Indiana’s Safe Haven Law promises anonymity, but are there exceptions?
Indiana’s Safe Haven Law promises anonymity, but are there exceptions? Family Law Attorney, Julie C. Dixon speaks with RTV6 Indianapolis about this complicated issue.
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Breaking News, What You Need to Know: Indiana Court of Appeals “Stunned” That Child with Behavioral Problem Found to Be CHINS
Do I need an attorney if I am contacted by DCS about my children? Yes. Your right to parent your child is a fundamental right, guaranteed by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. But, just like any other right in life, it is not absolute. For example, parents can discipline their children (known as the parental privilege) but do…
Is the Doctor in? Keys to Seeking Medical Records for Children in Divorce, Child Custody and Guardianship
As part of a divorce, custody, guardianship or other family law matter, children’s medical records are often sought to address any number of issues. Perhaps the child’s caregiver needs certain medical records for a child to be enrolled in school or an activity/sport. A parent may need the children’s medical records to determine whether child support should continue past the…
How to Obtain Return of Your Child Form Another State Wrongfully Taken There by The Other Parent
Every parent has heard or seen a story about a couple whose child is taken and secreted in another state by the other when troubles develop in the relationship. This has been a problem since the 1960s. In 1968, a uniform act was proposed that would ultimately be adopted in all states in some forms by the early 1980s. This…
Three Key Differences Between An Adult Committing A Crime And A Juvenile Delinquency And Why A Child Should Have Counsel
There is a general societal view that a bad act by a child is due to lack of life experience and immaturity. Therefore, such should not be a crime and the juvenile treated as a delinquent and limited to state-intervention until he or she is an adult. Nevertheless, because there is some overlap between implications of juvenile delinquency and adult…
Does a non-biological and non-adoptive partner in a same sex relationship have any rights to the child?
Society, and what comprises a family, has changed since the Leave it to Beaver days. Many more families are comprised by any mixture of parents, step parents, same sex couples, extended family members (aunts/uncles/grandparents), and even non married opposite sex couples cohabitating. The change in societal norms, and the construction of a family unit, has inherently caused the legislature and…
Normal Emotions Versus Manipulation and Alienation: When Parents Cross the Line
During family law litigation, parents face a spectrum of emotions, ranging from frustration, anger, and a sense of loss, all interacting with one another. This is quite frequent when child custody disputes are in play. In almost any domestic litigation scenarios, aware parents can use these emotions to deal with stressors in an incremental fashion to return to a state…
Child Support Arrears
Modifying Child Support with a Large Arrearage and Reinstatement of License to Drive Based On Law and Public Policy Through divorce or custody proceedings, a child support worksheet, which uses a complex formula, is produced in order to determine an appropriate child support amount to be paid. The child support worksheet uses gross weekly income and takes into account many…
Calculating Indiana Child Support: How to Factor Social Security
When child support is calculated, there are a number of factors that are included or excluded based on certain formulas and rules. For example, and common, in determining the amount of child support paid, parents get credit for subsequent children, health insurance payments for the child(ren), and the number of overnights they have the child(ren). However, there are often many…
The Top Five Common Types of Evidence to Establish De Facto Custodian Status: How to Prove Care and Financial Support
As noted in other blogs by , as the dynamics of a family shift, so do the legal issues facing the family. Often, child care and financial support is given by grandparents or other family members if the biological parents are either unable or unwilling to raise their children. Biological parents may place the responsibility in the hands of others…