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Extended family, such as grandparents, can play a big role in a child’s life when his or her parents are getting divorced. The love and support of family is important, especially when a child is dealing with the life changes that come when his or her parents separate. Often, one parent will move back in with his or her parents…
One common question parties wishing to appeal decisions/sentences/judgments have is how the Court of Appeals will hear the evidence underlying an appeal. A common misconception is that all appellate cases are heard before the Court of Appeals. However, it is only a fairly small percentage of cases that are heard and argued in person before the Court of Appeals, in…
Only a few years ago, most communications were face-to-face and in person, secondarily by phone or letter. Most of these allowed time to pass between a thought and transmittal to a third-party. The first two forms of communication were hard to memorialize (i.e., record in audio or video format). This kept ill-conceived statements to a minimum compared to present before…
In domestic matters, joint physical and legal custody can be appropriate, and in these instances, parents equally divide parenting time and jointly make decisions involving the broad topics of religion, medical care, and education of the Children1. This blog will focus on the issue of physical custody. The minimum guideline for parenting time division is by the Indiana Parenting Time…
In family law matters, guardianships are generally discussed as being over children. Guardianships can be appointed over children when the parents are unavailable, unable, or unwilling to care for their children1. These statues also control adult guardianships, as well. Adult guardianships may also become an issue in family law, and there are limitations to how guardians may act on behalf…
Over the past few decades, there have been significant strides in the area of science, and specifically in family planning. Persons wishing to have children are presented with more and more options than the traditional routes of being married and having a biological child. But what do these advances in technology and science have to do with the law? A…
During trial, pictures can often assist in presenting a case. They can visually demonstrate what has otherwise only been testified about. For example, in family law, pictures can help demonstrate a bond between children and a parent. Father can testify that he participates in his daughter’s activities, and introduce a picture of him coaching her on weekends. This creates an…
As a citizen, it is important to understand that talking with a police officer is permissible and may be a consensual encounter. This might occur, such as where police round up members of a home, on police run to this home, on a report of a domestic disturbance. In the Indiana Court of Appeals decision in the Corbin case in…
As a general rule, in matters where child custody and child support are at issue, the Court will grant parents joint or sole custody and Order an obligation for child support to be paid. Often, the Indiana Parenting Time Guidelines (IPTG)1 are used as a baseline for determining parenting time for the non-custodial parent. For older children, IPTG parenting time…
Often we receive calls from litigants who are seeking to appeal a trial court order that was unfavorable to us, and one of the first questions we always ask is “when was the order issued?” This is an important question, because, while every litigant has the right to one appeal (to the Court of Appeals in Indiana), there are…