After children are grown, custodial parent still a victim of nonsupport
The Indiana Supreme Court ruled that a mother was a victim of a father who failed to pay support for his three children even years after the kids were grown.
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Justices toss delinquency ruling for resisting school resource officer
A high school student’s action of trying to pull away from a school resource officer who tried to handcuff him is insufficient to support his adjudication as a delinquent, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Friday.
‘Term of imprisonment’ is the total time a misdemeanant is incarcerated
Deciding an issue that has led to confusion in the courts, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled that time suspended is not included under "term of imprisonment" as used in the Indiana misdemeanor sentencing statute.
Justices suspend Tim Durham’s law license
Tim Durham, the Indiana businessman found guilty in June on 12 felony fraud charges, had his law license suspended last week by the Indiana Supreme Court.
Justices take juvenile sex offender case
The Indiana Supreme Court accepted just one case on transfer last week, that of a Lawrence County teen who was ordered to register as a sex offender.
Justices order new trial for man tried in absentia
A North Carolina man who was convicted of two counts of Class C felony neglect of a dependent by an Elkhart Superior Court while the defendant was on a bus on the way to court will get a new trial, the Indiana Supreme Court concluded Tuesday.
Justices decline to order mediation in walkout fines case
The Indiana Supreme Court issued an order Monday refusing to order mediation in the lawsuit filed by Democratic lawmakers after some of their pay was withheld following legislative walkouts in 2011 and 2012.
Supreme Court affirms what is said in mediation, stays in mediation
A husband will not be able to offer as evidence comments made during a mediated settlement conference with his ex-wife, the Indiana Supreme Court has affirmed.
Transfer vacated, justices take no new cases
The Indiana Supreme Court last week vacated transfer in a criminal case and took up no new cases.
Applications open for St. Joseph judgeship
Applications are being accepted for a forthcoming vacancy on the St. Joseph Superior Court, the Indiana Supreme Court has announced.
Justices take 4 cases
The Indiana Supreme Court granted transfer to four cases last week, including three that involved divided lower court rulings.
Eliminating judges’ mandatory retirement to get hearing
A bill to eliminate mandatory retirement at age 75 for Indiana Supreme Court justices and Court of Appeals judges will be heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.
Supreme Court vacates transfer in bond case
The Indiana Supreme Court issued an order Monday vacating transfer to a case it accepted in October.
Justices accept, rule on 1 case on transfer
The Indiana Supreme Court took just one case last week and issued its decision on the matter the same day.
Laptops, tablets now allowed in Indiana Supreme Court
You now may use a laptop, iPad, and other tablets or computing devices inside oral arguments at the Indiana Supreme Court, so long as you get permission first, sit in the back row and keep it quiet.
Justices remand burglary sentence for new hearing on restitution order
A divided Indiana Supreme Court ordered a new hearing for a man convicted of burglary whose restitution order had been thrown out by the Court of Appeals because of insufficient evidence to support the amount of the award.
State of Judiciary will air on PBS around state
If you missed Indiana Chief Justice Brent Dickson’s first State of the Judiciary Wednesday, you can watch it on your local PBS station, beginning Thursday evening. Several radio stations will also broadcast the speech.
Dickson makes pitch for Odyssey funding
Procuring money to expand the Odyssey case management system is “one of our most urgent priorities,” Indiana Chief Justice Brent Dickson told the General Assembly on Wednesday in his first State of the Judiciary address.
Justices take 5 cases
The Indiana Supreme Court will weigh whether a student who resisted being handcuffed by a school resource officer merits adjudication as a delinquent for the equivalent of Class D felony resisting law enforcement.
Plank failed to preserve claim med mal cap is unconstitutional
The Indiana Supreme Court unanimously ruled Tuesday that Timothy Plank, who filed a medical malpractice complaint following the death of his wife in 2001, forfeited his opportunity to conduct an evidentiary hearing challenging the constitutionality of the Medical Malpractice Act.