The Attorneys at Dixon & Moseley, P.C.
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There is an old adage that states “you only get one chance to make a first impression.” Any judge or attorney will tell you the first impression a trial court judges gets of you is important. This is not to say a miscue will cause you to lose. On the other hand, if such is furthered by additional behaviors, it…
Indiana law changed several years ago to terminate a parent’s general duty to pay child support at 19. However, this law left in place language that allowed a trial court to have the discretion to award higher education expenses.1 Courts frequently award such colleges expenses. This has been subject to great debate among Hoosiers as many states end all support…
Anger. Heartbreak. Loss. All are words that may be associated with an affair and its impact on a relationship. Divorce lawyers and judges hear such all of the time. Sometimes this is coupled with the desire for revenge by disclosing or using such a correspondent’s name in any legal proceeding Under a relatively unknown Indiana statute, it is unlawful for…
In matters of the heart, about every domestic attorney has heard a truly sad story about someone breaking up a relationship. In some cases, there may be a legal remedy to address the matter. Novel to mainstream remedies includes defamation lawsuits to seeking a protective order. However, there are limits on statutory and/or common law cases that were once permitted.…
There are thousands of protective orders issued each year in the state of Indiana. But what do you do when you are the recipient of a protective order? If a protective order is issued “Exparte”, this means that the Court has issued a Protective Order (“PO”) without a hearing. This means that the protective order is in effect from the…
As noted in prior blogs posts, most cases the Indiana Supreme Court take are those granted by a Petition to Transfer. This is a request the Court hears, which it decides whether to take. Typically, the five justices vote whether to take a case (although the number may be less if one is absent). A majority of three votes to…
It is sometimes heard in the context of litigants that he or she will go all the way and take the case to the Supreme Court. As a general rule, most appeals go to the Indiana Court of Appeals. Few cases go straight to the Indiana Supreme Court; it decides which cases to take. There are four cases that have…
In all forms of litigation, civil and criminal, depositions are a common form of “discovery.” Discovery is the process of obtaining information to prepare for trial. In a deposition, an attorney asks questions with the other attorney asking clarification questions to get an accurate answer. With a deposition, it is easy for a party to under- or over-answer questions. When…
At one time, grandparent visitation was a hot topic. Today, however, third parties, who often include grandparents, are raising the children of other parents. At some indeterminate point in time, this third party may have standing to seek a form of custody under a guardianship legal proceeding or de facto custody statutes. A natural parent has the constitutional right to…
Under the United States Constitution, each person has the right to free travel in and between the states. Where the parties have a child in common and custody is in place (whether by paternity or divorce), this right to still applies. However, under the Paternity and Dissolution Acts, the relocating party must do two things: First, the moving party must…