Carmel’s attempted annexation of Home Place back in court
After years of both parties agreeing to delay the case, the annexation battle between the city of Carmel and a small area in Clay Township known as Home Place is back in the courts.
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Tax court: Fees not subject to utility receipt tax
The Indiana Tax Court found a utility’s nontaxable connection fees were separated from taxable receipts on its returns and were therefore not subject to Indiana’s utility receipt tax.
Judge: 3 ex-Angie’s List salespeople can stay at HomeAdvisor
A Hamilton County judge has shot down an effort by Angie’s List Inc.to prevent three top-performing salespeople who left the company late last year from working at the newly opened Indianapolis office of competitor HomeAdvisor.
E-filing pleadings to be mandatory July 1
After deciding last week all appellate pleadings and motions would be available online at mycase.in.gov within the next 60 days, the Indiana Supreme Court announced Tuesday electronic filing of all pleadings to pending cases will become mandatory for all attorneys in Indiana appellate courts as well as Hamilton County Circuit and Superior Courts July 1.
Pilot evaluating people for pretrial release nears start
Some Indiana trial courts plan to utilize a risk assessment tool to identify who can be discharged without posting bail.
Officials weigh options for historic Hamilton County courthouse
Hamilton County officials have started discussing the future of their historic courthouse as plans progress to expand the newer judicial center across the street—and the ideas range from a co-working space to a voting center.
2 former day care workers ordered to pay $2.3M in boy’s death
Two former workers at a suburban Indianapolis day care where a 5-month-old boy died in 2013 have been order to pay the child's parents more than $2.3 million.
E-filing takes baby steps in Hamilton County
What could be easier than filing court documents from your desktop or tablet with automatic service and immediate filing confirmation? If you can see the courthouse from your office, it may seem easier to do things the old way — dashing to the clerk’s office or having a runner do the same. That seems to be true in some cases, at least for now.
13 Indiana counties to join Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative
Thirteen counties will join Indiana’s Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative this year, which will include 32 counties after the expansion is complete.
Pretrial release project to test assessment tool
The Indiana Supreme Court is preparing to test the viability of allowing certain offenders to be released pretrial without having to pay a bail.
6 counties next in line for trial court e-filing
Six Indiana counties — Clark, Harrison, Henry, St. Joseph, Shelby and Wells — will be joining Hamilton County in implementing e-filing in the trial courts during the first half of 2016, with more to come later.
Suit accuses owners of home-repair firm of serial fraud
Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller sued the two owners of Carmel-based Green Frog Restoration Inc. on Tuesday, charging they scammed at least 41 Indianapolis-area residents out of more than $280,000 after one of them conducted similar schemes against Ohio and Kentucky residents.
COA vacates protective order based on hearsay
A protective order against a family member who police accused of sexual abuse against a child was lifted by the Indiana Court of Appeals Monday.
E-filing to begin Monday in Indiana appeals courts
The e-filing pilot project that kicked off in Hamilton County in July will now include the Indiana Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. Chief Justice Loretta Rush signed an order Friday expanding the project to the appellate courts beginning Monday.
Ex-Secretary of State Charlie White begins serving home detention
Former Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White has started serving his one-year sentence of home detention more than 3½ years after being convicted of perjury and other charges that forced him from office.
Father wrongly ordered to pay cost of private university
A trial court wrongly ordered a father to pay college costs for his daughter based on the cost of a private university, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday.
Hamilton County pursuing judicial center expansion
Hamilton County officials are moving forward with an expansion plan for the county’s judicial center instead of constructing a new building east of State Road 37 — in part to keep workers and users in downtown Noblesville.
Pool appeal sinks Carmel homeowner deeper underwater
A Carmel homeowner who stopped paying a contractor over quibbles with an in-ground pool installation filed a lawsuit that flopped at the trial court. His appeal went no more swimmingly.
Rush to highlight e-filing in Hamilton County
Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush will meet with Hamilton County court staff, clerks, judges and attorneys Wednesday morning to congratulate them on being the first county to implement e-filing as part of a statewide measure.
Hamilton County e-filing begins next week
Most new civil cases in Hamilton Circuit and Superior courts may be e-filed for the first time beginning July 29, and state courts will continue to announce online the schedules for other counties to switch to e-filing.