The Attorneys at Dixon & Moseley, P.C.
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Due to the size of the State of Indiana, Hoosiers are fortunate to have wide access to a pool of quality attorneys, dedicated judiciary, and a stable body of law. That said, the notion of the “family or personal” attorney has largely gone by the wayside with the complexity in law as we wrestle with technology driven world. With this…
In all types of court cases, a litigant (party to the lawsuit or criminal case) may be found in contempt of court. They are two types of contempt of court under Indiana law. The first is direct contempt of court, where a party’s action in the courtroom disrupts the court. This is known as direct contempt of court and may…
The term “Legal Custody” is frequently misunderstood; it means which parent (or both) will make the major life decisions for the children, such as on matters of health, education, welfare, and religion.1 Divorcing parents one of whom has strong Catholic beliefs and the other a devout Christian are sometimes apt to put the children in a tug-of-war as to their…
Divorce cases take up most of the time on Indiana’s trial court’s calendars. They are messy and sometimes take up multiple days of trial court time (i.e., two hours here, a half day there, and an hour to wrap up, even without the traditional opening and closing). The reason for this is there is no real way for a judge…
About a decade ago, mediation began to take hold in Indiana. It was so successful, the Indiana Supreme Court allowed trial courts to order parties to mediate their divorce case before setting a final contested divorce hearing on a congested court docket. Most trial courts were receptive to it.1 Attorneys also grew to like the process over the former model…
In Indiana, like many other states, marriage and divorce rates are about equal. The differences are stark; marriage is generally a happy time where couples look forward to growing old together, having a family, and doing things that over time will weave most all aspects of life together. Divorce, on the other hand, involves untangling assets and liabilities and often…
In Indiana, there are levels of crimes from misdemeanors to felonies. Indiana recently updated its criminal code to include numbered levels for crimes versus the previous letters (ex. A felony). Misdemeanors, felonies and the different levels are divided by the severity of the crimes. For example, dealing in cocaine or narcotic drug can be charged as a Level 5 felony…
The sometimes-bitter litigation between a child’s adoptive parent and her grandparents who raised her from a young age yielded a decision from the state’s highest court that family law experts believe may represent a significant shift in adoption cases…read more on Indiana Lawyer.
A recent Supreme Court of the United States case addressed the issue of whether a search warrant is needed in order to search the contents of a person’s cell phone1. In this digital age of a cell phone acting as a lifeline to users (calendar, alarm clock, video/song player, financial planner, etc.), a device no bigger than a deck of…
In some parts of the Country, such as Arizona, window tint is essential to keeping a car at a reasonable temperature to cool in the summer. However, any tinting that is not done at the factory may make you subject to a traffic stop, ticket, and be a basis for other criminal charges. The legal reason is a darkly tinted…