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── Lake Ridge School Corporation, et al. v. Eric Holcomb, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-PL-00423 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 09, 2022 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur Indiana Code sections 20-26-7-1 and 20-26-7.1-4 (collectively, “the Statutes”), provide that within ten days of taking official …
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Neutral
── Candace K Hobbs v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00096 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 16, 2022 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Vermillion County Category: Criminal Decision: Dismissed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur The parties entered into a written plea agreement under which Hobbs would plead guilty to Level 4 felony possession of …
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Neutral
── Jill M. McDonald v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01339 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 18, 2022 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bailey concur In 1997, McDonald was convicted of indecent assault and battery of a person under the age of fourteen in Massachusetts. As …
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── JEFFERY THOMAS MAXWELL v. SHIRLEY SUE MAXWELL ── Case No.: 22A-DR-00559 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 18, 2022 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Hancock Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Riley and Judge Bailey concur This is Husband’s third appeal arising from the November 2017 dissolution of his marriage to Shirley Maxwell (“Wife”). …
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── Courtney Elizabeth Crabtree v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02752 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 01, 2022 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone concurs. Judge Tavitas concurs in result Officer Logan Westerfield of the Plainfield Police Department was patrolling the parking lot of a local hotel in a …
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Neutral
── Edward D. Jackson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00568 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 05, 2022 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bailey concur The State also alleged that Jackson is a habitual offender. The brothers were tried together in a single jury trial. Before …
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Neutral
── Kristi Marie Dye v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01058 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 09, 2022 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Noble Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bailey concur In October 2019, Dye’s biological daughter, Kyra Kester,1 and Kester’s boyfriend, Dustin Sprague, moved into a home in Noble County. After …
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── J. Trinidad Ramirez, II v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01143 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 19, 2022 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bailey concur On the night of April 9, 2020, Ramirez and a friend, Jacob Folkner, met with Marcos Casares, Ramirez’s childhood friend. …
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Neutral
── Andrew Young v. City of Gary ── Case No.: 21A-OV-02368 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 19, 2022 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Lake Category: Other Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bailey concur In May 2009, the City of Gary’s Director of Code Enforcement, Cassandra Carter, issued citations to Young relating to his vacant commercial …
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Neutral
── Guardianship: Indiana Family & Social Services Administration v. Clarence E Weber, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-GU-02680 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 20, 2022 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Riley and Judge Bailey concur I. Medicaid The purpose of Medicaid is to provide assistance to …
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Neutral
── Bradley Adam Marshall v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01600 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 27, 2022 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bailey concur In March 2013, Marshall started dating the mother of M.H., a girl born in March 2001. M.H. and her mother moved …
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Neutral
── Fredrick Austin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01240 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 28, 2022 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Riley and Judge Bailey concur We agree. To convict Austin of Level 1 felony child molesting as charged in this case, the State was required …
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Neutral
── Joshua L. Harter v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01318 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 29, 2022 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Jay Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bailey concur The facts that follow are taken from the victim’s testimony and the surveillance video of the incident. On April 7, 2022, …
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Neutral
── R P, et al. v. A W, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-AD-01862 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 10, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Jasper Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bailey concur A.W. (“Mother”) and K.H. (“Father”) are the biological parents of E.W.-H. (“Child”), who was born in April 2011. Child …
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Neutral
── Billy Everett Irvin, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01963 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 17, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Noble Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bailey concur In February 2020, the State charged Irvin with Level 6 felony possession of methamphetamine and Class C misdemeanor possession of …
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Neutral
── J G v. M G, bnf C V ── Case No.: 22A-PO-01900 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 17, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Riley and Judge Bailey concur C.S.V. is the mother of M.R.G., who was born in 2005. J.J.G. met C.S.V. when M.R.G. was around fifteen months …
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Neutral
── Andrew Thomas Craney v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01697 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 17, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bailey concur In the early morning hours of July 18, 2019, Westfield Police Department Officer Wade Burtron pulled over Craney because the truck …
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Neutral
── Michael Steele v. Elizabeth Nichole Taber ── Case No.: 22A-CT-00925 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 17, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bailey concur Michael C. Steele dated Elizabeth Nichole Taber for a time before they broke up in July 2018. Within days, Steele, a licensed …
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Neutral
── CODY A HEASTER v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00630 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 19, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur This Court addressed this case in the appeal of Heaster’s co-defendant, Courtney Crabtree. Crabtree v. State, 199 N.E.3d 410 (Ind. Ct. …
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Neutral
── Christopher R Clift v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02095 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 27, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur In 2017, the State charged Clift with Level 5 felony conspiracy to commit trafficking with an inmate, Level 6 felony conspiracy …
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Neutral
── Xavier Jones v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-PC-01922 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 27, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur In 2017, Jones was convicted of two counts of Level 1 felony attempted child molesting and one count of Level 4 felony …
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Neutral
── Ray L. Fox v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01342 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 03, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Johnson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bailey concur In February 2021, the State charged Fox with Level 4 felony dealing in methamphetamine, Class A misdemeanor possession of marijuana, and …
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Neutral
── Kyler Del Butler v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00051 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 03, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Posey Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bailey concur On the night of January 20, 2018, Butler’s childhood friend, Tyler Neth, drove him to the home of Cassidy Curtis, a …
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Neutral
── ANTHONY EUGENE OWENS v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00012 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 03, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Riley and Judge Bailey concur On August 28, 2020, J.C.1 was trying to sell his red 2005 Chevrolet Silverado, which bore the license-plate …
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Neutral
── Kimberly Binney v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-00975 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 03, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Cass Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bailey concur After searches of Binney’s car and home revealed a large amount of methamphetamine and other illegal substances, the State charged her with …
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Neutral
── David B Henson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02277 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 06, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: DeKalb Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur In October 2021, Henson pled guilty to Level 5 felony robbery. On November 12, 2021, the trial court sentenced him to …
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Neutral
── Scott A Weldy v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02315 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 13, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marshall Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur He argues the evidence is insufficient to support the conviction. To convict Weldy, the State had to prove that when he …
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Neutral
── Penny Chappey, et al. v. Joseph Paul Storey, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-CT-00979 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 13, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Carroll Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Riley and Judge Bailey concur In July 2018, Penny Chappey was at CVS in Delphi when her SUV didn’t start. She …
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Neutral
── Termination: W B v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JT-02232 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 14, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Posey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur Father is the biological father of Child, born in 2018. Je.B. (“Mother”) is Child’s biological mother. Mother voluntarily relinquished …
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Neutral
── Shane Allen Ketcham v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02473 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 15, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur In October 2019, Ketcham, who was twenty-three years old, was driving with his friend, Ryan Butts, as passenger. Ketcham, who …
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Neutral
── ALLEN C FENDER v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00940 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 16, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Pyle concur The evidence most favorable to the judgment is as follows. Fender and Cody Edgecombe were friends. On December 9, 2018, Edgecombe …
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Neutral
── James D Smiley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02269 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 17, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Parke Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur In May 2021, the State charged Smiley with Level 5 felony possession of methamphetamine and Class B misdemeanor possession of marijuana. …
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Neutral
── Matthew McClellan v. Laura B McClellan ── Case No.: 22A-DR-01901 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 20, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bailey concur Father and Laura B. McClellan (“Mother”) divorced in 2014. Mother was given physical custody of their only child, E.M., born in 2005, …
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Neutral
── Jennifer L Tutt v. Evansville Police Department ── Case No.: 22A-MI-01723 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 20, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Riley and Judge Bailey concur On February 23, 2021, Tutt went to the Department and asked to inspect the accident report in Case # …
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Neutral
── Commitment of C D ── Case No.: 22A-MH-02013 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 20, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey concurs. Judge Riley dissents In April 2022, C.D. began exhibiting “concerning” behavior. Tr. Vol. II p. 6. She accused her husband K.D. of being a pedophile …
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Neutral
── Tracy Alon Black v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01891 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 24, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Shelby Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur On May 12, 2021, Black was placed on home detention for 180 days after pleading guilty to Level 6 felony unlawful …
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Neutral
── Charles Hunter v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02152 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Hancock Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur On September 8, 2021, Phillip Jessup drove by his mother’s home in Greenfield and noticed an unknown gray car on the property. …
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Neutral
── Raylu Enterprises, Inc. v. City of Noblesville, Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-PL-02243 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 06, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur Raylu owned a .189-acre parcel of real estate in Hamilton County and maintained a pizza parlor on the property. In …
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Neutral
── Dennis Talbert Ricketts, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02012 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 06, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur In April 2021, the State charged Ricketts with Level 4 felony burglary and Class A misdemeanor theft and alleged he …
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Neutral
── Breanna Denise Woods v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02410 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 14, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur At around 6:00 a.m. on November 28, 2021, Woods was driving north on U.S. 31 in Carmel. Officer Vahn Billberry of …
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Neutral
── Guardianship: Tina Bedwell v. Sandra Galicia ── Case No.: 22A-GU-02374 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 14, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Hancock Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur Herbert H. Carter had five children, including Bedwell and Galicia. On November 1, 2017, Carter executed a General Durable Power of Attorney …
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Neutral
── Michelle P Gregorio v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01436 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 14, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur On May 27, 2021, Gregorio was arrested for felony synthetic identity deception and several other offenses and placed in the Marion …
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Neutral
── Spokane Kart Racing Association, et al. v. American Kart Track Promoters Association, Inc., et al. ── Case No.: 22A-PL-01951 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 20, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley concurs. Judge Tavitas dissents American Kart Track Promoters Association, Inc. (AKTPA) is an Indiana corporation that offers …
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Neutral
── Anthony Martin v. Allen Co Sheriffs Dept, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-CT-01706 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 20, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur Anthony Martin, acting pro se, sued the Allen County Sheriff’s Department and several other county parties (“County Defendants”) and …
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Neutral
── Javyon Mykel George-Boatman v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02387 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 24, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur In March 2019, Javyon George-Boatman was sentenced to three years in the Department of Correction (DOC), all suspended to probation, for …
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Neutral
── Ugbe Ojile v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-PC-02322 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 24, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Ohio Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur Our Supreme Court addressed this case in the appeal of Kenyatta Erkins, Ojile’s co-defendant. Erkins v. State, 13 N.E.3d 400 (Ind. 2014). …
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Neutral
── Paternity: Glenn Robinson v. Kelsey Childers ── Case No.: 22A-JP-01874 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 03, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur Father and Mother have one child, A.R. (“Child”), who was born in March 2018. Father and Mother have never married and do …
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Neutral
── Micah Danaher v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02704 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 18, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur In March 2022, a car in which Micah Danaher was a passenger was stopped for an infraction. When Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department …
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Neutral
── Beverly M Kennedy v. THE LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ── Case No.: 22A-PL-02624 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 19, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Washington Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur Lincoln National is a purveyor of group long-term disability insurance. Kennedy received a group long-term disability policy (“the …
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Neutral
── 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
── Dan Van Treese, et al. v. Todd Marine Association, Inc. ── Case No.: 22A-PL-02420 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 24, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Monroe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur This case involves Todd Marina, which is located on Monroe Lake and consists of 2.4 acres of land …
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Neutral
── William Miles v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02318 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 26, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur K.M. was born on September 17, 1999. K.M.’s mother and Miles started dating when K.M. was six years old and later married. …
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Neutral
── Clifton Lee Gamble v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02684 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 28, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: DeKalb Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur In March 2020, the State charged Gamble with Level 5 felony nonsupport of a dependent. Thereafter, Gamble and the State entered …
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Neutral
── Richard Sharp v. Armstrong Relocation Service ── Case No.: 22A-EX-02865 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 15, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik Category: Other Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur In December 2018, Sharp lived in Indiana. He worked for Armstrong Relocation, which is in Louisville, Kentucky, but also does business in Indiana. On December 5, …
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Neutral
── Rick Allen Deck v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01448 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 15, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Jefferson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur On September 28, 2020, fifty-seven-year-old Deck found the Facebook profile of a girl named “Jaidyn Reed.” Reed’s profile featured the phrase …
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Neutral
── State of Indiana v. The Market Place at State Road 37, LLC, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-PL-02765 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 17, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Johnson Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur In 2007, Market Place acquired title to a 14.274-acre lot (“the Property”) in Johnson …
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Neutral
── CURTIS BAKER v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02226 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 17, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur In the early morning hours of October 3, 2019, a fight broke out between some patrons and staff at Connor’s Pub in …
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Neutral
── Andre Dewayne Hamilton v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00019 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 18, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur On July 26, 2021, Officer Joseph Ryder of the Fishers Police Department stopped an SUV with improper tinting on its windows. …
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Neutral
── Robert A. Kissinger v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02647 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 24, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: DeKalb Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur In January 2017, Kissinger and his wife moved from Ohio to a farmhouse in DeKalb County, Indiana. At the Indiana house, …
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Neutral
── Deonlashawn Cammron Simmons v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01114 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 26, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur T.T. was adopted by Felisha Varnado when she was two years old, and they lived in Chicago. As T.T. got older, …
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Neutral
── CHINS: L G v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JC-02143 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 30, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik Category: Juvenile Decision: Dismissed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur Mother is the biological mother of Dam.G., Dar.G., and Dav.G. M.B. (“Father”) is the biological father of these three children plus A.R. (A.R.’s …
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Neutral
── Samajui Devonta Barnes v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02390 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 08, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur On the morning of October 1, 2021, Eric Reid, the property manager of an apartment building in Evansville, noticed two male …
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Neutral
── Jeremiah J. McIntosh v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00095 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 15, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Ripley Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur In July 2021, the Versailles Police Department received a complaint of suspicious activity in a car at a store’s parking lot. …
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Neutral
── Andrea Moore, et al. v. Jocelyn Negrelli ── Case No.: 22A-CT-03056 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 20, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Foley concur During afternoon rush hour on September 21, 2018, Moore and Negrelli were both driving eastbound on I-94 east of Burns Harbor. …
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Neutral
── Xihui Wang v. Mingyu Sun ── Case No.: 22A-SC-01473 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 23, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part Judge Foley concurs. Judge Tavitas concurs in part/dissents in part In August 2021, Tenant was a student at Purdue University and struggled to find …
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Neutral
── Thomas J Herr v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-PL-00142 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 29, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur Indiana Code chapter 3-10-1 governs the procedures for primary elections that occur in general-election years. A primary election is held in …
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Neutral
── Andrew K Evans v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00013 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 29, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur On April 15, 2021, the State charged Evans with Level 5 felony possession of a narcotic drug and Level 6 felony …
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Neutral
── JOHN SHELTON v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-PC-03048 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 29, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur He contends the court should have (1) given him a reasonable time to amend his petition after the State Public …
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Neutral
── Lamonteon Williams v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02833 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 07, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur Williams, Christopher Newman, and Daniel Johnson Jr. were friends from Merrillville High School. In August 2020, they lived together in an apartment …
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Neutral
── Commitment of B L ── Case No.: 22A-MH-02959 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 12, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur On November 4, 2022, twenty-two-year-old B.L. was taken to Eskenazi Health after she was struck by a car while walking on Interstate 70. While …
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Neutral
── Jordan Douglas Becker v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00364 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 14, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: LaGrange Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur On November 9, 2020, Chainey Williams was home and getting ready to leave when two people, a man and a woman, …
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Neutral
── Jessica Nicole Hauk v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00291 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 18, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Shelby Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur In November 2022, Hauk went to a Wal-Mart in Shelbyville, put clothes and other items into her bag, and left without …
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Neutral
── Demetrus Thomas Weems v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02880 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 18, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Blackford Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur On February 26, 2020, Weems and his wife, Amber Weems, drove Brent Minion and Jamie Llamas to Amber’s apartment. Amber lived …
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Neutral
── Emmett Lawrence v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00006 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 19, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur On October 20, 2021, the police found a handgun in the console of Lawrence’s car. Because Lawrence did not have a license …
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Neutral
── Scott C Quick v. Sarah G Billings ── Case No.: 22A-DR-02022 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 24, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Boone Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur Father and Mother divorced in December 2016. During their marriage, Father and Mother had three children: daughter S.Q. (now 20 years …
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Neutral
── Joshua Andrew Treadwell v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01857 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 24, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur On October 25, 2020, Treadwell went to a gas station in Anderson with his girlfriend, Brooklyn Parnell, and a friend, Taylor …
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Neutral
── Jeannine Lake v. Aaron W Lake ── Case No.: 22A-DC-02753 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 31, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur The parties married in 1996. In July 2020, Wife filed a petition to dissolve the marriage. While the case …
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Neutral
── Brian C Flint v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00045 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 08, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Johnson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur On February 23, 2022, Flint dealt 2 grams of methamphetamine to a confidential informant. A few days later, he dealt 1.9 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kay Morken v. Michael Koltz ── Case No.: 23A-PL-00295 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 11, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Steuben Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur Koltz owns a home abutting Lake George in Fremont. The property includes an easement granting several neighbors, including Morken, ingress and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Edward Meiggs v. Indiana General Assembly, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-PL-00021 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 14, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur Edward Meiggs was convicted of Level 3 felony rape in 2017. He appealed, and we affirmed. Meiggs v. State, No. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Chari Lorene Vance v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00648 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 15, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marshall Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur In November 2021, Vance pled guilty to Level 5 felony neglect of a dependent resulting in bodily injury and received a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ian Alexander Gray v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00446 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 21, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur In 2018, G.K., then twelve years old and in the sixth grade, attended Fall Creek Intermediate School in Fishers. Gray was …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── On the Level Fence & Deck, Inc. v. Indiana Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CT-03073 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 31, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Tavitas concurs. Judge Foley dissents In July 2020, On the Level was digging holes for a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: R F v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-JT-00884 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 07, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur D.F. (“Child”), born in 2012, is the biological child of Mother and Z.G. (“Father”). Father’s rights were …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Calvin Burton v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00526 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 07, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Cass Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Mathias concur On May 11, 2021, deputies with the Cass County Sheriff’s Department stopped a white Chevrolet Tahoe for speeding. Burton was in the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── David Yount, et al. v. Carpenter Co. D/B/A Carpenter Realt , et al. ── Case No.: 23A-PL-00116 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 07, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Brown Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur In 2019, Plaintiffs bought property in Brown County from Carrel Moore (“Seller”). Defendants were the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Holly Cabe v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00214 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 14, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur Cabe smashed her van into the rental house of Darlene Gilbert and Sheila Jackson, causing the house to catch fire. Cabe was …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Charles J. Miles, III v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00673 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 18, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur In 2020, Miles was convicted, for the second time, of battering M.G., the mother of one of his children. Miles …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── David Powers, II v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01991 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 18, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur The evidence most favorable to the verdicts is as follows. In February 2019, Amanda Costello met Powers on a dating website. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brandon Butterfield v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00558 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 25, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur The evidence most favorable to the convictions is as follows. Butterfield and R.Z. lived together. One night, they were drinking and smoking …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Robert J Plato, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-PC-00452 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 25, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias concurs. Judge Pyle dissents In April 2018, the Madison County Drug Task Force was investigating Plato for a robbery he had planned that involved …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Natalie A. Harves, by Richard E. Harves and Karen Sue Cutter as Co-Personal Representatives v. Daniel Rusyniak, in his Individual Capacity as Secretary of the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, and Decatur County Division of Family Resources. ── Case No.: 23A-PL-00671 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 26, 2023 Author: Judge …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ronald Williams, III v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02553 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 29, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur The evidence most favorable to Williams’s convictions is as follows. Williams, who goes by “Royal,” had a child with Emoni Martin. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: Chancton S. Floyd v. Brianna M. Murphy, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-JP-00870 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 02, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Wabash Category: Juvenile Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur P.F. (“Child”) was born in July 2016. Father is Child’s father, Brianna M. Murphy (“Mother”) is …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Aisha Avance v. Sherrie Weekly ── Case No.: 23A-CT-01102 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 05, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge Bradford and Judge Brown concur Sherrie Weekly sued Aisha Avance, alleging identity deception and fraud. Avance moved for summary judgment. The trial court denied the motion, and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── William H. Denney v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00523 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 05, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Switzerland Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur The evidence most favorable to Denney’s convictions is as follows. On July 27, 2019, security guards …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tamarius Teontez Jennings v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00094 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 06, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Brown concur Around 8:00 a.m. on July 3, 2020, Chesterfield Police Department Captain Mike Milbourn received a dispatch about a speeding SUV. Captain …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Richard Lynell Pigott v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02999 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 11, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Huntington Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Tavitas concurs. Judge Foley dissents Around 2:50 a.m. on December 4, 2021, several police officers were at a truck stop in Huntington when they …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jamal Long v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00123 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 16, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Clark Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Brown concur The evidence most favorable to the conviction is as follows. James “Jimmy” Long (“Jimmy”) and Deana Long (“Deana”) lived in a house …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Alonzo Fention Thomas, III v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-03026 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 16, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur Around 5 p.m. on October 27, 2020, Thomas was driving his girlfriend’s car, a Dodge Charger, with two children in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Darren Adrian Ferguson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01307 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 17, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Brown concur On August 13, 2022, Ferguson’s ten-year-old son was assaulted by Jullius Brooks, an adult, while playing basketball at a park in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Keyon L Burnett v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01171 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 31, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed Judge Bradford and Judge Brown concur In July 2022, Keyon L. Burnett pled guilty to Level 3 felony battery resulting in serious bodily injury to a person …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Zachary Zitzka, et al. v. Bill Brogdon, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-PL-02867 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 31, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur The Buyers bought the Sellers’ house in 2017. (Lauren was not listed as a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── M S v. D S, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-AD-01237 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 08, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Bradford and Judge Brown concur Biological Mother and W.S. (“Biological Father”) were married in 2014 and have three children together, two of whom …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Corey L Preston v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00590 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 09, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Brown concur On August 1, 2022, a group of teenage friends—A.B., M.K. 1, M.K. 2, N.G. 1, N.G. 2, S.N., and G.N.—decided to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christopher Kirtley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01158 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 15, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Brown concur In May 2022, the State charged Kirtley with Level 5 felony possession of methamphetamine, Level 6 felony possession of methamphetamine, Class A …
Court Opinion
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, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Curtis L. Baker v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01340 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 22, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Cass Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Brown concur The evidence most favorable to the convictions is as follows. Baker met Ann Humphrey in 2019, and they had a “[f]riends …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: Erin Jackson v. Angela Jackson, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-JP-00776 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 28, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik Category: Juvenile Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Brown concurs. Judge Bradford dissents Mother has two children, L.J. (born in January 2011) and L.M. (born in October 2012). Paternity for both children was established in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── QRP Krisbi LLC v. Elita R Buggs ── Case No.: 23A-TP-00513 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 29, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Bradford and Judge Brown concur Buggs owned a house at 4373 Lincoln Street in Gary (“the Property”). In August 2019, the Property was included in a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Reanna Stearns v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01221 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 30, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Brown concur In August 2021, Stearns, whose driver’s license had been forfeited for life, drove her car into a yard. When the car didn’t …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: C G, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-01402 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 04, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Adams Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Brown concur Parents are the biological parents of J.G., born in September 2015, and W.G., born in December 2018. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: E C, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JC-01318 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 07, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Switzerland Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Brown concur E.C. (“Mother”) and J.C. (“Stepfather”) are the mother and stepfather of twins N.S. and L.S., who were …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Cody Polsgrove v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01217 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 08, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Brown concur One morning in October 2020, Leah Richards was driving her minivan in a rural area of St. Joseph County with her …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Thomas Owens v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00985 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 11, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Brown concur The evidence most favorable to the conviction is as follows. One night in January 2023, Owens’s wife was with Jacob Dugas in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Lasean Watkins v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01109 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 14, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur The evidence most favorable to the verdicts is as follows. In February 2020, nineteen-year-old Jalen Roberts and twenty-year-old Marcel Wills lived at …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Erik Anthony Smith v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01752 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 15, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Brown concur In November 2022, Diane Powell was engaged to Smith. When Diane’s father unexpectedly passed away, Diane’s family decided that Smith was …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ajaninea Patterson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00949 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 15, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Brown concur The evidence most favorable to the conviction is as follows. Nanda Kyaw is the owner of Star Food Mart, a small convenience …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jordan Alexander Scott v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02077 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 21, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Kosciusko Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Brown concur Scott and K.P. began dating in 2020. Two years later, they had a daughter, A.A. K.P. has an older daughter as …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: D H v. A C, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-JT-01369 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 21, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Juvenile Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Bradford and Judge Brown concur I. Statutory Framework We begin by setting forth the relevant statutes. The termination statute, Indiana Code section 31-35-3.5-3, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jeremy Farmer v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01165 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 22, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Brown concur The evidence most favorable to the conviction is as follows. In April 2019, Farmer moved in with his father, Roger. Roger was …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Dawn Rodriquez, et al. v. Angela Sloan ── Case No.: 23A-SC-01760 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 29, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Brown concur One evening in December 2022, the Rodriquezes’ grandsons came over to their house around 6:00 p.m. When Dawn opened the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Hon. Eugene Velazco, Jr., Judge of the Town Court of Merrillville v. Town Council of the Town of Merrillville, by its President, Rick Bella, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-MI-01679 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 09, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Brown concur In December …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brandy Willis v. Billy Edwin Ringbauer ── Case No.: 23A-PL-01739 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 23, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Brown concur While in a nursing home recuperating from injuries suffered in a fall, Diane Headley executed a quitclaim deed conveying her 20-acre farm to her son, Billy …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Asher Hill v. K. Chesterfield, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-CT-01649 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 25, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Sullivan Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford concurs. Judge Brown dissents In December 2022, Hill filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 lawsuit against DOC employees “B. Vaughn” and “K. Chesterfield.” As relevant …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Elizabeth Dee Mantle v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02084 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 29, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Kenworthy concur In February 2023, police found Mantle smoking methamphetamine in a car with her two-year-old child in the back seat. When approached, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── David W. Becht, Jr. v. Debra Becht ── Case No.: 23A-DN-01238 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 30, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Brown concur Wife and Husband were married in 1985 and have two adult children. Wife has worked in the banking industry for the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── E S v. L N, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-AD-02236 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 05, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Jackson Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge May and Judge Kenworthy concur X.W.T. (“Child”) was born in November 2021. W.T. (“Biological Mother”) is Child’s biological mother. In February 2022, Child was removed from …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Alicia Marie Zeller v. Clifton Anthony Johnson ── Case No.: 23A-DC-01441 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 05, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Kenworthy concur Zeller (“Mother”) and Clifton Anthony Johnson (“Father”) married in 2008 and divorced in 2019. They have a daughter, M.J. (“Child”), who …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Thomas A. Turner v. Cheryl Baker, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-CT-02348 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 08, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Washington Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Kenworthy concur On February 22, 2021, Turner filed a complaint against Cheryl Baker, Andreas Baker, and Frank Wallace (“Defendants”) for defamation, libel, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Thomas M Hill v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01721 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 08, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Kenworthy concur In 2018, Hill pled guilty to Level 4 felony burglary and admitted being a habitual offender. The trial court sentenced him …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Daniel Poindexter v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01589 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 09, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Kenworthy concur Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) Officers Arnaldo Collazo and Khyree Jones were part of an IMPD team assigned to the Broad Ripple …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Errick Brown, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01380 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 09, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Kenworthy concur On June 5, 2022, Ryan Corkwell reported that a John Deere riding lawnmower had been stolen from his property in Wells …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── City of Indianapolis v. John L Couch ── Case No.: 23A-OV-01311 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 09, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Other Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Kenworthy concur On March 14, 2023, the City of Indianapolis filed an action against John Couch, alleging that on February 26 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Desmond Banks v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00896 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 13, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Brown concurs. Judge Bradford concurs in part/dissents in part The evidence most favorable to the verdicts is as follows. In February 2020, nineteen-year-old Jalen …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christian O. Maradiaga v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02368 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 16, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Kenworthy concur In our previous decision in this case, we stated the facts as follows: R.P.D., born in 2016, was the biological son …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brandon J Neubeck v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01258 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 16, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Kenworthy concur A.F. has two daughters, M.N. (born in July 2006) and K.H. (born in February 2008). In 2010, A.F. began dating Neubeck. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Terry's Discount Windows and More, LLC v. Timothy Clancy ── Case No.: 23A-PL-01438 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 19, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Porter Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Bradford and Judge Brown concur In June 2020, Terry’s entered into five home-improvement contracts with Clancy for various projects on Clancy’s …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Fernando Marroquin v. Lloyd Arnold, Commissioner ── Case No.: 23A-MI-02545 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 23, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Kenworthy concur In 1998, the State charged Marroquin with Class D felony sexual misconduct with a minor, alleging that he “touch[ed], fondle[d] …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jeremy Ryan Lock v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01976 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 23, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Vermillion County Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Kenworthy concur On April 20, 2023, the Vermillion County Sheriff’s Department was dispatched to North Vermillion Junior/Senior High School regarding an internet …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Wade Evan Boyer v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01934 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 26, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Kenworthy concur In June 2022, Boyer was living with his girlfriend, T.G., and her two dogs. One night, they had an argument that …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── U M v. B M, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-AD-02375 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 12, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Kenworthy concur Z.S. (“Child”) was born in June 2018 to U.M. (“Biological Father”) and C.S. (“Biological Mother”) (together, “Biological Parents”). Child was born …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Carlos M. Wilson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02332 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 14, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Kenworthy concur In February 2022, Wilson robbed two people at gunpoint and stole their car. When the police tried to pull Wilson over …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Cameron Banks v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00898 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 15, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Weissmann concur In February 2020, nineteen-year-old Jalen Roberts and twenty-year-old Marcel Wills lived at Carriage House East Apartments at 42nd Street …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Chirico Media, LLC v. Indiana Department of Transportation ── Case No.: 23A-PL-02179 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 25, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge May and Judge Kenworthy concur In 2015, Chirico Media, LLC (“Chirico”) applied for a permit to erect a billboard near mile marker 101 of I-74 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jack Wayne Ferman v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01916 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 25, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Fayette Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Kenworthy concur On February 3, 2020, the State charged Ferman with Level 4 felony promotion of human trafficking and Level 5 felony promoting …
Court Opinion
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. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Douglas Alan Dyson v. Whitley County Regional Water & Sewer, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-MI-02465 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 26, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Whitley Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Kenworthy concur The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) issued a sanitary sewer construction permit to the Whitley …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Amy E. Sharp v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02767 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 01, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Kenworthy concur During a traffic stop in July 2022, Sharp was found in possession of methamphetamine and a pipe. The State charged …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jason White v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02809 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 08, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Howard Category: Criminal Decision: Remanded Judge May and Judge Kenworthy concur In January 2016, Jason White pled guilty to Level 6 felony theft and was sentenced to two years suspended to probation. The …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: S O v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-JT-02527 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 08, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Kenworthy concur Father and K.C. (“Mother”) (collectively, “Parents”) are the biological parents of Child, born in March 2016. Mother’s …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Edward A Rose v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02139 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 08, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Noble Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Kenworthy concur Edward A. Rose must register as a sex offender for life due to a 1997 childmolesting conviction. In 2018, Rose pled …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Damon Lamont Jones v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02412 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 10, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Kenworthy concur One afternoon in May 2019, twenty-two-year-old Jones was arguing with his cousin, Jada Duerson, on Facebook Live. At the time, Jones …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: Darrell Laray Jones v. Chastity Alexis Tramell ── Case No.: 23A-JP-02749 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 25, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Kenworthy concur This is a paternity case involving Darrell Laray Jones (“Father”), Chastity Alexis Tramell (“Mother”), and their young child, K.J. On …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Eli Burns v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02954 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 30, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Kenworthy concur On June 22, 2023, Burns was charged with several counts of Level 4 felony child molesting and one count of Level 5 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ronald L. Wireman v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-03007 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 08, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Jasper Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Kenworthy concur In October 2022, the State charged Ronald Wireman with Level 6 felony possession of methamphetamine, Class A misdemeanor driving while suspended, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Guardianship: Bertha Phipps v. Justin Michael Dickey, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-GU-02990 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 08, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Madison Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Kenworthy concur Harlie R. Swallows (“Mother”), who was born in January 2002, lived with her grandmother, Bertha, for most …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Frank William Zyzanski v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02497 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 08, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Kenworthy concur In April 2020, Zyzanski was living with his ex-wife, Joan Zyzanski, and one of their sons, Randal Zyzanski, at Randal’s house …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Mark Campbell v. Andrew Campbell, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-CT-02178 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 08, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Kenworthy concur Mark was married to Andrew’s mother, Patsy, from 1983 until 2004. Andrew was born in 1984. Andrew was nineteen …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael Ledford v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02120 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 08, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Kenworthy concur In 2010, Ledford moved in with his girlfriend and her children, including O.G., who was five or six years old at the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brandon Louis Dale Geiling v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02221 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 09, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Shelby Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Kenworthy concur In November 2021, C.E. was friends with Samantha Spurlock and her siblings, one of whom is Geiling. C.E. split her …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Alex R. Payne v. Brooke Schaefer ── Case No.: 23A-DC-02481 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 20, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Perry Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Kenworthy concur Father and Brooke Schaefer (“Mother”) married in November 2018, and L.C.P. (“Child”) was born the next month. In June 2019, when Child …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── R T v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-JV-02995 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 29, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Kenworthy concur R.T. was born in December 2009 and has struggled regulating his emotions and behaviors. At age seven, R.T. had a shunt put …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Myron Mobley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02364 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 29, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur In 1993, after a jury trial, Myron Mobley was sentenced to ninety years in prison for Class A felony attempted murder, Class …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Alexa Harris, et al. v. Deaconess Hospital, Inc., et al. ── Case No.: 24A-CT-00047 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 05, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Kenworthy concur In late 2018, Deaconess Clinic, Inc., hired Dr. Akitto Ledda to work for its urgent-care …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Antawin Williams v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02575 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 11, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Kenworthy concur The facts most favorable to the judgment are as follows. In January 2021, George Stanley Oakley (“Stan”) was seventy years old. He …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Z A v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-JV-02913 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 13, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Knox Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur Z.A. was born in Bulgaria in 2007 and was abandoned by his parents when he was two. Z.A., his twin brother O.A., …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Asher Hill v. Frank, Warden Vanihel, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-MI-02318 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 14, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Sullivan Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Kenworthy concur Hill is an inmate at the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility. One day in July 2021, he complained …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Chad Everett Hickey v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02765 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 19, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marshall Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur The evidence most favorable to the conviction is as follows. Around the beginning of 2022, Detective Les McFarland of the Marshall …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── M H v. Review Board ── Case No.: 23A-EX-02593 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 19, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik Category: Other Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur When the pandemic started in 2020, M.H. worked as a freelance videographer for several companies, including the employer in this case, S.M.S. LLC. According to M.H., he …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── David Wagner v. David Fife ── Case No.: 23A-PL-03124 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 24, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: LaGrange Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur Wagner and David Fife were longtime friends. In November 2021, Wagner was buying a semi-truck and trailer from a third party, and Fife …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Gregory Freeman v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02503 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 24, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur In the early morning hours of May 26, 2016, Freeman was at a strip club in Indianapolis. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Donald E Lamb, II v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00028 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 28, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur On the afternoon of February 16, 2023, officers from the Fort Wayne Police Department responded to a 911 call regarding …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Micah Josiah Henson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02550 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 02, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Kenworthy concur Micah and Ginny Henson married in 2002 and had two children: T.H., born in March 2006, and K.H., born in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joel Williams, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00394 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 09, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur One night in March 1984, seventeen-year-old L.F. was at home with her father and some friends. L.F.’s mother, A.D., and fourteen-year-old …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Rex Collins v. Linda Collins ── Case No.: 24A-DN-00185 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 09, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Johnson Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur In April 2023, Wife petitioned for dissolution of the parties’ marriage. Husband didn’t enter an appearance or take any other action in response …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── 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 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Emily Gibson v. Cade Gibson, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-DR-00483 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 18, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Putnam Category: Civil Decision: Remanded Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur Mother and Father have one child, who was born in November 2005. In June 2010, the parties’ marriage was dissolved in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Mikail Martinez v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02551 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 23, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur Twenty-three-year-old Martinez was getting married on November 11, 2022. The night before his wedding, Martinez went out with one of his …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Terry L Haskett v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00565 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 29, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Decatur Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur In 2016, Haskett pled guilty to Level 5 felony escape and admitted being a habitual offender. The trial court sentenced him …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── J Zam Khan Thang v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00406 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 29, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur For the Level 1 felony conviction, which required proof that Thang penetrated the victim’s sex organ, see …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Billy R. Brooks, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02421 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 29, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Porter Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur In 2019, Brooks rented a room in his two-bedroom trailer to W.R., a friend from the neighborhood. W.R. has a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tye E McCown v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00163 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 30, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur In November 2020, the State charged McCown with Level 4 felony unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ethan M Nichols v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-03001 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 12, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur Nichols met A.N. in February 2020. Within two weeks of meeting, Nichols moved into A.N.’s apartment, where she lived with her …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of X R ── Case No.: 24A-MH-00484 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 14, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur In January 2024, X.R. was thirty-seven years old and the mother of a fourteenyear-old daughter. X.R. owned a home where she and her daughter …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── David Michael Jones v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01865 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 19, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur On July 3, 2020, Anderson Police Department officers were dispatched to a store on the report of someone breaking into vehicles. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Sam Vaghani v. William Dankert, III, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-CC-02770 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 20, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur In April 2022, Vaghani and the Dankerts entered into a verbal agreement under which the Dankerts loaned Vaghani $25,000, which …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Demetris D Lloyd v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00679 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 30, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur In November 2022, the State charged Lloyd with Level 3 felony criminal confinement, Level 4 felony unlawful possession of a firearm …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Grace Sollman-Webb v. Travis Webb ── Case No.: 24A-DC-00490 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 03, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Putnam Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur Mother and Father married in May 2019 and have one child, F.W. (“Child”), who was born that same month. Mother filed for divorce …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jonathan L. Crabb v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00886 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 04, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Vigo Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur On July 28, 2021, the State charged Crabb in Vigo County with several felony offenses for disarming, battering, and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Julian Noel v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02457 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 10, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Johnson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur Noel and K.W. started dating in 2009. At that time, K.W. had two daughters from another relationship, including D.W., who was born …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Theron M. Korte v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00452 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 13, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Clark Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur In March 2019, a pickup truck in which Korte was a passenger was pulled over. After receiving consent to search the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Trenton David Owens v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-03046 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 16, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Wayne Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur In September 2021, Owens and K.P. had been dating on and off since 2003 and had three young children together. K.P. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tavaris J Glenn v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00897 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 19, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur 1 On June 30, 2023, Fort Wayne Police Department detectives conducted a controlled buy of methamphetamine and fentanyl from Glenn using …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: C T, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JC-00790 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 19, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur Mother has ten children: Ale.A., born in November 2006; Ala.A., born in March 2011; J.A., born in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Leonard Bond v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-PC-00804 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 23, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur The underlying facts of this case are as follows: At approximately 5:00 am on April 20, 2013, Bond and his girlfriend, Louisa …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jose Menendez v. Hahn Surveying ── Case No.: 23A-SC-02662 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 25, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Kenworthy concurs. Judge Mathias dissents The evidence most favorable to the small-claims court’s judgment is as follows. In January 2022, Menendez and Hahn entered into a written agreement for the surveying of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Niles C. Thomas v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01200 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 01, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Rush Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Crone concur Thomas was convicted of Class A felony child molesting in 2003 and thus is required to register as a sex offender …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jaime Gaspar v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00461 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 03, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur A.G. (born in December 2006) and I.M. (born in November 2009) are sisters and live with their mother, father, and other siblings …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Shelby Dale Bense v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01323 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 07, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Decatur Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Altice concur In October 2021, the State charged Bense with Level 6 felony possession of a narcotic drug and Class C misdemeanor reckless …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Austin P. Huntington, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02938 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 07, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Altice concur In 2018, Huntington pled guilty to Level 4 felony burglary in Cause No. 15C011805-F4-7 and was sentenced to twelve years …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Dustin Neal v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00820 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 08, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Altice concur In June 2017, Noele Trice, Bryan Lash, and their two-year-old son, K., lived in a house on Weisser Park Avenue in Fort …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Eliseo Montelongo v. Dan Sipkema ── Case No.: 24A-CT-01257 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 09, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Jasper Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Crone and Judge Altice concur In July 2022, Montelongo was driving his 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe in Jasper County when he collided with a cow belonging to Sipkema. Sipkema, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jonathan Dean Russell v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02883 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 16, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Jennings Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Kenworthy and Judge Felix concur In the early hours of February 28, 2023, Jennings County Deputy Sheriff Johnathan Amis was in his patrol car with his …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── State of Indiana v. David Henry Carr ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01361 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 24, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Jennings Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed Judge Crone and Judge Altice concur MEMORANDUM DECISION Pursuant to Ind. Appellate Rule 65(D), this Memorandum Decision is not binding precedent for any court and may be …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Achashverosh Adnah Ammiyhuwd Ngola Mbandi, et al. v. Conrex ML Portfolio 2019-01 Operating Company, LLC ── Case No.: 24A-EV-00784 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 30, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur Conrex owns the house at 10219 Sutters Court in Indianapolis (“the House”). In February …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Leo Flores v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01457 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 13, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Dubois Category: Criminal Decision: Dismissed Judge Altice and Judge Crone concur The parties entered into a written plea agreement under which Flores would plead guilty to four counts, the State would dismiss the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James Francisco Payne v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02325 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 13, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Kenworthy concurs. Judge Felix dissents In 2022, the State charged Payne with several counts of felony battery, alleging that he walked into a gas …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Robert Houston Mahoy Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01715 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 18, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Decatur Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Altice concur In November 2023, Mahoy pled guilty to Class A misdemeanor possession of methamphetamine, Class C misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia, and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Omar Mohamed Umiye v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02899 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 19, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Jasper Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur One afternoon in December 2022, Umiye, a commercial truck driver, was driving a semi-truck north on I-65. Umiye had a co-driver …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: Alyshia Kalis v. Patrick Deliget Simmons et al. ── Case No.: 24A-JP-01868 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 20, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Lake Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice concurs. Judge Crone dissents Child was born in June 2015. In January 2016, Father’s paternity was established. That same month, the trial court …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Med-1 Solutions, LLC, et al. v. Jennifer Taylor, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-PL-00450 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 25, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur The RevOne Companies are MED-1 Solutions, LLC, Complete Billing Services, LLC, Rev-1 Solutions LLC, The WellFund LLC, Perfiniti …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Denny R. Henderson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01049 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 26, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Pulaski Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Crone concur The evidence most favorable to the conviction is as follows. On September 6, 2022, Detroit Whitehead, who is the stepfather of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Curtis T. Cutler v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01382 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 27, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Crone concur In May 2023, thirty-seven-year-old Cutler lived with T.G. and T.G.’s mother in an apartment in Plainfield. On May 11, the Plainfield …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Bryan Gonzalez-Medina v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01156 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 05, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Blackford Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Crone concur In 2022, Gonzalez-Medina was married to A.B. Gonzalez-Medina and A.B. had one child together, and A.B. had three other children, including T.N. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Javante Saqwan Walker v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00739 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 12, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur One night in September 2021, Walker was at a bar with friends when he saw Montell O’Neal. Walker and O’Neal …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jeron McDonald v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01718 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 13, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Crone concur In August 2023, McDonald pled guilty to Level 5 felony burglary. At sentencing, the trial court found several aggravators: McDonald had a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Poultry and Industrial Suppliers, Inc. v. Incubacol, S.A.S. ── Case No.: 23A-CT-02446 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 23, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Kosciusko Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur Incubacol is a Colombian company involved in the poultry and egg business. In 2014 and 2015, it …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Richard Gene Centers v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01604 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Grant Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Crone concur In May 2022, Jennifer Boller (now Eckstein) lived with Dacia West and West’s seventeen-year-old son, D.W., in Marion. When Jennifer was …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Erin L True v. Kyle A True ── Case No.: 24A-DC-00753 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Monroe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Crone concur The evidence most favorable to the judgment is as follows. Mother and Kyle A. True (“Father”) married in 2016 and had …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael Bruno v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-PC-02468 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Delaware Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur The underlying facts of this case are as follows: On the night of October 30, 1999, [the Ball State University] chapter of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jerome Masakowski v. Fund Investment 111, LLC ── Case No.: 24A-MF-00785 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 31, 2024 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Weissmann and Judge Foley concur On January 7, 2022, Fund Investment 111, LLC (“Fund Investment”) filed suit against Masakowski and others in relation to commercial property …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Justin Todd Woodward v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01943 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 13, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Howard Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Crone concur In September 2023, Woodward, who was on probation in two cases, was arrested and charged with Level 5 felony possession of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Zondre C Phinezy v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01763 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 15, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge DeBoer concur In May 2022, Phinezy pled guilty to Level 4 felony child molesting and Level 5 felony sexual misconduct with a minor. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jennifer Cawein v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01924 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 21, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Crone concur The evidence most favorable to the judgment is as follows. In September 2023, Cawein was staying at the Comfort Inn South in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Savion P Mathis-Phillips v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00601 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 22, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Crone concur Just before 3:00 a.m. on December 6, 2022, Mathis-Phillips was sitting in his car in the parking lot of a Taco …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── J A v. J M ── Case No.: 24A-AD-01954 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 31, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge DeBoer concur Child was born in December 2015. T.M. (“Mother”) and Father never married and broke up shortly after Child was born. In January 2017, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tobias R Ward v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02150 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 04, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge DeBoer concur In June 2022, Ward pled guilty to Level 5 felony robbery and was sentenced to four years suspended to probation. About …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Leetravis Griffin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-PC-02664 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 05, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Scheele concur Our opinion in Griffin’s direct appeal sets forth the following facts: On the night of December 27, 2012, Tyler Jordan, Autumn …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael A Bower, et al. v. Juanita Lunsford ── Case No.: 24A-PL-00692 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 07, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Clay Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Scheele concur In 1975, Lunsford purchased a property on North Private Road 90 West in Brazil, Indiana, that included a small lake. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Chasey Jo Brown v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01235 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 11, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Knox Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Scheele concur On July 27, 2019, an officer with the Vincennes Police Department stopped a Chevrolet Cruze with an expired license plate. Brown …
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Neutral
── Herbert Johnson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-PC-00333 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 11, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge DeBoer and Judge Scheele concur The following facts are taken largely from this Court’s opinion on direct appeal, Johnson v. State, No. 49A02-0707-CR-634, 2008 WL 466786 (Ind. …
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Neutral
── Tommy W. Earl v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02642 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 17, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Wayne Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge DeBoer concur In 2023, Earl was living in the same apartment complex as Michelle Peacock. The two had a history of disputes, including …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jacob McGee v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01312 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 19, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur In August 2023, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers were conducting surveillance at an apartment complex when they spotted a group of six …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Latoya Alexander, et al. v. Alexandria P Frakine, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-CT-01806 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 20, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Scheele concur Terrence Simmons (“Decedent”), a resident of Georgia, died in January 2023 after a car accident in Indianapolis. The …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ronald E Farren v. Cadlerock Joint Venture, L.P. ── Case No.: 24A-CC-01537 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 21, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Scheele concur In March 2011, Cadlerock Joint Venture, L.P., filed a “Complaint on Promissory Note, Security Agreement, Guaranties and for Post-Judgment Replevin” …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of M A ── Case No.: 24A-MH-02285 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 25, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge DeBoer concur In July 2024, M.A. visited her doctor, who recommended that she seek treatment at St. Vincent Stress Center in Indianapolis for mania and psychosis. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: C B, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JC-02063 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 25, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Wells Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge DeBoer concur Parents have two children: K.B., born in March 2020, and M.L., born in August 2022. On February …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Andrew Castillo v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01616 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 25, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Clinton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Scheele concur In October 2021, Maranda Klecz lived with her children in Frankfort. Her boyfriend, Castillo, had moved in about a month earlier. On …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kortney Elzey v. David Krieg ── Case No.: 24A-EV-02562 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 28, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Allen Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge DeBoer concur In February 2023, Marilyn Krieg (landlord) and Kortney Elzey (tenant) entered into a five-month lease for a mobile home in Fort Wayne. On July 20, …
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Neutral
── Benjamin Osborne v. Arthur Small, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-PL-01296 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 28, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Scheele concur This is the second appeal in this case. In our first decision, we set forth the following facts: …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joseph R. Temple v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01114 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 28, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Tipton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Scheele concur The evidence most favorable to Temple’s conviction is as follows. Shortly after midnight on December 9, 2020, Temple’s daughter Brooklyn was …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Timothy Mayberry v. Aramark, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-SC-01341 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 13, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Miami Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Scheele concur At all relevant times, Mayberry was an inmate at the DOC’s Miami Correctional Facility. In March 2022, Mayberry sued the DOC for …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Charles Moon, et al. v. Denise Konkle ── Case No.: 24A-PL-01861 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 17, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Floyd Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Scheele concur In November 2018, Denise Konkle was elected to the Floyd County Council as the Councilwoman for District Four. For over forty …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Robert Antonio Wilson, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02416 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 27, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge DeBoer concur In November 2021, Wilson was an inmate at Plainfield Correctional Facility. On November 28, he was being investigated for a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Cara Williams v. Travis Williams ── Case No.: 24A-DC-02068 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 31, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Howard Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey and Judge DeBoer concur Wife and Husband married in 2016 and later had two children. In 2019, the family moved into a house that …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Theodore Jackson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02824 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 08, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge DeBoer concur In January 2024, Jackson pled guilty to Level 6 felony domestic battery in the presence of a child. His plea agreement provided …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Edward M Fuse v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02474 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 08, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Delaware Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge DeBoer concur Nine times between October 20 and November 14, 2020, security cameras at Lowe’s in Muncie recorded two men working together to …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── William Burn Howard v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01246 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 08, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge DeBoer concur In July 2021, the St. Joseph County Police Department was dispatched to an accident around 5:40 p.m. When Corporal Everett …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ryan David Quartier v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01381 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 09, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Scheele concur The evidence most favorable to the convictions is as follows. In May 2023, Conner rented a room in Quartier’s home. After …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Heather R. Scott v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02776 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 21, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Jackson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge DeBoer concur In 2024, Scott leased an apartment at Crossroads Village Apartments in Seymour. Haley Keith was the property manager. Scott’s lease allowed …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Clifton James Mauricio v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02009 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 21, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey and Judge DeBoer concur SMS Property Management is a business in Fort Wayne. Sean Stinson is the owner, Thomas Hood is the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Corey Michael Davis v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02373 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 23, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge DeBoer concur In 2024, Davis and his girlfriend, Tahasti Hopper, were living together in a house in Carmel. That April, Hopper’s friend, Brittany …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Patrick E Nelson v. Jack Smith ── Case No.: 24A-EV-02126 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 28, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Howard Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey and Judge DeBoer concur In November 2001, Nelson’s girlfriend Sherri Smith bought a house in Kokomo. Sherri and Nelson lived together on the property until …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── PTI Union, LLC, et al. v. Michelle McBride ── Case No.: 24A-MI-00931 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 02, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Scheele concur Case Summary After Ronald McBride was diagnosed with mesothelioma, he and his wife, Michele, commenced a mass-tort proceeding …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Robert Sharon v. Alysia Yero ── Case No.: 25A-DC-00011 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 05, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge DeBoer concur Father and Mother have two children. In March 2022, Mother filed for divorce. Thereafter, the parties entered into a settlement agreement, and the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Timothy Malott v. Steven C Snyder ── Case No.: 24A-SC-02534 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 09, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge DeBoer concurs. Judge Bailey concurs in result Attorney Steven C. Snyder represented Timothy Malott in a criminal case. After a jury trial, Malott was convicted of Level …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: J I, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JC-02153 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 13, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge DeBoer concur Mother and Father are the biological parents of D.J.I. (“Child”), born in June 2010. The Department of Child Services (DCS) first …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Delfino Angeles v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02732 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 15, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge DeBoer concur D.P. was born in October 2009. In the summer of 2022, D.P., then twelve, moved in with her aunt Debra, Debra’s husband …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── A T v. J S ── Case No.: 25A-AD-00090 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 20, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Fulton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge DeBoer concur Stepfather’s two-paragraph statement of facts paints a very straightforward picture of this litigation. It has been anything but. The parties have a complicated …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: C M v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-JC-02870 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 20, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge DeBoer concur Mother and N.M. (“Father”) are the parents of M.M. (“Child”), born in March 2023. Father does not …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Robert D James v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01640 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 20, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge DeBoer concur Around 10:50 p.m. on November 5, 2021, Fort Wayne police found Tremaine Barnett shot to death in the driver’s seat of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jackie L Bowen v. Mark J Bowen ── Case No.: 24A-DN-01655 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 30, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey and Judge DeBoer concur Mark J. Bowen (“Husband”) began working for the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department in 1991. The following year, Husband …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Guardianship: Jashanpreet Singh ── Case No.: 25A-GU-00300 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 03, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Johnson Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur Jashanpreet was born in India in November 2007 to Satpal Singh (“Father”) and Sukhwinder Kaur (“Mother”). Jashanpreet has an older sister who lives …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Denny Ray Bass v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01785 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 05, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Harrison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge DeBoer concur In 2014, Bass married T.B. (“Great-Grandmother”). The couple lived in a house together but slept in separate bedrooms. Two of Great-Grandmother’s …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kevin L. Thomas v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-03105 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 06, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur In December 2021, the State charged Thomas with Level 3 felony possession of cocaine, Level 4 felony possession of cocaine, Level …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Olthof Homes, LLC d/b/a Olthof Homes v. Town of Chesterton, Indiana, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-MI-01944 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 12, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Porter Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey and Judge Scheele concur In January 2019, Olthof Homes received an Erosion and Sediment Control Permit (“the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Courtney Kincaid v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-PC-02545 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 16, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Whitley Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge DeBoer concur In August 2017, Kincaid started operating an unlicensed daycare in her Columbia City home. See Trial Tr. Vol. IV pp. 138, 170. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Andrew Seal v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-PC-01837 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 16, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge DeBoer concur The following facts are taken largely from this Court’s opinion on direct appeal, Seal v. State, 105 N.E.3d 201 (Ind. Ct. App. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Isaac Maowed v. Braxton Gray ── Case No.: 24A-EV-03019 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 18, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Hamilton Decision: Reversed Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur In July 2024, Maowed, represented by counsel, filed a “Small Claims Eviction Complaint” against Cory and Braxton Gray, who are father and son. The complaint …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael Gene Nichols, II v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00069 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 20, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur On April 26, 2022, Nichols was pulled over for speeding. An officer smelled marijuana and asked Nichols if he had …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Randy Lee Jent v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02819 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 20, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Johnson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur In 2024, the State charged Randy Lee Jent with two counts of Level 2 felony dealing in methamphetamine and being a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Janet L. Nelson, et al. v. Cunningham Golf Car Co., Inc., et al. ── Case No.: 24A-CT-01865 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 26, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Lawrence Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge DeBoer concur On June 2, 2022, the Nelsons went to Lawrence County Recreational Park, where Elizabeth’s band …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Justin M Credico v. City of Carmel Police, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-SC-00252 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 27, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur In May 2024, Justin M. Credico was charged with felony intimidation and arrested. In August, he pled guilty …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Anthony Tyrone Stone v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02602 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 03, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey and Judge DeBoer concur On September 7, 2023, Landon Kellough was driving his car with four passengers: Logan Parrish in the front …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── David Lee Campbell v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02983 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 11, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Starke Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge DeBoer concur In 2024, Hank and Connie Bailey, who were in their 70s, lived on Starke Street in Hamlet in Starke County, which …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Darriel Wayne Dakotah Kelly v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02719 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 11, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge DeBoer concur In August 2023, the State charged Kelly with Level 5 felony theft, Level 6 felony forgery, and Level 6 felony …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ethane Potts v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02072 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 11, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge DeBoer concur The evidence most favorable to the convictions and sentence is as follows. Potts and his victim, L.B., began dating in approximately …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Dajon A. Smith v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00271 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 14, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur In October 2023, Smith was in a relationship with A.M., and they had two children together. One day that month, Smith …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: Z G v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JC-00136 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 14, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Delaware Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur C.M. (“Mother”) and Father have three children: Jo.G. (born in 2018), Je.G. (born in 2020), and Ja.G. (born in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tamika Manson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00389 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 18, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur The evidence most favorable to the conviction is as follows. On December 18, 2023, Speedway Police Department Officer Scott Highland was dispatched …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James Daniel Carrico v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00035 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 18, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur In March 2023, the State charged Carrico with Level 5 felony unlawful carrying of a handgun and Level 5 felony possession …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── William Elliot Smith v. Brandon Arizpe ── Case No.: 25A-EV-00147 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 21, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: St. Joseph Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur In August 2024, Brandon Arizpe filed an eviction action against William Elliot Smith in small-claims court requesting a judgment of $5,000 plus a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Steven Patton v. Clint Sturgeon ── Case No.: 24A-CT-03112 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 23, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Owen Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge DeBoer concur In 2018, Richard L. Amador-May and Patton owned neighboring properties in Owen County. That October, Amador-May and Clint Sturgeon, a licensed timber buyer, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Raven Bryant v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00512 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 31, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur In August 2023, the State charged Bryant with Level 5 felony battery and Level 5 felony domestic battery for battering her mother. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Housing Authority of South Bend v. Anne Mary Nelson ── Case No.: 24A-EV-02707 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 31, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: St. Joseph Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge DeBoer concur This is the second appeal in this matter. In our first opinion, we set forth the following facts: Nelson became …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Mishael Johnson v. Jamie Lynn Johnson ── Case No.: 25A-DC-01252 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 08, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur Mishael Johnson and his wife divorced in September 2020. In July 2024, the trial court issued a post-dissolution order addressing several issues, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Antoine Lamar Crockett v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00810 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 11, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Henry Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur In May 2021, Crockett was on probation for a Level 6 felony domestic-battery conviction in Marion County. See Cause No. 49D21-2009-F6-28768. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Dion Kimbrough v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02348 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 14, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge DeBoer and Judge Bailey concur Around 4:45 p.m. on July 18, 2022, Joshua Moore and his co-worker, Eli Hickerson, left work at M&K Truck Centers on the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kurt Williams v. Karin Kirch ── Case No.: 25A-SC-00196 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 18, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur In 2024, Williams, pro se, brought a small-claims action against Kirch, his exgirlfriend. Williams sought the return of certain property and $8,000 in damages “for the pain …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Aaron Arnell White v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00365 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 20, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur For the first incident on November 20, 2020, the State charged White with Level 6 felony criminal recklessness (Count 11) for …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Terence B. McQueary v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02953 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 26, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Shelby Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur On November 15, 2023, Kenny Browning texted McQueary and asked if he could trade him THC cartridges for methamphetamine the next …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Duston Nielson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02295 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 27, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge DeBoer concur Nielson’s daughter, D.N., was born in 2008. After Nielson and D.N.’s mother separated, D.N.’s mother had primary custody and D.N. spent every …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Elijah I. Parchman v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01306 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 27, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur In April 2019, Ikeem Minor and his brother, Bobby Minor, lived in Evansville. Bobby had lived in Chicago and moved in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Christopher Wayne Hunt v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00724 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 02, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marshall Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur In October 2022, Dwayne Benac allowed Hunt and Kimberlie Wright to live on his Marshall County property. At that time, Benac …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ariel K. Ragan v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02460 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 17, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Spencer Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur In 2023, Ragan lived with her husband, William Ragan, and their four children, V.R., R.R., B.R., and H.R. That May, William’s …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Anastasia Blanchard v. HRC Hotels, LLC ── Case No.: 24A-CT-02442 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 26, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge DeBoer concurs. Judge Bailey concurs in part/dissents in part On August 18, 2022, Blanchard was staying at the Hotel. At around 9:00 a.m., she carried a bag …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── S S v. Review Board ── Case No.: 25A-EX-01088 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 01, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik Category: Other Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur S.S. was fired from his job in January 2025. The next month, he filed for unemployment benefits with the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. The claims investigator …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: T L, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-00582 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 02, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Boone Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur Father and Mother are the parents of B.S, born in August 2020, and S.L., born in August …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── David Alazan Trevino v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02686 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 02, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur The evidence most favorable to the conviction, most of which came from the testimony of Trevino’s co-defendant, Adrian Suarez, is as …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jermaine C Whitsett v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00709 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 03, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur Jermaine C. Whitsett appeals his convictions for Level 5 felony battery with a deadly weapon and Level 6 felony criminal recklessness …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Martaes Lewaun Beverly v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00477 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 03, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur In April 2024, the State charged Beverly with Level 5 felony battery resulting in serious bodily injury. A jury trial was …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tracey L Martin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00302 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 03, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Noble Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur The evidence most favorable to Martin’s conviction is as follows. In 2017, Martin was dating Suzanne Moore. They lived in a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: A G v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-JC-01043 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 09, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur Mother and J.R. (“Father”) have three children: L.R.C., born in October 2017, T.C.G., born in September 2018, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ladarius Francis Patrick v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01039 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 09, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur filed for divorce from Patrick in August 2023 (their marriage was later dissolved in August 2025). Patrick was ordered to have …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: A F, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-00575 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 14, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Hancock Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur Mother and Father are the parents of L.F. (“Child”), born in December 2019. Parents have another child, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Keith Lemar Michael v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02495 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 14, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Owen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur The evidence most favorable to Michael’s convictions is as follows. One day in August of 2018, Michael was …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Timothy M Rueth v. Centier Bank ── Case No.: 24A-MF-02936 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 21, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur In 2009, Centier Bank brought a mortgage-foreclosure action against several defendants, including Timothy M. Rueth. The trial court awarded Centier a judgment …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Charles McDaniel v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01392 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 31, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur McDaniel and D.H. were married for 19 years before divorcing in 2019. They had five children together, including P.M. P.M. was born …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Matthew D. Wilson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00877 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 31, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Knox Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur Around 8 a.m. one weekday in September 2023, Indiana State Trooper Ryan Johnson was patrolling U.S. 50 in Knox County near …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── I H v. O K ── Case No.: 25A-PO-01355 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 03, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Adams Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur On August 22, 2024, Wife filed a pro se petition for a protective order against Husband, claiming that he had raped her, physically …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Charles S Blair v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02942 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 04, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur The evidence most favorable to the verdicts follows. Hailey Milby and her fiancé, Matthew Heath, hosted a birthday party for a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brian McKale v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00681 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 06, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Steuben Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur M.O. was born in October 2017. Alyssa is M.O.’s mother. M.O. “primarily” lived with Alyssa’s mother, Dawn, but would go “back and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Bryan Builders, LLC, et al. v. The Cincinnati Casualty Company, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-CT-01068 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 06, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge DeBoer concur In 2017, Amazon and Bryan Builders, LLC entered a Master Agreement for construction projects nationwide. 1 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: C B v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JC-01618 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 18, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Owen Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur Mother and J.W. (“Father”) (collectively, “Parents”) are the parents of H.W. (“Child”), born in January 2022. Father’s paternity of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Stewart West v. Westminster Apartments ── Case No.: 25A-SC-01443 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 19, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Johnson Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur On July 19, 2018, Westminster Apartments sued West in small-claims court for eviction, rent due, and damages. The notice of claim stated that …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Travis James Luke v. Cheryl L Luke ── Case No.: 24A-DN-02850 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 21, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Kosciusko Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur After nearly 27 years of marriage, Wife filed for divorce from Husband on October 4, 2022. After several continuances and failed …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ricky Marvin Baugh v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01750 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 24, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Ripley Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur In August 2021, Baugh, then age 63, pled guilty to Level 5 felony dealing in methamphetamine. He was sentenced to 6 …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── K R v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-JV-01625 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 02, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur K.R. was placed in foster care when he was 8 years old and began living with his adoptive parents in 2021, when …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Richard Garrett v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-03060 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 02, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur I. Facts The charges against Garrett arose from criminal incidents at 11 locations along the 38th Street corridor in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Zaccheus Ward v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01170 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 09, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur On February 3, 2025, Ward battered his girlfriend, E.W., at their apartment. When E.W. called 911, Ward took her phone and ended …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joy Thorton, et al. v. Latashia White ── Case No.: 25A-SC-01763 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 11, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur Latashia White and Eleven Steps Youth Center (“Tenants”) rented space from Joy Thornton and Greater St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church (“Landlords”) to operate a daycare. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Elliott Cunningham v. PLS Financial Solutions ── Case No.: 25A-SC-00757 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 11, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur On July 7, 2024, Cunningham went to PLS in East Chicago to cash a $2,500 money order. In accordance with its policy, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Edward T. Campbell v. John Dobbins ── Case No.: 25A-CT-01888 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 12, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Porter Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur From 2015 to 2016, Dobbins rented a house on Eagle Creek Road in Valparaiso that was owned by one of Campbell’s companies. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── David Wagner v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00837 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 12, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur The evidence most favorable to Wagner’s conviction is as follows. In August 2023, Wagner started seeing J.D. They would sometimes kiss and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Garrett Norman v. HNTB Corporation, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-CT-00185 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 16, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur In the summer of 2019, construction was wrapping up on the Red Line, Indianapolis’s first bus rapid-transit line. The …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Eric J Mapes v. Carroll County Indiana, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-CC-00660 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 18, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur Background Mapes has a history of repetitive litigation, excessive filings, and harassment of court …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: A P v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-01812 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 23, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Greene Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur Father has two children with C.B. (“Mother”): An.P., born in January 2007, and J.P. (“Child”), born in August 2012. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Analise Parsley v. Eric Marasco, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-PL-00352 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 31, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur The allegations in Parsley’s complaint, which Ethan and his parents accept as true for purposes of summary judgment, are as follows. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Andre D. Johnson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02903 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 31, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Boone Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur This case arose from the death of Wes Johnson, who does not appear to have been related to the defendant. Wes …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jennifer Sanders v. U.S. Bank National Association ── Case No.: 25A-MF-00790 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 07, 2026 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Civil Decision: Reversed Judge Tavitas and Judge Felix concur After Elizabeth Osborne died, U.S. Bank National Association filed a mortgage-foreclosure action against her “Unknown Heirs at Law.” Appellant’s App. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── State of Indiana v. William J. Pfister, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-PL-00614 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 20, 2026 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey and Judge DeBoer concur Superintendent Pfister’s Contracts On July 1, 1999, the School Town entered into a Superintendent’s Contract with …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Timothy James Hulbert v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01017 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 21, 2026 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Rehearing Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur The State has petitioned for rehearing following our memorandum decision reversing Timothy James Hulbert’s habitual-offender enhancement. Hulbert v. State, No. 25A-CR-1017, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── G C v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-JV-02355 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 26, 2026 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur G.C. appeals his juvenile adjudication for committing what would be Level 3 felony child molesting and Level 4 felony child molesting if committed by an adult, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Paternity: Merrick McGraw v. John Weh ── Case No.: 25A-JP-00800 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 26, 2026 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur Mother and Father have one child, G.M.-W. (“Child”), who was born in January 2023. Mother and Father’s relationship ended …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Terry D. Wadsworth v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-02540 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 28, 2026 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Shelby Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Scheele concur In 2024 and 2025, Terry D. Wadsworth, who at one time was a police officer, “uploaded several images of child sexual …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Wardell Wright v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01663 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 28, 2026 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Scheele concur In June 2023, 14-year-old B.M., who lived with her aunt in a neighborhood on the west side of Indianapolis, was dating 19-year-old …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── James A Mosley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-02002 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 02, 2026 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Scheele concur James A. Mosley was convicted of Class A misdemeanor battery resulting in bodily injury for battering Betty Will at a social-club …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Colton Ray Love-Hickman v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01947 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 02, 2026 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur In January 2023, the State charged Love-Hickman with Level 5 felony prisoner possessing dangerous device or material. Love-Hickman pled guilty, and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Darren W Schmitt v. Jenna Lehmkuhler (Schmitt/Oldham) ── Case No.: 23A-DC-02219 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 16, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Warrick Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Kenworthy concur Son was born on July 24, 2007, and Daughter was born on November 3, 2011. When Mother filed for divorce in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Shane Michael Hester-Spann v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01672 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 14, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Huntington Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur In 2020, Hester-Spann battered M.H.—who was then his ex-girlfriend—while she was pregnant. In March 2021, Hester-Spann pled guilty …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tarron H. Conwell v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01999 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 30, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Delaware Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Foley concur On June 23, 2023, law enforcement officers from the Delaware County Sheriff’s Department and Selma Police Department arrived at Conwell’s residence …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: R T v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JC-00453 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 08, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Montgomery Category: Juvenile Decision: Dismissed Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur On November 11, 2024, when Ri.T. was one year old 2 and Rh.T. was just ten days old 3, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: L G, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-01029 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 16, 2023 Author: Judge Rudolph Pyle County of Origin: Floyd Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Foley concur Father and Mother (collectively “Parents”) are the parents of son N.H., who was born in May 2013, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Elijah Mills v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00166 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 08, 2025 Author: Judge Rudolph Pyle County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge DeBoer concur Statement of the Case This case returns to our court following multiple remands on double jeopardy grounds and a resentencing. Elijah Mills …
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
── 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
── 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
── 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
── 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
── 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
── 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
── 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
── Supervised Estate: Daniel L. Stephan v. Douglas Stephan, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-ES-01911 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 17, 2025 Author: Judge Mary DeBoer County of Origin: Huntington Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Pyle concur The matter of Richard Stephan’s Estate (the “Estate”) has a litigious history spanning almost a decade …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Montrez L McMath v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00484 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 11, 2025 Author: Judge Stephen Scheele County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Kenworthy concur On August 22, 2017, the State charged McMath with three counts of Level 3 felony robbery and two counts of Level …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── A D v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-JV-01699 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 30, 2026 Author: Judge Stephen Scheele Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Felix concur On March 1, 2025, Dorion Plump was driving a 2021 Chevrolet Trax in South Bend. At some point, he stopped the car to use his phone. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Kimberly Ann Haddix v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01195 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 14, 2022 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Remanded Judge Robb and Judge Foley concur On October 10, 2021, the State charged Haddix with two counts. Count 1 alleged that Haddix had committed Class A misdemeanor …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Ahmed Moustafa v. Nermine Moustafa ── Case No.: 22A-DC-00843 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 21, 2022 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Judge Robb and Judge Foley concur Husband and Wife were married in Egypt in 1997, and they moved to Hamilton County, Indiana, shortly thereafter. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Marcia A Nix v. Edward F Nix ── Case No.: 22A-DN-02108 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 22, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Bradford concur Husband and Wife were married in 1979 and have three adult children together. During the marriage, Husband and Wife …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── William E. May, et al. v. Jeronimo Lucio, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-PL-02328 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 26, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Clark Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur The Mays live in Charlestown and share a property line with their neighbors, the Lucios. The Mays operate …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Timothy N Davis v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00766 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 20, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur On August 5, 2019, officers with the Columbus Police Department (“CPD”) and the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department (“BCSD”) accompanied a Columbus …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael A. Byrd v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02511 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 22, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Howard Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Weissmann concur In March 2019, Byrd pleaded guilty to Level 3 felony dealing in a narcotic drug. The court sentenced Byrd to twelve …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Anthony V. Johnson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02271 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 10, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bailey concur On May 24, 2022, Johnson and his girlfriend, Ashley Bills, placed an order from a Dairy Queen restaurant in Indianapolis using …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joel Fox v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00011 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 16, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Bailey concur In 2013, Fox was living in Indianapolis with his mother, Candy Whitesides, his daughter, C.M., and his son, D.M. C.M. turned nine …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: A B v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-JC-02304 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 28, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur In 2024, Father and nine-year-old Child lived in paternal grandmother’s home. Father had custody of Child. After …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: C G v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-02774 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 16, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Foley and Judge Felix concur H.H. (“Mother”) 1 gave birth to the Children, twin girls, on November 29, 2022. The Children were placed in the Neonatal Intensive Care …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── 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
── Tyrone Jeffrey Toles v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-PC-02386 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 12, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur The facts underlying Toles’s convictions for attempted murder, Level 4 felony unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: R A v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-JT-03057 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 16, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge DeBoer concur Mother and W.P. (“Father”) 1 are the biological parents of Child, who was born April 6, 2012. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Susan Mills v. State of Indiana, et al. ── Case No.: 25A-CT-00088 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 08, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Bradford concur Mills has worked for the Lake Superior Court and its judges since 1999. In 2014, she became the Chief Bailiff …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── 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
── K J v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-JV-01270 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 30, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur Shortly after midnight on January 2, 2025, Speedway Police Department Officer Carter Pell initiated a traffic stop of a Jeep that had …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Greg Serbon, et al. v. City Of East Chicago, Indiana, et al. ── Case No.: 21A-PL-01046 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 15, 2022 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Riley and Judge May concur Case Summary Greg Serbon and John Allen (“the Plaintiffs”) filed a complaint against the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CURTIS R JONES v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01517 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 11, 2023 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Porter Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Foley concur In the summer of 2016, Jones, a former police officer with the Porter County Sheriff’s Department, was attending nursing school, and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jared Andrew Walker v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00864 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 15, 2023 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Foley concur On September 17, 2021, deputies from the Tippecanoe County Sheriff’s Department attempted to execute a search warrant at Walker’s residence. Law …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Dustin E Passarelli v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01652 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 16, 2024 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Foley concur This case stems from Passarelli’s shooting of Mustafa Ayoubi on February 19, 2019. On that night, Ayoubi was driving on the …
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
── Arnaz T Whitelaw Jr v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01917 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 22, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur In August of 2018, Smith was dating Myriah Grant. On August 4, 2018, Grant allowed Smith to use her white …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Dax A Bunch v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02278 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 06, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Owen Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur On October 24, 2007, the State charged Bunch with Class D felony domestic battery and Class D felony intimidation. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Erie Insurance Exchange v. Olivia Craighead ── Case No.: 21A-CT-02871 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 12, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Vigo Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Bailey concur In May of 2018, Craighead was covered by an automobile insurance policy (“the Policy”) with Erie that provided UIM coverage with a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Calvin R. Quertermous v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00764 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 09, 2022 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Posey Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Tavitas concur On July 24, 2021, Posey County Sheriff’s Deputy Bryan Hicks and Detective Kyle Reidford were driving in Posey County when they …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: D B v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 22A-JT-02230 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 20, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur Mother has a history of serious mental-health issues requiring placements in residential treatment facilities, including a placement …
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
── CHINS: S J v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JC-02558 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 11, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur Father is the father of the Children.1 A.M.J. was born on March 24, 2010, and A.L.J. was born on June 20, 2012. On …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Donald E. Hicks v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02941 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 24, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Weissmann concur On the evening of June 29, 2020, M.M. and her friend S.D. went to a bonfire in Middlebury. Before the pair …
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
── Larry Hicks, et al. v. American Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.I., et al. ── Case No.: 23A-CT-01263 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 15, 2023 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Brown concur In July of 2020, after a vehicular accident, the Hickses sued American Family and its …
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
── Tabais Kenja Davis v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02469 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 21, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Tavitas concur In the early morning hours of September 9, 2022, Officers Spadafora and Jackson were on patrol in an area of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Jermaine A Drake v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01592 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 26, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Delaware Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Foley concur In October of 2004, Drake, believing Masiongale to be in possession of his stolen television, arranged to meet with Masiongale in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── John W. Bloch, III v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00192 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 23, 2025 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Mathias concur At approximately 12:30 a.m. on August 13, 2023, Anahi Padilla called 911 and reported hearing gunshots and observing a male …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Connie Cocksedge v. Graham R. Cocksedge ── Case No.: 22A-DN-01749 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 17, 2023 Author: Judge Robert Altice County of Origin: Perry Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Riley and Judge Pyle concur Case Summary This is the second appeal in the dissolution action between Graham and Connie Cocksedge (Husband and Wife, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: E M v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-00139 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 03, 2023 Author: Judge Robert Altice County of Origin: Jasper Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Foley concur Case Summary E.M. (Mother) appeals the involuntary termination of her parental rights to her daughter, M.M. (Child), contending that …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── J A v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-JV-02026 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 26, 2024 Author: Judge Robert Altice County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Felix concur On July 21, 2021, the State filed a petition alleging that J.A., when he was thirteen or fourteen2, committed child molesting, a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: R C v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-00517 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 15, 2024 Author: Judge Robert Altice Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Mathias concur Case Summary R.C. (Father) appeals the involuntary termination of his parental rights to his son, B.H. (Child). Father presents two issues for review: …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: J W v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-02370 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 28, 2025 Author: Judge Robert Altice Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Tavitas concur Case Summary J.W. (Father) appeals following the involuntary termination of his parental rights to M.W. and R.W. (Children). Father contends that the trial …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: R W v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-JT-02626 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 30, 2025 Author: Judge Robert Altice County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Tavitas concur Case Summary R.W. (Mother) appeals the involuntary termination of her parental rights to her minor children, R.W. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: M G v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-01090 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 06, 2025 Author: Judge Robert Altice Category: Juvenile Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Foley concur Case Summary M.G. (Mother) appeals the involuntary termination of her parental rights to her four children – Mt.G. born in April …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: S W v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-02157 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 15, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Morgan County Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur Mother and S.M. (“Father”) 1 are the biological parents of M.M., born on October 11, 2012. During a …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Corey Bullock v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-PC-01906 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 30, 2024 Author: Judge Dana Kenworthy County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Vaidik concur In 2014, the infant daughter of Bullock’s girlfriend stopped breathing while in Bullock’s care. She was taken to the hospital where tests …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── 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
── Lawrence E. Kellogg v. Mary C Reynard ── Case No.: 22A-DN-02776 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 17, 2023 Author: Judge Peter Foley County of Origin: Jay Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Tavitas concur Reynard filed for divorce from Kellogg in December of 2018. The trial court divided the marital estate equally, and Kellogg appealed …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: T H v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-02473 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 15, 2024 Author: Judge Peter Foley County of Origin: Lawrence Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Brown concur Mother is the biological mother of J.W.H., born July 20, 2015, and A.H., born June 27, 2016. The Children …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Commitment of K K ── Case No.: 24A-MH-01540 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 20, 2024 Author: Judge Peter Foley County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Judge Bailey and Judge Bradford concur On April 22, 2024, K.K. was involuntarily admitted to Eskenazi Mental Health Center (“Eskenazi”). Eskenazi applied for an emergency detention order, which the trial …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: S R v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JC-01071 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 23, 2024 Author: Judge Peter Foley County of Origin: Adams Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Bradford concur During 2013 and 2014, the Indiana Department of Child Services (“DCS”) became involved with Mother and her family when …
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
── Harley Michael Perkins v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-02047 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 08, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur Perkins pleaded guilty to Trafficking with an Inmate, a Level 5 felony, and Theft, a Level 6 felony, and was sentenced …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: T N v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JC-00026 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 22, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Tipton Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Brown concur Mother and Father are the parents of N.N. and A.N. (collectively, Children). N.N. was five and A.N. was four …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: M C v. Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-JT-00389 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 23, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur Before Mother became homeless in early 2020, she left Child, then almost five years old, with Aunt. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: B A, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-00151 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 17, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bradford concur Father has lived with addiction since he was 11 years old. His drug of choice is methamphetamine, but he has also …
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
── Termination: H P v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-01269 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 04, 2024 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Jennings Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Felix concur Son is primarily non-verbal, has an intellectual disability causing developmental delays, and requires constant supervision due to his tendency …
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
── Termination: V M v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-02657 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 17, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur Mother was “in and out of jail” when she gave birth to Child. Tr. Vol. II, p. 118. By her own admission, she …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Joshua David Bubb v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01429 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 08, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Jackson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur On April 27, 2022, Bubb was in the midst of moving from Fort Wayne to Sellersburg in Southern Indiana when he …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Michelle DiPego, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-PL-01268 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 23, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Delaware Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Mathias concur Michelle is a resident of Muncie, Indiana, but the incident underlying her insurance claim occurred while she …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael Thomas v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00050 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 08, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur In June 2023, Fort Wayne police officers were dispatched to a residence in response to a reported domestic incident involving a firearm. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Francis E. Fisher v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-01581 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 16, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: White Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Scheele concur On September 16, 2021, the State charged Fisher with operating a vehicle while intoxicated and operating a vehicle with a blood-alcohol …
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: P W v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-00974 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 29, 2025 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge DeBoer concur In February 2022, the Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) filed a petition alleging that B.M. (then 6 years old) and S.M. (then …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: N N, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 18A-JT-00809 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 17, 2018 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Bradford concur Mother and Father were married and had four children together: J.N. (born 7/25/07), N.N. (born 1/26/09), Ai.N. (born 11/27/11), and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brian Andrew Hoover v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20A-CR-01393 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 28, 2020 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Robb and Judge Tavitas concur On January 27, 2020, Dustin Hurley (“Hurley”) visited his grandparent’s home, where Hoover also lived, to drop off prescription medication …
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
── Ronald Leroy Dolak, Jr. v. Indiana Department of Corrections ── Case No.: 21A-MI-02243 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 16, 2022 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Mathias and Judge Altice concur On July 9, 1997, the State charged Dolak with four counts of child molesting for conduct …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── A G v. M S ── Case No.: 21A-PO-02420 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 21, 2022 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Altice concur Petitioner is the mother of J.W.’s two children (“Children”) and Respondent is J.W.’s girlfriend. Children participate in parenting time with J.W. at …
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
── Larry D Blanton v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-01794 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 25, 2022 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Monroe Category: Criminal Decision: Dismissed Judge Pyle and Judge Bradford concur In 2004, the State charged Blanton with three counts of child molesting as Class A felonies and one count of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Michael Anthony Thompson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-CR-02463 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 27, 2022 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Monroe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Najam and Judge Bradford concur The owner of an apartment building asked William Shouse (“Shouse”), the “maintenance man” for the building, to check on vacant …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Brian John Baumgartner v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-00230 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 03, 2022 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Warrick Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Vaidik concur In April of 2019, Valerie Ruark (“Ruark”) was living in Evansville with Michele Johnson (“Johnson”), and the women were selling …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── M B v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-JV-01614 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 20, 2023 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Weissmann concur In October of 2020, then-fifteen-year-old M.B. attended a party where gunshots were fired. Police detained M.B. at the party and filed a delinquency petition in …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: K H v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 22A-JT-02251 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 28, 2023 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Weissmann concur Mother gave birth to Child on May 1, 2018. On December 17, the Indiana Department of Child Services (“DCS”) received a report …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── D F v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-JV-02397 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 16, 2023 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Marion Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Weissmann concur D.F., born April 21, 2006, resided with his family next door to Lauren Daniel (“Lauren”) and her family until November of …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── W K v. T M ── Case No.: 22A-AD-02227 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 29, 2023 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Weissmann concur Father and C.K. (“Mother”) were married in March of 2008. W.K. was born to them on December 9, 2008, and I.K. was …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Herbert Frank Breneman v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22A-CR-01575 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 24, 2023 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Weissmann concur As a result of events that took place on July 8, 2021, the State charged Breneman with Possession of Methamphetamine, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: 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
── Dana M. Moyes v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-00704 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 22, 2023 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Pike Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Kenworthy concur Moyes has eleven children, eight of whom resided with her. Those eight children are: G.G., V.G., L.F., D.M., S.M., K.M., …
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
── Matthew A Disbro v. City of Bedford ── Case No.: 23A-PL-01454 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 28, 2023 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Lawrence Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Felix concur 1 Disbro owns property in the City, and there is a retaining wall located between Disbro’s property and a sidewalk …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: J L, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-01763 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 11, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Clay Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Felix concur Mother and Father have four children together: Jo.L., born July 16, 2013; J.H., born October 7, …
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: B S v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-01544 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 26, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Floyd Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Foley concur In December 2020, the Indiana Department of Child Services (“DCS”) received a report alleging educational neglect of Children …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: K B v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-01333 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 26, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Foley concur In June 2022, the Indiana Department of Child Servies (“DCS”) removed Child from Mother’s care and filed a petition alleging Child was …
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
── Thomas DeCola v. Starke County Election Board ── Case No.: 24A-MI-02338 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 21, 2025 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bradford and Judge Foley concur On January 23, 2024, DeCola filed a Declaration of Candidacy in Starke County and requested to be placed on the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: J M v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-02075 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 13, 2025 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge DeBoer concur Child was born on May 12, 2018, and Mother adopted him on December 2, 2020. In January 2023, Mother went to the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: M S v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 24A-JT-03141 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 17, 2025 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Weissmann concur The following facts are taken from the unchallenged findings in the trial court’s order. 2 Mother gave birth …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── CHINS: A G, et al. v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JC-00524 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 08, 2025 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Henry Category: Juvenile Decision: Vacated and Remanded Judge Brown and Judge Weissmann concur Child was born in March 2013. His biological father was Father’s brother. At some …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Termination: A C v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-01340 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: November 20, 2025 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Kenworthy concur On April 14, 2023, DCS received a report alleging A.G., Jr., and his stepbrother, Z.L., 2 both of whom lived with Mother …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Corey L. Trotter v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01715 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 20, 2026 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Kenworthy concur The facts most favorable to the jury’s verdict are as follows. On the night of January 4, 2025, Trotter and …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── State of Indiana v. Thomas Jordan Myers ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01926 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 29, 2026 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Monroe Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik and Judge Scheele concur On January 22, 2024, the State charged Myers with theft, as a Level 6 felony, in cause number …
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
── J P v. V B ── Case No.: 21S-AD-00090 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: March 02, 2021 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed In 2010, Mother gave birth to I.B. (Child). Mother and Child’s father (Father) divorced in 2014. Mother was awarded legal and physical custody of Child with parenting time to Father. …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── State of Indiana v. JARREL LUKE ELLIS ── Case No.: 21S-CR-00159 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: April 23, 2021 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded In 2019, Jarrel Ellis was serving home detention with Marion County Community Corrections (MCCC). When Ellis was placed on home detention, he signed the MCCC Contract …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Zachariah Brian Wright v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20S-LW-00260 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: May 04, 2021 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Boone Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Remanded in Part Justice Rush and Justice David concur. Justice Massa concurs in result. Justice Slaughter dissents During the early morning hours of June 18, 2017, …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Russell G Berg v. Stacey L Berg ── Case No.: 21S-DC-00320 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: June 29, 2021 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed In 2017, Stacey Berg (Wife) sued Russell Berg (Husband) for dissolution of marriage. After limited discovery, Wife and Husband participated in mediation and signed a settlement agreement (the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Sydney Renner v. Trevor J Shepard Bazant ── Case No.: 21S-CT-00138 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: August 31, 2021 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed On April 20, 2016, eighteen-year-old Sydney Renner was stopped in traffic when Trevor Shepard-Bazant struck the back of her vehicle at a low speed, pushing her into the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Teresa Blackford v. Welborn Clinic ── Case No.: 21S-CT-00085 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: August 31, 2021 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed In 2003, the Welborn Clinic (or, the Clinic) tested Teresa Blackford for hepatitis, a known cause of a skin condition from which she suffered at the time. Upon completing the …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Chad Albert Staat, et al. v. Indiana Department of Transportation ── Case No.: 21S-CT-00240 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: December 09, 2021 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Dearborn Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Justice Rush, Justice David, and Justice Slaughter concur. Justice Massa concurs in result Early one morning in the summer of 2012, Chad Staat left home …
Court Opinion
Neutral
── Tracy Ladra v. State of Indiana, et al. ── Case No.: 21S-CT-00235 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: December 09, 2021 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Porter Category: Civil Decision: Remanded Justice Rush and Justice David concur. Justice Massa and Justice Slaughter dissent On a rainy evening in January of 2017, Tracy Ladra was driving home from church, …
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 …
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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 …
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Neutral
── Marquis David Young v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22S-CR-00306 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: December 13, 2022 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed On May 3, 2020, at approximately 11:40 p.m., Young was inside the store of a gas station on the southwest corner of 45th Avenue and Broadway in Gary. …
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Neutral
── M H v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22S-JV-00251 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: April 19, 2023 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Justice Rush and Justice Molter concur. Justice Massa and Justice Slaughter concur in result In June 2019, police arrested 14-year-old Martin (a pseudonym) for trespassing, leading to the discovery …
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Neutral
── Christopher Jerome Harris v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23S-CR-00165 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: June 29, 2023 Author: Justice Christopher Goff County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed in Part, Vacated in Part, Remanded Justice Massa and Justice Molter concur/concur in result. Justice Rush and Justice Slaughter concur in part/dissent in part In the summer of …
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Neutral
── FORREST PERKINS v. MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF SOUTH BEND ── Case No.: 20S-CT-00233 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: March 31, 2020 Author: Justice Mark Massa County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Justice Rush, Justice David, and Justice Goff concur. Justice Slaughter dissents Forrest Perkins was employed by Memorial Hospital of South Bend for about four …
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Neutral
── JAMES A CROWE, et al. v. SAVVY IN LLC ── Case No.: 23S-TP-00090 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: October 11, 2023 Author: Justice Mark Massa County of Origin: Madison Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed In 1997, James and Phyllis Crowe (collectively, “the Crowes”) acquired title to three parcels of land (“Properties”), where the couple has resided since 1998. In 2019, …
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Neutral
── 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, …
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Neutral
── U.S. Automatic Sprinkler Corporation v. Erie Insurance Exchange, et al. ── Case No.: 22S-CT-00264 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: March 06, 2023 Author: Justice Loretta Rush County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Justice Massa, Justice Slaughter, and Justice Molter concur. Justice Goff concurs in part/dissents in part The Sycamore Springs Office Complex (“Landlord”) leased office …
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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 …
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Neutral
── T D v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23S-JV-00110 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: October 06, 2023 Author: Justice Loretta Rush Category: Juvenile Decision: Reversed and Remanded In June 2020, fifteen-year-old T.D. was detained in the Lake County Juvenile Detention Center after he stole a vehicle and money. The State subsequently filed a delinquency petition, alleging that T.D. …
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Neutral
── Ataul T Shafeek v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01927 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 11, 2026 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Wayne Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Scheele concur In April 2022, Shafeek pled guilty to Level 4 felony dealing in a narcotic drug and was sentenced to six years, …
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Neutral
── CHINS: K W v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JC-01805 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 11, 2026 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur Mother and K.H. (“Father”) (collectively, “Parents”) are the parents of Child, who was born in December 2024. Parents lived together with Child, and …
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Neutral
── Copper Beech Townhome Communities Eight LLC v. Erin B Livesay ── Case No.: 25A-SC-00168 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 11, 2026 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur In November 2018, Copper Beech and Livesay, a Purdue student, entered into a Housing Agreement for the 2019-2020 …
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Neutral
── Termination: C H v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-01274 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 17, 2026 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Knox Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Scheele concur Mother and T.E. (“Father”) are the parents of B.H. (“Child”), who was born in July 2015. Father has never …
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Neutral
── Dontrell Gilbert v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01196 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 18, 2026 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Bailey and Judge Scheele concur On March 8, 2024, the State charged Gilbert in Marion Superior Court with Level 6 felony residential entry (for allegedly …
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Neutral
── Marisol Martinez v. Savvy IN LLC ── Case No.: 25A-TP-00644 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 19, 2026 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Madison Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur In June 2020, Martinez, through her Florida company, One Bite Properties, LLC, acquired the residential property at 933 W. Washington St. in …
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Neutral
── Philip N Barker v. Angela Tripp ── Case No.: 25A-PL-01500 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 26, 2026 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur Barker and Tripp, who each have children from prior relationships, started dating in 2018. At that time, they each owned a house. …
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Neutral
── CHINS: T K v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JC-02354 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2026 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Perry Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Scheele concur Father and A.R. (“Mother”) (collectively, “Parents”) are the parents of V.K., born in March 2020, and T.K. III, born …
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Neutral
── Kevin Chandler v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-02069 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2026 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Scheele concur In 2007, Kevin Chandler was convicted of Class A felony attempted murder and sentenced to 40 years. See Cause No. 49G01-0703-FA-43831. We …
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Neutral
── Commitment of G S ── Case No.: 25A-MH-02033 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2026 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Scheele concur G.S. was diagnosed with schizophrenia in childhood and has a history of psychiatric hospitalizations as both a juvenile and an adult, including a fouryear …
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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 …
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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 …
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Neutral
── Termination: B F v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-02244 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 6, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Monroe Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge Felix concur Mother has two children, C.F. born in April 2017 and J.F. born in May 2020. 1 The children were …
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Neutral
── Stephanie Bell, et al. v. Faraway SG Trust ── Case No.: 25A-MF-01865 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 9, 2026 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur In November 2022, Purple Umbrella Investments, Inc. (“Purple Umbrella”) executed a note in the principal amount of $156,200 payable to …
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Neutral
── Corey Ryan Rhoton v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-PC-01304 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 11, 2026 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Clinton Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Kenworthy concur On November 13, 2017, Rhoton was convicted following a jury trial of ten counts of child molesting and was sentenced to …
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Neutral
── Sherman Weston v. CityPlace Realty & Property Management ── Case No.: 25A-CC-01075 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 13, 2026 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Kenworthy concur On December 8, 2023, Weston signed a residential lease agreement with CityPlace for a residential property (“the Property”) located in …
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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 …
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Neutral
── Termination: A W v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 25A-JT-02186 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 19, 2026 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Jay Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Kenworthy concur Parents are the biological parents of Children. On February 9, 2023, DCS investigated a report that K.W., a sibling …
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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). …
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Neutral
── 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 …
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Neutral
── Zachariah David Konkle v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24S-CR-00207 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: March 12, 2025 Author: Justice Mark Massa County of Origin: Jackson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Justice Rush, Justice Slaughter, and Justice Molter concur. Justice Goff concurs in part/dissents in part Zachariah Konkle worked as a ride operator for Poor Jack Amusements (“Poor Jack”). …
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Neutral
── Family & Social Services Administration v. Robert E Saint ── Case No.: 25S-MI-00101 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: April 23, 2025 Author: Justice Mark Massa County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Justice Rush, Justice Goff, and Justice Molter concur. Justice Slaughter not participating HealthNet, Inc. (“HealthNet”) is a Federally Qualified Health Center that owns and operates medical …
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Neutral
── State of Indiana v. BH ── Case No.: 25S-JV-00047 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: June 30, 2025 Author: Justice Loretta Rush County of Origin: Cass Category: Juvenile Decision: Dismissed In January 2024, seventeen-year-old B.H. was being held at Logansport Juvenile Correctional Facility. One day that month, after an officer informed B.H. he would be receiving a minor sanction, B.H. …