Derek R Molter

── Commitment of R M ── Case No.: 23A-MH-00774 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 18, 2023 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge Tavitas and Judge Kenworthy concur R.M. has been diagnosed with unspecified schizophrenia, and he has a history of non-compliance with his medication regimen. Beginning in 2020, there were …

── August Wohlt v. Christi Wohlt ── Case No.: 24S-DR-00385 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: November 21, 2024 Author: Justice Derek Molter County of Origin: Delaware Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Justice Rush, Justice Massa, and Justice Slaughter concur. Justice Goff dissents Christi and August married in June 2007. During their marriage, they established Echo Systems, which, relevant here, …

── Termination: B L v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-02385 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2026 Author: Judge Rudolph Pyle County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Kenworthy concur 1 The trial court also terminated S.L.’s mother’s (“Mother”) parental relationship with S.L. However, Mother is not participating …

── Clifford Dale Koch v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01195 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2026 Author: Judge Rudolph Pyle County of Origin: Wells Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Mathias concur In December 2023, thirty-nine-year-old Koch, who lived in Ohio, saw a profile for Summer Parker (“Summer”) on Facebook. The profile clearly …

── 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 …

── 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, …

── 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 …

── 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 …

── 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 …

── 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 …

── 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 …

── 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 …

── Joseph E. Corcoran v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24S-SD-00222 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: December 10, 2024 Author: Justice Derek Molter Category: Criminal Decision: Dismissed Justice Massa and Justice Slaughter concur. Justice Rush and Justice Goff dissent I. Prior State Court Proceedings A. Corcoran’s Direct Appeal Just over twenty-five years ago, an Allen County jury convicted Joseph …

── Antonio Turner v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24S-CR-00147 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: March 12, 2025 Author: Justice Derek Molter County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Vacated Justice Rush, Justice Massa, and Justice Slaughter concur. Justice Goff concurs in result I. Factual Background The State, Turner, and the trial court all agree that Turner is an …

── McKinley Kelly v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25S-PC-00108 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: April 30, 2025 Author: Justice Derek Molter County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Violence enveloped McKinley Kelly’s childhood. His father sometimes beat him, once by whipping him repeatedly with an extension cord and another time by beating him with a stick and …

── Edgerock Development, LLC, et al. v. C.H. Garmong & Son Inc, et al. ── Case No.: 24S-PL-00184 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: June 3, 2025 Author: Justice Derek Molter County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded I. Trails of Westfield Development EdgeRock undertook to commercially develop seventeen acres of property on the southeast corner of …

── Ross Graham Thomas v. Joseph Foyst ── Case No.: 25S-MI-00148 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: June 19, 2025 Author: Justice Derek Molter County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Civil Decision: Vacated and Remanded Justice Rush, Justice Massa, and Justice Slaughter concur. Justice Goff concurs in part/dissents in part I. Ballot Vacancy The material facts are not in dispute. After no …

── In the Matter of Theodore Edward Rokita ── Case No.: 25S-DI-00029 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: July 18, 2025 Author: Justice Derek Molter Category: Discipline Decision: Judicial Discipline Other This is an attorney discipline matter over which the Indiana Constitution grants our Court original jurisdiction. Respondent, Theodore Rokita, is the Attorney General of Indiana. And before us is the …

── Andrew Nemeth Properties, LLC, et al. v. William A. Panzica, et al. ── Case No.: 24S-PL-00356 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: November 6, 2025 Author: Justice Derek Molter County of Origin: Marshall Category: Civil Decision: Vacated and Remanded I. Factual Background Nello decides to relocate. Nello Corporation, which designs and fabricates galvanized steel towers and poles, decided to relocate …

── Monroe County Board of Zoning Appeals v. Bedford Recycling, Inc. ── Case No.: 25S-MI-00293 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: November 13, 2025 Author: Justice Derek Molter County of Origin: Monroe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Justice Rush, Justice Massa, and Justice Slaughter concur. Justice Goff concurs in result/dissents in part I. Permit Grant and Subsequent Revocation In the fall of …

── Anthony Wayne Carter v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25S-LW-00050 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: February 4, 2026 Author: Justice Derek Molter County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Anthony Carter and his girlfriend Ashley Neville lived together at Neville’s house in Columbus, Indiana. In the early morning hours of April 16, 2023, they were arguing over …

── Lamenski Ewing v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 26S-CR-00043 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: February 12, 2026 Author: Justice Derek Molter County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed Justice Rush and Justice Goff concur. Justice Massa and Justice Slaughter dissent Ewing pleaded guilty to criminal confinement (Level 3 felony) and interfering with reporting a crime (Class A …