With an ultimate goal of improving access to justice in family law cases, the Family Law Taskforce of the Indiana Supreme Court’s Innovation Initiative nailed down more than a dozen recommendations, with five being considered “essential for reform.” Now, that final report is headed to the Indiana justices.
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Filings for child in need of services and termination of parental rights cases have swung in opposite directions in the past few years, according to statistics released recently by the Indiana Supreme Court.
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Children going into the state’s child welfare system end up more broken, attorneys suing the Department of Child Services say, because they are not being provided with therapy and treatment to help them heal. Rather, the lawyers contend, DCS is just finding beds to stick the kids in and forgetting about their other needs.
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Federal prosecutors say investigators found more than 600 images of child sex abuse material on the cell phone and laptop of Keynan Santos.
CohenMalad LLP originally filed the lawsuit on behalf of nine former program residents, but on Tuesday, it added 26 more plaintiffs.
A bill advancing in the state Senate would increase disclosure requirements to legislators and news media.
U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Walton Pratt sentenced Bryan Lee Fish, 33, to 50 years in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release.
The lawsuit says the Indiana Department of Child Services failed to appropriately address the abuse suffered by the five-year-old girl despite multiple calls to her mother’s home for reports of neglect and abuse on her and her siblings in the months and years leading up to her death.
Delaware Circuit Court Judge Andrew Ramirez sentenced Andrew Scott last week, after a jury convicted him earlier this month for neglecting a dependent resulting in a catastrophic injury, a Level 1 Felony.
Delaware Circuit Court Judge Andrew Ramirez set an Oct. 30 sentencing date for Andrew Scott for neglect of a dependent resulting in catastrophic injury, a Level 1 Felony, which is punishable by 20-40 years in prison and a fine up to $10,000
Delaware Circuit Court Judge Judi Calhoun sentenced Montana Davis, 26, after Davis was convicted in April of neglect of a dependent resulting in catastrophic injury, a Level 1 felony.
The mother of the victim was sentenced to 25 years in prison, and the mother’s male friend was sentenced to 50 years.
A new lawsuit has been filed against a teacher with Indianapolis Public Schools, accusing him of orchestrating a “fight club” environment in his classroom by allegedly encouraging and recording videos of students fighting or being beaten by other students.
A Richmond man faces 40 years in federal prison and a lifetime of supervised release after pleading guilty to sexually abusing a one-year-old relative and distributing child sexual abuse material.
The man pleaded guilty in November to two counts of neglect of a dependent resulting in catastrophic injury, both Level 1 felonies, and one count of aggravated battery as a Level 3 felony in the abuse of a three-year-old boy.
An Indianapolis man will serve 35 years in federal prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release after pleading guilty to the sexual exploitation of a child.
An Indiana man faces 30 years in prison after being convicted in federal court of the sexual exploitation of children.
An amendment to the child abuse reporting statute represents a policy determination that a provider who hasn’t acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct doesn’t retain immunity from a medical malpractice action for causing a report of child abuse.
Continuing a conversation that began in 2020, an Indiana Senate committee has endorsed a bill that would further clarify the restriction on depositions of alleged child sex abuse victims.
Sixty Indiana children died from neglect or abuse in 2021, the state Department of Child Services said in a report issued Friday.
A Marion County man convicted of abusing his infant son failed to get a nurse’s testimony thrown out as hearsay.
A boy found dead inside a suitcase last spring in rural southern Indiana has been identified as a 5-year-old from Georgia, and police said Wednesday that the child’s mother and another woman are suspects in his death.
An Indiana man has been sentenced to 65 years in prison for abusing his 12-year-old son and starving the boy to death.