2010. When the parties divorced, Mother received …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Larry A. Fitzgerald v. Apollo Opportunity Fund, LLC, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-PL-00273 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 20, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Tavitas and Judge DeBoer concur Fitzgerald filed his initial complaint in May 2019. After multiple motions to dismiss, amendments of the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Thomas DeCola v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CT-02211 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 25, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Porter Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Kenworthy concur In January 2017, police officers in Porter County, Indiana, arrested DeCola following a traffic stop, and the State charged DeCola with Class …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joshua William Hansen v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01641 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 25, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Tavitas and Judge DeBoer concur Until 2023, Hansen was married to M.M., and their marriage produced three children, including two daughters who are …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Rodney Craft v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00455 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 27, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Starke Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur On February 8, 2024, deputies from the Starke County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop and discovered that the driver, who was …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: N K, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-00330 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 27, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Wayne Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur Mother and Father are the parents of A.K., born June 18, 2018; Bra.K. and X.K., born July …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jorge Louis Estien v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00034 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 27, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur The victims in this case are twin sisters, Aa.E. and Ax.E. (collectively, “the twins”), who were born in 2007. Their mother …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Scott P. Hedge, et al. v. Dale Hartlerode ── Case No.: 24A-MI-03083 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 27, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Scott Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur Child was born in 2020. Following her birth, Child lived with her biological father and Paternal Grandfather in Paternal Grandfather’s …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Rio Blake Michaels v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02190 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 27, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Weissmann and Judge Scheele concur On November 16, 2023, the State charged Michaels with Level 6 felony criminal mischief after Michaels broke off a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Estella Brown, et al. v. David Saunders ── Case No.: 24A-CT-02097 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 03, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Madison Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Scheele concur On March 18, 2023, David Saunders was a guest at the premises owned by Brown at 3018 Fletcher Street in Anderson, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael F Hartzburg v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01784 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 03, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Knox Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge DeBoer concur Hartzburg and Teresa Pierson married in 1997 and lived together in a house in Bicknell, Indiana. Pierson’s grandchildren, N.R. and G.R., …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Richard Alexander Mitchell v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01678 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 03, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge DeBoer concur On July 6, 2023, West Lafayette Police Officer Jayden Fackelman observed Mitchell driving over the speed limit and conducted a traffic …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tim Kinder v. Elena Kinder ── Case No.: 24A-DN-01079 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 03, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Monroe Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Tavitas and Judge DeBoer concur Husband and Wife married on October 7, 2017, and Wife filed for dissolution on February 7, 2023. There were no children …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Calvin Lee Bronson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02680 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 09, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur On December 24, 2023, L.T. picked up Bronson in Chicago and brought him back to her residence in Gary. On December …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Harvey L. Sanders v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02578 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 16, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Scheele concur Sanders and S.G. lived in Elkhart. On January 21, 2024, S.G.’s grandmother died. The next afternoon, S.G.'s cousin Forestean Harris came …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Donald R. Walter, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01786 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 16, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Benton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge DeBoer concur Walter’s wife Toni Walter (“Toni”) began working as a bookkeeper for Coogle Trucking in Otterbein, Indiana, in 2005. Her job …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── T K v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-JV-00209 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 23, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Noble Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur On September 16, 2024, T.K., a student at East Noble High School in Kendallville, Indiana, approached a group of students, “asked them …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christopher Juan Jose Rawlings v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02622 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 23, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur On August 28, 2022, Rawlings visited Gage Mathes, who lived in a tent in the backyard of his father’s property …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Zachary McIlwain v. Kristin McIlwain ── Case No.: 24A-DN-01087 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 24, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Weissmann and Judge Scheele concur Prior to marriage, Husband served two tours in Iraq with a Special Operations Unit and then was diagnosed with 80% disability …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── William C Davidson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02288 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 29, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Ripley Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Felix and Judge Scheele concur Davidson was born in 1954. He molested his ten-year-old granddaughter in October 2001 by performing oral sex on her. He molested …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Thomas Cruse v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00626 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 08, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur In February 2022, Cruse owned TW Programming Services LLC (“TW Programming”), which was located in Chandler, Indiana, outside the Evansville area. TW …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── David M Souder v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02693 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 08, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Scheele concur In 2008, Souder married a woman named Sandra who had an adult daughter, J.R., who had three children herself, including S.R. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── The City of South Bend, Indiana v. Victor C. Cao, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-PL-02819 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 08, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge DeBoer concurs. Judge Vaidik concurs in part/dissents in part Prior to 1999, a single company …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: M S, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-JC-00327 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 13, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur M.S. (“Mother”) appeals the adjudication of her children, K.B., Jr. and S.S., (collectively “Children”) as …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Crowder Farms, LLC v. Jeff L. Flick ── Case No.: 24A-PL-02176 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 13, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Orange Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge DeBoer concur The Flick Property and the Crowder Farms Property both sit on the western side of County Road 1175 West (“1175W”) in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── K P v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-JV-00413 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 15, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Warrick Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur On November 1, 2024, Warrick County Sheriff’s Deputy Barry Griffin initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle traveling twenty miles per hour …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael Brooks Anderson, et al. v. Fifth Third Bank, National Association, FKA Fifth Third Bank successor by... ── Case No.: 24A-MF-02435 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 15, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Porter Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Scheele concur On March 25, 2002, Martha L. Bonner and Gerald R. Bonner …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Teagon E. Thatcher v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02468 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 25, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Delaware Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Scheele concur Thatcher and Neva Petty were friends, and they texted each other frequently using Facebook Messenger. On February 24, 2024, Petty texted …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: N K v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JC-00106 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 29, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur Father and M.W. (“Mother”) 1 (collectively, “Parents”) are the parents of Child, born August 5, 2020, and his sister, A.K. (“Sibling”), born April …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Zane T G Smith v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02609 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 05, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Scheele concur On March 10, 2022, the State filed charges against Smith alleging he committed two counts of Level 1 felony child …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Charles Justise v. Miami Correctional Facility ── Case No.: 24A-CT-02586 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 05, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Miami Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Scheele concur Justise is an offender in the custody of the Indiana Department of Correction (“IDOC”). On April 17, 2019, Justise was transferred to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Reagan Outdoor Advertising of Indianapolis D/B/A ROA Indianapolis, LLC v. State of Indiana, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-PL-02164 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 05, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Scheele concur On November 17, 2020, the State filed a complaint for eminent domain …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Timothy S. Welker v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00536 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 12, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Delaware Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur In 2020, under Cause Number 18C02-2009-F6-612 (hereinafter “F6-612”), the State charged Welker with Level 6 felony theft 1 and Class A …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Max Healey v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00672 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 18, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Huntington Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur In November 2023, Detective Jordan Corral of the Huntington City Police Department worked with a confidential informant (“CI”) to arrange a controlled …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Stefan May v. Brian Sharp ── Case No.: 24A-SC-03159 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 25, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Scheele concur In October 2021, Stefan and Abigail May entered into a written lease agreement with Brian Sharp for a duplex in Michigan City, Indiana. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Julie A. Howlett v. Marc A. Howlett ── Case No.: 24A-DC-02718 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 25, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Warrick Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Scheele concur Mother and Father divorced on November 12, 2019. The divorce decree provided that Mother and Father were to share joint legal …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: M E v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-00857 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 30, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur Mother is the biological mother of N.C. (“Sister”), born June 2004, and Child, born July 2011. 1 Prior to these proceedings, Sister and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Deborah M. Walton, et al. v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association ── Case No.: 24A-MF-02926 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 30, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge Weissmann and Judge Scheele concur On November 13, 2007, Deborah and Margaret executed a mortgage and promissory note with Washington Mutual Bank, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Andre Natali Suzano v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00568 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 03, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur Suzano and S.B. had been dating intermittently for about two years when on May 28, 2023, Suzano, S.B., and two friends …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kate Pohl (Lane) v. Patrick Lane ── Case No.: 25A-DC-00142 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 09, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur Mother and Father married on October 3, 2009. They are the parents of three children, S.L. (born 2009), M.L. (born 2011), and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Transport Leasing/Contract, Inc. v. Northland Insurance Company ── Case No.: 24A-CT-03066 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 16, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur 1 In 2015, TLC entered into an Exclusive Services Agreement (the “ESA”) with Weston, a motor carrier company. The ESA provided …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Aaron James Brewer v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01331 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 23, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Starke Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur Brewer was married to L.B.’s mother, and at the pertinent time, the three of them lived together in a trailer in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: P N, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-00548 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 23, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Grant Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur Parents are the biological parents of J.N., born in November 2020, and G.N., born in August 2022. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Karen Guilford v. Edward Guilford ── Case No.: 24A-DC-01587 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 23, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Tavitas and Judge DeBoer concur The parties were married on September 5, 1987, and had six children during their 36-year marriage. During the first year …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Melinda Johnson v. Sabastian Johnson ── Case No.: 25A-DR-00416 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 30, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur Mother and Father married in February 2015 and divorced in November 2016. During the marriage, Father adopted Mother’s previously born child, A.J., and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Timothy A Baker v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00356 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 30, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur On October 16, 2021, fourteen-year-old K.B. attended the eighteenth birthday party of her best friend, A.B., who is Baker’s eldest daughter. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Adil Rafiq v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00269 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 30, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur In January 2023, 12-year-old L.P. lived with her aunt, cousins, brother, and grandmother. Rafiq, who was her grandmother’s 35-year-old boyfriend, also stayed …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Quinton K. Cheeks v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02560 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 30, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur On April 17, 2023, Marion County probation officers conducted a probation compliance search of Cheeks’s residence, where Cheeks reported he lived …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: J W v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JC-01352 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 31, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Wabash Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur Mother1 is the mother of Je.H., born May 2008, and Ja.H., born May 2012. 2 Children lived with Mother …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Treyburn Lakes Homeowners Association, Inc. v. Solomon L. Scott, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-CC-00646 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 31, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur On May 25, 2001, Solomon Scott purchased property at 9607 Piper Lake Drive, Indianapolis, subject …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christopher A Smith v. Gateway Financial Solutions ── Case No.: 25A-SC-00407 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 31, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Rehearing Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur Christopher A. Smith, pro se, petitions for rehearing of our decision affirming the small claims court’s grant of summary judgment to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Constance R. Samplawski v. Anchor Land Management, LLC ── Case No.: 25A-PL-01210 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 04, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Porter Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur This case involves four pieces of property as depicted in the image below: (Appellant’s App. Vol. 2 at 32.) The …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joshua Boyne v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00990 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 13, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Boone Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur Boyne and Culley dated for approximately a year and a half and ended their relationship in June or July of 2023. Then, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Austin Weir v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00144 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 13, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur On August 29, 2022, Cesar Rosales and Jaime Taxilaga Tepach were landscaping near the intersection of 196th Street and Grassy Branch Road …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Colton Vibbert v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-PC-02531 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 13, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur We summarized the facts of Vibbert’s offense in our opinion deciding his direct appeal: Vibbert’s girlfriend, Veronica Grear, owned a trailer located …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kourtney Nicole Thompson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01372 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 18, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Grant Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur In June 2023, Thompson was homeless and addicted to fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine. She met Michael Davis and James Watson at …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Austin T Wyatt v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00083 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 18, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur The State of Indiana charged Wyatt with one count of Level 4 felony child molesting 1 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brandon M. White v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01265 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 20, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur On September 23, 2023, White stole over $750 in cosmetics from an Ulta Beauty store in Hamilton County. The State charged …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kelcey E Hall v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00482 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 25, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Wayne Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur On July 16, 2023, Hall lived in a garage in Greens Fork, Indiana. Across the street and one house over from …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Alan Kreilein v. Christina Reagle, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-PL-00265 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 26, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Henry Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur On May 16, 2004, Kreilein committed Class A felony criminal deviate conduct. 1 In October 2004, Kreilein pled guilty to the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── N R v. A R ── Case No.: 25A-PO-00783 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 02, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur Mother and Father (collectively, “Parents”) are the parents 2 of Ad.R., born in 2007, and An.R., born in 2012. 3 This case began as …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: D F v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JC-01450 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 04, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Shelby Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur Mother1 is the mother2 of T.F., born July 2014, and M.F., born April 2018. In January 2025, the Department …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Clarissa Marie Culvahouse v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01437 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 11, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur In May of 2023, Aubrey Bookwalter was an employee at a KinderCare in Fishers. Bookwalter had been working at KinderCare for …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── L2 Acquisitions LLC v. Steven Dollens, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-PL-00451 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 11, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Madison Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur Dollens and Robyn Landon, an authorized agent of L2 Acquisitions, signed a real estate purchase agreement 2 in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Malcony Gregorio Rodriguez-Arias v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00948 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 12, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Noble Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur On June 17, 2024, Deputy Royal Edwin Kirkpatrick III (“Deputy Kirkpatrick”) of the Noble County Sheriff’s Department observed a vehicle driven …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joshua T. Karamalegos v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00839 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 12, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur During the early morning hours of January 13, 2021, Indiana State Police Trooper Benjamin Beers (“Trooper Beers”) was patrolling the Indiana …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Robyn L. Spradlin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01724 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 22, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Clark Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed Judge Weissmann and Judge Scheele concur Riverview Village is a long-term care and rehabilitation facility in Clarksville, Indiana. The facility employs a two-step documentation process for controlled …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Santos Sotero Padilla v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-02026 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur We summarized the facts of Padilla’s offenses following his direct appeal: In 2022, D.G. lived in Indianapolis with …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Matthew L. Deetz v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01394 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Scheele concur On January 4, 2023, Martinsville Police Department Officer Bransom Lee was conducting surveillance near a suspected drug house. About 4:00 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kevin Weinzapfel v. Melissa Weinzapfel ── Case No.: 25A-DR-01102 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur Father and Melissa Weinzapfel (“Mother”) (collectively, “Parents”) are the parents of Caden, born December 2005; N.W., born February 2008; and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jeff Fussner, et al. v. Hulsbosch Dairy Farm LLC, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-PL-00343 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2025 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Rush Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur Hulsbosch Dairy operates a dairy farm in Decatur County, and in early 2024, it received an offer …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Johnny R. Evans v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01416 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 13, 2026 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Dubois Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (“NCMEC”) runs a cyber tip line. Internet companies, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: Q D, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-01672 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 21, 2026 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Fayette Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur Mother is the mother of J.H., 1 born in October 2021, and Q.D., Jr., born in June …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Reontre Lawrence v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01369 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 21, 2026 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Felix concur On the morning of October 19, 2023, Lawrence borrowed a car from a friend who was staying at the Quality Inn …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── David L. Toliver v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01171 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 21, 2026 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur On November 17, 2024, Toliver was at the home of his sister, Latoya, and her two children. Toliver had been consuming …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Otho Troy Pulluaim, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-02106 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 23, 2026 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Vacated in Part, Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur On January 8, 2025, Pulluaim was at the apartment of David Christopher with Christopher …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ricky R. House, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-PC-00620 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 23, 2026 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Posey Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur In our opinion deciding House’s direct appeal of his criminal convictions, we explained the facts of his offenses: House and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Melissa Wilcox, et al. v. Matthew A. Gingrich, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-PL-01157 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 30, 2026 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur The Wilcoxes own property on Sichting Road in Martinsville, Indiana. The property includes a pole barn structure …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Richard Cooley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02234 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 30, 2026 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Porter Category: Criminal Decision: Rehearing Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur We recently handed down a memorandum decision that affirmed Richard Cooley’s conviction of murder – for shooting his wife in the heart …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Charles James Popp v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01889 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 16, 2025 Author: Judge Mary DeBoer County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Vaidik concur In March 2012, a jury found Popp guilty of eight counts of Class B felony sexual misconduct with a minor, one …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jerrold Rose v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-03072 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 10, 2025 Author: Judge Mary DeBoer County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Pyle concur Rose and Tajea Jackson started dating in the summer of 2024, and he began living at her apartment. In August, Jackson learned …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: M V v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-JC-01223 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 07, 2026 Author: Judge Mary DeBoer County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Remanded Judge Bradford and Judge Weissmann concur Mother has four children, two of whom are the subjects of the underlying CHINS proceedings. A.V., who …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James T. McCollom v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01718 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 30, 2026 Author: Judge Mary DeBoer County of Origin: Perry Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Altice concur In March 2024, M.S. and E.W. were best friends and lived near each other in Cannelton. At the time, the girls …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── J C v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-JV-02816 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 18, 2025 Author: Judge Stephen Scheele County of Origin: Greene Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Weissmann concur In February 2023, J.C.’s mother (Mother) contacted law enforcement after J.C., then twelve, grabbed her younger sister by the hair and pulled …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── A H v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-JV-03050 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 03, 2025 Author: Judge Stephen Scheele County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Kenworthy concur On October 11, 2024, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) Officers Sophia Gannon and Roy Thurman received a dispatch on a report of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Phillip J. Beachey v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02804 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 02, 2025 Author: Judge Stephen Scheele County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Kenworthy concur In March 2004, Jessamyn Eckhart gave birth to Victim 1. Jessamyn’s sister, Carrie, and her husband, Beachey, adopted Victim 1, although …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── B C v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-JV-01019 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 04, 2020 Author: Judge Paul Mathias Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Najam concur Over a three-month period in 2019, then sixteen-year-old B.C. received three delinquency referrals. Those referrals ultimately resulted in two adjudications, one for resisting law enforcement, and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Justin R. Hogg v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02251 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 25, 2022 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Cass Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed Judge Bailey and Judge Altice concur Sometime prior to March 5, 2020, Hogg, Chad Myer (Hogg’s romantic partner), and Gail Slavens (their mutual acquaintance) created false payroll …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Shane E. Ehr v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02505 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 02, 2022 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Adams Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Molter concur Ehr lives next door to his brother, Chance, and his brother’s wife, Casey, in Geneva. On September 1, 2020, Casey called …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
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 …
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
── 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
── 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
── 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
── 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
── Dusty Witter v. David Witter ── Case No.: 20A-DR-00850 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 17, 2020 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge Pyle concur Father and Mother were married in 2006 and had two children: Da.W., who was born in 2009, and De.W., who was born in 2013. In 2016, Mother …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: V R v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 20A-JT-01307 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2020 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur J.R. was born in March of 2013, and J.M. was born in December of 2015 to Mother and C.M. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Henry D Bates v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01110 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2020 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Robb concur Shortly after noon on July 11, 2016, Bates and his nephew, Eddie Bates (“Eddie”), robbed a Dollar General Store in Elkhart, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── David Len Pace v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00092 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 08, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Pyle concur On September 3, 2019, Peglow, a long time employee of Barnaby’s restaurant in Mishawaka, parked and locked his bicycle, a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kevin Martin v. Richard Brown ── Case No.: 21A-CT-00085 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 29, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Sullivan Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Pyle concur Martin was, during the pertinent times, an inmate at the Wabash Correctional Facility (“Wabash”) in Sullivan County. The defendants, all employees of Wabash, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── 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
── E R v. Review Board ── Case No.: 21A-EX-01766 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 28, 2022 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas Category: Other Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Crone concur E.R. was employed as a bus driver for M.S.D. Decatur Township. E.R. took a medical leave and, when her medical leave was over, she attempted to return …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── RUSSELL D. FOX v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00315 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 09, 2022 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge May concur On November 5, 2020, Lieutenant Richard Clayton of the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department received a dispatch call advising him to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: S P v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JC-01062 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 28, 2022 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Clark Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Altice concur Child was born on March 5, 2015, to Mother and J.W. (“Father”). 1 Child participated in therapy as a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── J R v. J M ── Case No.: 22A-AD-02925 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 26, 2023 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Johnson Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur Father and S.M. (“Mother”) are the biological parents of Daughter, who was born in December 2014. By the time of Daughter’s birth, Mother …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: N D v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JT-03093 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 31, 2023 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Kenworthy concur The Child was born in August 2018 to Mother and C.D. (“Father”). The Child was removed from Parents on …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ignacio Espinosa De Los Monteros v. Amber N Espinosa De Los Monteros ── Case No.: 23A-DR-00439 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 23, 2023 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey and Judge Kenworthy concur Father and Mother were married and had two children, B.M., born in 2007, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Russell G Finnegan v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00639 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 12, 2023 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Pulaski Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Foley concur This case stems from events described in Finnegan’s related appeal, Finnegan v. State, No. 22A-CR-1879 (Ind. Ct. App. Feb. 23, 2023), …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jamie Marie Russell v. Leonard Allen Russell ── Case No.: 23A-DC-00578 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 22, 2023 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey and Judge Kenworthy concur Mother and Father married in July 2016. The marriage produced one child, Daughter, who was born in December 2017. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ronnie Romans v. Jade Romans ── Case No.: 23A-DN-02912 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 28, 2024 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Brown Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Bradford concur Father and Mother met in August 2019, at which time Mother was twenty years old and Father was forty-two years old. The couple …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lafayette Rentals, Inc. v. Low Cost Spay-Neuter Clinic, Inc. ── Case No.: 24A-PL-00082 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 18, 2024 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge May concur The Clinic is a charitable not-for-profit corporation that provides low-cost veterinary services. At the request of several …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: R P v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JC-01172 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 19, 2024 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Shelby Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge DeBoer concur Father and Mother, who were not married, have one child, T.H. (“the Child”), who was born in March 2017. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Nicholas Robert Saunders v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00981 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2024 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Johnson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge May and Judge DeBoer concur On August 7, 2022, nineteen-year-old Saunders asked his friend Miranda Lawson to drive him to Nashville, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tyron Excell Smith v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-03089 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 05, 2025 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Brown concur Smith and the victim in this case, L.M., had previously been in a romantic relationship and had children together. On February …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: S M v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-03091 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 15, 2025 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Rush Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Brown concur Child was born in October 2023 to Father and R.L. (“Mother”). 1 The Department of Child Services received a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Linda K. Manges v. Robert Swenson, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-MI-00701 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 03, 2025 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Marshall Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Felix concur Glen and Martha Roberts had seven children: Linda Manges, Diana Swenson, Judy Shivers, Mary Nutley, Roger Roberts, Pamela McCord, and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Alan Kreilein v. Tracy Berry, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-PL-00639 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 20, 2025 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Henry Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Kenworthy concur In September 2004, Kreilein pleaded guilty to criminal deviate conduct, a Class A felony, and was sentenced to thirty years in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── State of Indiana v. Mitchell Jay Bozarth ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00978 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 01, 2025 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Wayne Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge DeBoer and Judge Scheele concur On the evening of October 29, 2020, Officers Logan Schneider and Matt Smarrelli of the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── ALAN RANFERY OROZCO SALMERON v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01647 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 19, 2021 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kirsch and Judge May concur The following factual basis was read into the record during Orozco-Salmeron’s change-of-plea hearing: Had this matter proceeded to trial, the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Zane Dickson v. Sarah Ford ── Case No.: 20A-DC-01906 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 09, 2021 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur Father and Mother were married on or about June 1, 2016. There were three children born of the marriage: E.D., …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: A M v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JT-00543 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 04, 2021 Author: Judge Cale Bradford Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Altice concur Child was born to Mother on March 2, 2013. On May 24, 2019, DCS received a report alleging that Mother had neglected Child. …
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
── Ashley Day-Ping v. CHARLES T RAMEY, III ── Case No.: 21A-DR-02353 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 27, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Johnson Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur Most of the underlying facts of this case were related in our opinion in Day-Ping v. Ramey, 175 N.E.3d 844 (Ind. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: J K v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JC-01054 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 26, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Clark Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Tavitas concur Mother is the biological mother of the Children.1 Ts.J. was born on April 15, 2005, and Tn.J. was born …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kevin Shawn Dyer v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01046 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 20, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marshall Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Pyle concur On November 29, 2020, officers with the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department received information that Dyer was in his father’s home in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Sophia Danley Edwards, et al. v. City of Carmel, Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CT-00520 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 22, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur In 2017, S.E. attended a summer camp organized and administered by the Parks Department. Registration and payment for …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── J B v. K S ── Case No.: 22A-AD-02722 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 17, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Huntington Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur The Children are twins who were born to Mother and Father (collectively, “Parents”) on January 2, 2014. Parents, who were never married, “ended …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Moses Hardin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02620 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 19, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur On July 6, 2022, Evansville Police Officers Matthew Tevault and Stephan Welcher were dispatched to ABK, a probation-services company. Upon arriving at …
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
── Kevin M. Schoeff v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01262 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 08, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Delaware Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur Melissa Frye and Schoeff were married in 2001 and have two children together, Lo.S. and La.S. Schoeff began molesting Lo.S. when …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── William R Bogner v. Rebecca S Bogner ── Case No.: 23A-DN-02419 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 12, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Fulton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur In 2012, Husband and Wife were married. During the marriage, Husband’s mother transferred the Remainder Interest in 136 acres of farmland …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: R B v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-02614 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 16, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Perry Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur Child was born to Mother on December 23, 2015.1 Including Child, Mother has a total of four children but, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: R W v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-00231 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 15, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Fulton Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur Child was born to Mother in October of 2020. In May of 2022, DCS received a report of abuse …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: S A v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-00625 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 19, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: White Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur Mother is the mother of the Children. DCS first became involved with Mother in February of 2017 after having …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── K C v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-JV-00775 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 03, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur K.C. was born in 2008, was first admitted to a hospital for suicidal behavior when she was eight years old and has …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── M E v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-JV-01660 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 25, 2025 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Delaware Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge DeBoer concur On May 10, 2025, Greenwood Police Officer Evan Kistner and other officers responded to an active disturbance at Valle Vista, at which …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: Abigail L Parkes v. DANIEL S BORTER ── Case No.: 21A-JP-00221 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 14, 2021 Author: Judge Robert Altice County of Origin: Greene Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Bradford concur Parents were divorced in 2016, and currently share joint physical and legal custody of M.B. At the time of dissolution, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: D S v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JT-02196 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 18, 2022 Author: Judge Robert Altice Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Mathias concur Case Summary D.S. (Mother) appeals the involuntary termination of her parental rights to her four minor children, Jo.H., 1 C.H., 2 Ja.H., 3 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: T M v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JT-02558 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 14, 2022 Author: Judge Robert Altice Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Crone concur set out below will focus on Mother’s compliance with court-ordered services. in September 2013. During this time, Mother lost her home and consented …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: M B v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JC-00261 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 15, 2022 Author: Judge Robert Altice County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Crone concur Case Summary M.B. (Mother) appeals the juvenile court’s order adjudicating A.M. and L.S. to be children in need of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: D G v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-00562 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 03, 2023 Author: Judge Robert Altice Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Foley concur Case Summary D.G. (Mother) appeals from the involuntary termination of her parental rights to her minor children, L.G., 1 N.G., 2 and I.G. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Cynthia Worrell v. Brian Worrell ── Case No.: 23A-DR-00224 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 28, 2023 Author: Judge Robert Altice County of Origin: Boone Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part Judge Weissmann and Judge Kenworthy concur She also challenges the trial court’s order awarding attorney’s fees to Brian Worrell (Father). We affirm in part …
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
── Mark Baker v. Adam Pickering, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-MI-01475 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 19, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur Case Summary Mark Baker appeals after the trial court entered final judgment confirming an arbitration award in his case against Adam …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── 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
── L F v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-JV-01765 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 20, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Wells Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Brown concur In January 2024, then fifteen-year-old L.F. led police on a high-speed pursuit in response to law enforcement’s attempt to conduct a traffic …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: R S v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-01188 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 21, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Crawford Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur Father and Ca.S. (“Mother”) 1 (collectively, “Parents”), are the biological parents of two children: son M.S. (born in June …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Zachary T. Harper v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01052 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 31, 2025 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Wells Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Brown concur Z.P. is Harper’s biological son born in December 2015. Z.P. often spent time at Faith Harrison’s house in Bluffton with Harrison’s …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── 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
── Termination: L C v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JT-03061 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 05, 2023 Author: Judge Peter Foley County of Origin: Fountain Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge May concur Mother is the mother to three minor children subject to this appeal, namely: J.C., born on December 20, 2008, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Daniel James Orshonsky v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00982 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 29, 2024 Author: Judge Peter Foley County of Origin: Porter Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Pyle and Judge Tavitas concur On October 26, 2012, Orshonsky and Kristen Decker-Vanderwoude (“Mother”) were married. Mother has three daughters and one son—M.D., …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: A P v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JC-01067 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 25, 2024 Author: Judge Peter Foley County of Origin: Monroe Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Bradford concur Child was born in March 2013 and adopted by Father and A.M. (“Mother”) when she was two years old. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── S S v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01518 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 02, 2025 Author: Judge Peter Foley County of Origin: Shelby Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Mathias and Judge Scheele concur S.S. was a suspect in a 2014 homicide investigation. During the investigation, S.S. alleged that the elected prosecutor sexually abused …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tyler Scott Allen Seelig v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00487 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 29, 2025 Author: Judge Peter Foley County of Origin: Huntington Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Scheele concurs. Judge Kenworthy concurs in part/dissents in part On April 20, 2024, A.H. (“Victim”) went to visit her friends Jackie Yazel and Sydney Selvage, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: A N v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 20A-JT-01631 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 01, 2021 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Jay Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Altice concur For reasons unclear from the record, Mother’s parents (Guardians) served as the legal guardians of Children “for quite some …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: J B, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JT-00981 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 22, 2021 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Wayne Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur DCS received a report of domestic violence between Parents in late August 2019. The Family Case Manager …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: K G v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JT-01373 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 15, 2021 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Vaidik concur Born several months prematurely in March 2018, Child suffered from chronic lung disease as well as other serious health problems that required his …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── K W v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-JV-02260 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 10, 2022 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Grant Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Pyle concur K.W. slapped his mother as they tussled over his cell phone, which his mother intended to take from him as punishment for …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: M H v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JT-02772 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 05, 2022 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Pyle concur After Child was exposed to domestic violence and substance abuse in his mother’s home in 2016, the Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── 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
── Matthew Q Baker v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02513 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 02, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur Baker and C.C. dated 25 years ago, broke up, and then dated again for 3 years beginning in 2016. A year …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── SHONTA E HENDERSON v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02259 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 19, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur Henderson and Griffin were at the apartment of Henderson’s friend Garnaud “Patrick” Ntaganda when two individuals, nicknamed “Cuddie” and “Zoe,” …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Todd Blakeney v. City of Covington ── Case No.: 23A-CT-00381 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 26, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Fountain Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur On the day he was electrocuted, Blakeney was working as a technician for a cable company seeking to cure an internet outage. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: K R v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JC-01095 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 23, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Fulton Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur Mother’s three children are 11-year-old A.J., 7-year-old J.R., and 3-year-old E.B. (collectively, Children). Each child has a different father. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: Ashley Eilene Franklin v. Brent Ashton Fifer, II ── Case No.: 23A-JP-02416 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 22, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Tavitas concur In January 2023, Father petitioned to establish paternity rights to Child. Within a month, on February 16, the trial …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: D R v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-00181 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 05, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Whitley Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur One month after Child’s birth in the fall of 2022, the Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) received a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── D P v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-JV-00441 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 15, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur In August 2023, D.P. learned that an individual named E.P. had an Xbox console for sale. D.P. texted E.P. about the console …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kara Lee v. Zachariah W Lee, III ── Case No.: 23A-DC-02782 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 30, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Newton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur Mother and Father were married in July 2018, a little over one year after Child’s birth. Mother has three other daughters …
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
── T W v. B H ── Case No.: 24A-AD-02161 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 17, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Grant Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur Father and L.W. (Mother) have three children together. After divorcing Father in late 2017, Mother, as well as the children, began living with …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of A S ── Case No.: 25A-MH-00804 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 07, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part Judge Brown and Judge Foley concur Beginning in October 2023, A.S. came to believe that his father and brother were “starting to do some things …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: A B, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-02902 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 12, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Vigo Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur The Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) became involved with Parents and Children in November 2022, when …
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
── Melody Barrows, et al. v. State of Indiana, et al. ── Case No.: 20A-CT-00563 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 28, 2020 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Tavitas concur In 2011, Joseph Hiles (“Hiles”) called Melody, claiming that he had Lane tied up and would release …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lamarr T Crittenden v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01749 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 02, 2021 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Robb and Judge Tavitas concur His convictions and sentence were affirmed on direct appeal. Crittenden v. State, No. 49A05-0906-CR-355 (Ind. Ct. App. Jan. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jarvis Nelson Peele v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-PC-00965 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 12, 2021 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Clark Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Robb concur In 2017, the State charged Peele with several criminal offenses and later alleged that Peele had the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: A M v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 20A-JC-02194 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 14, 2021 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Robb concur Mother and Father are the parents of R.M., Jr., born January 12, 2012, and A.M., born July 16, 2013 (collectively, “Children”). Children …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lance Charles Abbring v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00005 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 14, 2021 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Huntington Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Robb concur On July 26, 2020, Abbring went to a bar in Huntington with his wife, Karen Abbring (“Karen”), and consumed alcohol. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: M B v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JT-00566 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 06, 2021 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur Child was born on May 9, 2019. At that time, both Child and Mother tested positive for methamphetamine. Mother reported that she …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: J G v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JT-00713 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 08, 2021 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur Father1 and A.H. (“Mother”)2 are the parents of Child, who was born on July 7, 2012. At the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kris Reibel v. Kara Kavensky ── Case No.: 21A-DR-01648 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 14, 2022 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Mathias and Judge Altice concur The parties were married on November 23, 1996, and three children were born of the marriage. In their subsequent …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Donald Weaver v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-PC-00852 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 15, 2022 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Grant Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Altice concur The facts as found by this Court in Weaver’s direct appeal are as follows. On October 4, 2005, Weaver and his …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: R C, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 21A-JT-01257 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 25, 2022 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Rush Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Altice concur Mother gave birth to Lay.C. in 2014, to Lan.C. in 2016, and to Li.C. in 2017. …
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
── Zachary Weaver v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00023 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 23, 2022 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Kosciusko Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Bradford concur On April 11, 2019, the State of Indiana charged sixteen-year-old Weaver with Rape, as a Level 3 felony,2 and Child Molesting, …
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
── 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
── K G v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-JV-01700 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 26, 2023 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur On October 31, 2019, thirteen-year-old K.G. was arguing with his mother when he grabbed her side, which was injured. K.G. knew …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jeremy Lee Miller v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01690 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 29, 2023 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Felix concur On April 18, 2022, Miller pleaded guilty to Possession of Methamphetamine, as a Level 6 felony,1 in Cause F6-2356, and …
Court Opinion
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, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Dallas Dale Hoback v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00411 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 20, 2023 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Clark Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed Judge May concurs. Judge Felix dissents On March 29, 2018, the State charged Hoback with Level 6 felony possession of methamphetamine,1 Level 6 felony possession of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: A H, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-JT-01478 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 21, 2023 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Felix concur Child was born on March 2, 2018. Twenty-five days later, Child suffered a “devastating …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael Riddell v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00858 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 21, 2023 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Felix concur C.M.’s mother is Amanda Riddell (“Amanda”), and Riddell is C.M.’s uncle. Amanda and C.M. “moved around a lot” when C.M. was …
Court Opinion
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 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christopher Scott v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01103 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 11, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Felix concur On February 11, 2023, Scott entered a Needler’s Fresh Market, selected three candy bars, and “concealed them in his pocket.” (Tr. …
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Neutral
── J B v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-JV-02940 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 27, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur On August 17, 2023, J.K.B. was adjudicated a delinquent for unlawfully carrying a handgun. At that time, J.K.B. had prior referrals for truancy and informal …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: C A v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-02762 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 01, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur On December 29, 2021, the Indiana Department of Child Services (“DCS”) filed three separate petitions, one for each child, alleging that the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── George D. Jones, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00539 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 16, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Foley concur On November 10, 2023, Jerald Carter was working as a cashier at Dollar General. While he was working, Jones …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── David Edward Jackson, III v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00244 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 16, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Foley concur The background of Jackson’s crimes and related proceedings was summarized by this Court’s opinion affirming in part and reversing …
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
── 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
── Commitment of C M ── Case No.: 24A-MH-02765 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 28, 2025 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik and Judge DeBoer concur On October 8, 2024, IU Health filed an application for the emergency detention of thirty-two-year-old C.M., who had been admitted …
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
── Brian Allen v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20S-XP-00506 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: December 22, 2020 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Our legislature provided a mechanism by which people convicted of certain crimes can obtain a fresh start by seeking expungement of those convictions. For certain minor convictions, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── K G, et al. v. Morgan Smith, et al. ── Case No.: 21S-CT-00561 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: December 22, 2021 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Remanded Justice Rush and Justice David concur. Justice Massa and Justice Slaughter dissent Melody Ruch gave birth to her daughter, K.G., on August 22, 2004. K.G. is …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Elizabeth Roetter v. Michael P Roetter, Jr. ── Case No.: 21S-DC-00568 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: March 10, 2022 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Elizabeth Roetter (Wife) and Michael Roetter (Husband) married in May 2014 with no prenuptial agreement. Husband’s premarital assets included an individual retirement account (IRA) valued at just over …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Zachary Allen Fix v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22S-CR-00007 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: May 16, 2022 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Justice Rush, Justice David, and Justice Massa concur. Justice Slaughter concurs/concurs in result During the early morning hours of July 7, 2017, Zachary Fix and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── M H v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22S-JV-00251 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: April 19, 2023 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Justice Rush and Justice Molter concur. Justice Massa and Justice Slaughter concur in result In June 2019, police arrested 14-year-old Martin (a pseudonym) for trespassing, leading to the discovery …
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
── Edward Zaragoza v. Wexford of Indiana, LLC, et al. ── Case No.: 23S-CT-00099 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: January 25, 2024 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded The plaintiff, Edward Zaragoza, is incarcerated at Wabash Valley Correctional Facility. The defendants, Samuel J. Byrd, M.D., Naveen Rajoli, M.D., and Jackie L. West-Denning, …
Court Opinion
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
── Richland Convenience Store Partners, LLC, et al. v. Joseph V. DeSpirito ── Case No.: 53S01-1709-PL-00612 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: November 29, 2018 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Monroe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed We adhere to Indiana’s longstanding common-law rule that relocating a fixed easement requires the consent of all affected estate-holders. And we reject the minority …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── J W v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 19S-JV-00012 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: January 09, 2019 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter Category: Juvenile Decision: Dismissed We held in Tumulty v. State, 666 N.E.2d 394 (Ind. 1996), that an adult criminal defendant cannot challenge the validity of his guilty plea on direct appeal. He must, instead, pursue post-conviction relief …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Unsupervised Estate: Orlando Lewis, Sr as Special Administrator of the Estate of Orlando C. Lewis, Jr., Deceased v. Shana Toliver, et al. ── Case No.: 18S-EU-00507 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: June 03, 2019 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Johnson Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed In Estate of Hammar, 847 N.E.2d 960 (Ind. 2006), we held that a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Daniel O'Bryant v. Alan P Adams, et al. ── Case No.: 18S-PL-00584 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: June 04, 2019 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Madison Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Justice Rush, Justice Massa, and Justice Goff concur. Justice David concurs in result We hold that a valid forum-selection clause, in which the parties agree by contract …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── TOWN OF BROWNSBURG, INDIANA v. FIGHT AGAINST BROWNSBURG ANNEXATION ── Case No.: 19S-PL-00342 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: June 05, 2019 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed In this municipal-annexation case, we hold that a trial court hearing a remonstrance proceeding on judicial review must consider the evidence submitted by both the municipality …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── RAINBOW REALTY GROUP EMPIRE HOLDING CORP AND/OR CRESS TRUST v. KATRINA CARTER, et al. ── Case No.: 19S-CC-00038 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: September 13, 2019 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded A. Rent-to-buy agreement for uninhabitable house Plaintiff Cress Trust owns houses in Marion County. Plaintiff Rainbow Realty Group, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── S H v. D W ── Case No.: 19S-PO-00118 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: January 31, 2020 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Civil Decision: Vacated, Reversed, and Remanded Justice Rush and Justice David concur. Justice Massa and Justice Goff dissent Domestic violence accounts for more than one-fifth of all violent crime in the United States, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── In the Matter of the Certified Question: Bradley A. Estabrook v. Yamazaki Mazak Corporation, et al. ── Case No.: 19S-CQ-00590 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: March 02, 2020 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter Category: Other Decision: Certified Question Disposed with Opinion The Indiana Products Liability Act contains what we have held is a tenyear statute of repose. The statute requires …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── FMS Nephrology Partners North Central Indiana Dialysis Centers, LLC v. Beacon Health System Group Benefit Plan, et al. ── Case No.: 20S-PL-00302 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: May 11, 2020 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Civil Decision: Vacated and Remanded Justice Rush, Justice Massa, and Justice Goff concur. Justice David concurs in result The …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kevin Charles Isom v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 45S00-1508-PD-00508 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: June 30, 2021 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed This case arises from a brutal crime. In August 2007, Isom’s neighbors reported gunshots ringing out from his apartment. When police arrived, they quickly took shelter because of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── JAMES A CROWE, et al. v. SAVVY IN LLC ── Case No.: 23S-TP-00090 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: October 11, 2023 Author: Justice Mark Massa County of Origin: Madison Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed In 1997, James and Phyllis Crowe (collectively, “the Crowes”) acquired title to three parcels of land (“Properties”), where the couple has resided since 1998. In 2019, …
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
── 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
── CHINS: C K v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JC-02257 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 6, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Juvenile Decision: Dismissed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur Child was born in August 2021 to Parents. On July 2024, Child was adjudicated a CHINS on Parents’ admission …
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
── Joshua T. Trammell v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-02293 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 5, 2026 Author: Judge Rudolph Pyle County of Origin: Franklin Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Kenworthy concur The facts of Trammell’s offense and procedural history in this case were set forth in Trammell’s direct appeal as follows: On …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Javier Montanez v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-02184 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 4, 2026 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Dismissed Judge Mathias and Judge Felix concur In 2022, Montanez pleaded guilty, pursuant to the terms of a plea agreement, to Level 5 felony criminal confinement. 1 In accordance …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: A Z v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-02146 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 4, 2026 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Felix concur Mother gave birth to Child on September 4, 2023. Child’s father is M.P., Jr. (“Father”). 1 After Child’s birth, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── V B v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-JV-01403 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 4, 2026 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Reversed Judge Mathias and Judge Felix concur In December 2023, the trial court adjudicated V.B. as a delinquent child for acts that, if committed by an adult, would be …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: M H v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-JC-01449 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 6, 2026 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur Mother is the adoptive mother of Child, her biological grandson, born November 2010. Child has lived with …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Sara Fortune Brown v. Anthony Edwin Brown ── Case No.: 25A-DC-00596 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 11, 2026 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Monroe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur Children were born as twins to Mother and Father in 2019. On May 8, 2019, Mother filed a petition for dissolution …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joseph Grillo, et al. v. Margaret Grillo ── Case No.: 24A-PL-01780 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 11, 2026 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Scheele concur Giuseppe Grillo had three children – Joseph, Linda, and Margaret. On December 2, 2017, Giuseppe executed a General Durable Power of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Guardianship: Johnathan Scott v. Jill Kreis, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-GU-02306 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 20, 2026 Author: Judge Melissa May Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge Mathias and Judge Felix concur Child was born to Julie Kreis (“Mother”) and Father in November 2013. From birth until May 2019, Child lived with Mother in Texas and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ryan Matthew Gluys v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01488 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 25, 2026 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Rush Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur Prior to the events at issue herein, Gluys had a child (“Child”) with Amanda Blackford. The record does not …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Juan Ramon Gabarrete-Martinez v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01024 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 25, 2026 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Pike Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur In April 2024, Bart Kierstens owned a property management company that constructed, leased, and maintained real estate. He had also owned …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Integre Homes, LLC, et al. v. 98 S. Main LLC, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-PL-00236 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 25, 2026 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Porter Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur The Swacks owned property in the Beachwalk neighborhood of Michigan City near Lake Michigan, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: A C v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JC-02407 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 23, 2026 Author: Judge Mary DeBoer County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Altice concur Mother and M.G. (Father M.G.) are the parents of G.G. (born July 2010) and A.G. (born October 2016). Mother …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: K S v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-00860 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 11, 2026 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Altice concur Since well before Child’s birth, Mother has had a documented history of mental-health and substance-abuse issues. She has been …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: K F v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-01522 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 20, 2026 Author: Judge Robert Altice County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge DeBoer concur Case Summary K.F. (Mother) appeals the involuntary termination of her parental rights to her minor child, J.V. Jr. (Child). …