Indiana Guardian Law
Indiana Department of Child Services and Kids' Voice of Indiana
<h2><br> Indianapolis, Indiana parental rights family law lawyer represented a parent.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> [¶3] On April 5, 2019, the Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) investigated a report that Mother had stabbed Father twice with a knife in Child's presence. Child was removed from Mother and Father and placed in relative care. On April 11, DCS filed a petition alleging that Child w... More...
$0 (09-12-2024 - IN)<h1> United States of America v. Zachary Nichols </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> Indianapolis, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Years of Sexual Abuse of a Young Child he Drugged with Methamphetamine </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Illinois Predator Sentenced to 42 Years in Federal Prison for Years of Sexual Abuse of a Young Child he Drugged with Methamp... More...
$0 (06-05-2024 - IN)<h1> United States of America v. Tristan Mullins and Desley McLemore </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red">Indianapolis, Indiana criminal defense Lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Sexually Abusing and Exploiting their 18-Month-Old Baby</b></h3></center></i></font color="red"><br> <br> Tristan Mullins, 27, and Desley McLemore, 27, of Indianapolis have been sentenced to decades in federal prison for their roles in sexually exploiting and assaulting their app... More...
$0 (01-07-2024 - IN)Aaron Ogle v. Credit Control Serviceds, Inc., a/k/a Credit Collection Services
Indianapolis, Indiana consumer credit lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on a Fair Debt Collection Act violation theory.<br> <br> The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) is a federal law that sets forth the rules that debt collectors must follow when collecting debts from consumers. The FDCPA was passed in 1977 and has been amended several times since then.<br> <br> The FDCPA ... More...
$0 (07-17-2023 - IN)Jennifer Finnerty v. NCAA
Indianapolis, Indiana personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a negligence theory. <br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Indianapolis_IN_State.jpg" alt="State Courthouse - Indianapolis, Indiana"><br> <P><br> State Courthouse - Indianapolis, Indiana</a><br> <P><br> <a font="red" href="http... More...
$0 (02-17-2023 - IN)In re the Terminaton of the Parent-Child Relationship of: T.H.
Fort Wayne, Indiana family law lawyer represented Defendant sued by the State seeking termination of her parental rights.<br> <br> <br> [¶1] Parents A.W. ("Mother") and R.H. ("Father") appeal the trial court's termination of their parental rights over their minor daughter, T.H. ("Child"). Parents raise five combined issues for our review, which we consolidate and restate as the following two disp... More...
$0 (08-03-2022 - IN)Scott Geels, et al. v. Desiree Morrow, et al.
<center><font color="red"><h2><fontcolor="red"> Indianapolis, IN - Custody lawyer represented Appellees with Establishing Custodian Status and Physical and Legal Custody of Minor Child. </h2></font></b></i></font></center></center><br> <br> Separate sections of the Indiana Code address guardianships and legal custody <br> by a de facto custodians. Compare Ind. Code § 29-3-5-3 (indicating findi... More...
$0 (05-05-2022 - IN)United States of America v. Matthew O. Walker
Indianapolis, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with sexual exploitation of children.<br> <br> Matthew O. Walker, 28, of Augusta, Georgia, sexually exploited 3 Indiana children and 2 children from South Carolina. Walker first came to the attention of federal authorities in the fall of 2019, when Walker had engaged in sexually explicit Snapchat communications with two m... More...
$0 (03-18-2022 - IN)United States of America v. Susan Fruits
Indianapolis, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with bank and mail fraud.<br> <br> Susan Fruits, 46, devised two separate fraud schemes. Fruits' bank fraud scheme targeted customers of the Brownsburg, Indiana bank where she served as branch manager. Fruits admitted in court that between 2017 and 2020, she perpetrated a scheme to withdraw money from customers' Certificat... More...
$0 (08-07-2021 - IN)S M v. State of Indiana
<center><h2><font color="red"> Indianapolis, IN - Criminal defense attorney represented a delinquent child charged with auto theft, and domestic battery. </h2></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> S.M. was born prematurely and addicted to cocaine due to her biological <br> mother's drug use during pregnancy. She was removed from her mother's care <br> at birth and placed into foster care. Whe... More...
$0 (05-18-2021 - IN)H.G. v. CEC Entertainment, Inc.
Hammond, IN - H.G., a minor, by his natural parent and guardian by Virginia Leon, sued CEC Entertainment, Inc., d/b/a Chuck E. Cheese's, on a personal injury negligence theory claiming that H.G. was injured and/of damaged.<br> <br> This case was file din the Lake Superior Court, 45D05-1804-CT-00061, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.... More...
$1 (07-27-2020 - IN)F.A. v. State of Indiana
<center><h1><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding:<br> 0em;"><a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com/" target="_new">MoreLaw Receptionists</a></br><font Color="Red">VOIP Phone and Virtual Receptionist Services<br> Call 918-582-6422 Today<br> </font></h1><P></center><br> In April 2019, the State filed a delinquency petition against F.A. for<br> “committing the status... More...
$0 (05-02-2020 - IN)In the Matter of the Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of H.M. and S.B. (Minor Children); W.C. (Mother) v. Indiana Department of Child Services
<center><P><font color=”FF0000”><h2><br> Need help finding a lawyer for representation concerning appealing terminating parental rights in Indiana?<br> <br> Call 918-582-6422. It's Free.<br> </font><br> </h2><br> </center><br> On September 27, 2018, the Indiana Department of Child Services (“DCS”) <br> filed petitions to terminate Mother’s parental rights over the Children. The t... More...
$0 (01-28-2020 - IN)In re the Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of C.D. (Minor Child), J.H. (Mother) and W.D. (Father) v. Indiana Department of Child Services, and Child Advocates, Inc.
<center><P><font color=”FF0000”><h2><br> Need help finding a lawyer for representation concerning appealing terminating parental rights in Indiana?<br> <br> Call 918-582-6422. It's Free.<br> </font><br> </h2><br> </center><br> Mother and Father are the biological parents of Daughter, who was born on <br> September 19, 2017. Mother used marijuana during her pregnancy, and <br> Daughter t... More...
$0 (01-28-2020 - IN)In the Matter of J.C. and J.M. (Children Alleged to be in Need of Services) and M.M. (Mother); M.M. (Mother) v. The Indiana Department of Child Services
<center><P><font color=”FF0000”><h2><br> Need help finding a lawyer for representation concerning appealing a custody ruling in Indiana?<br> <br> Call 918-582-6422. It's Free.<br> </font><br> </h2><br> </center><br> Mother is the biological mother of J.C., born April 15, 2005;1 N.H., born <br> August 12, 2009;2 and J.M., born February 25, 20143 (collectively, “Children”). <br> On Novem... More...
$0 (01-28-2020 - IN)United States of America v. Wayne Komsi, III
New Albany, IN - The United States of America charged Wayne Komsi, III with making false statements during the purchase of firearms.<br> <br> Wayne Komsi III, 58, of North Vernon, Ind., was convicted on two counts of making a false statement during the purchase of firearm, following a two-day jury trial.<br> <br> “The U.S. Attorney’s Office is committed to reducing gun violence by keeping fire... More...
$0 (01-28-2020 - IN)Jared L. Haynes v. State of Indiana
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/VvZyu3HviKQrKDUnsh_jXKBaR-hdUMaXZ5BUk2uBHrLDO2uAOkdkoh9jkT1Vs2UaQfmSZQ=s85"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> Level 1 felony rape of a severely disabled <br> woman. </font> </h2><br> </center><br> A.F. is a young adult who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy shortly after her <br> birth. She was declared incompetent by a court ... More...
$0 (05-26-2019 - IN)United States of America v. Mohamed Noshi Mahmoud, a/k/a Noshi; Mahdi Khelifi; Hamzi Dridi, a/k/a Alex; Issa Kayyali
<P><br> <center><br> <h2><br> <p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding: 2em;"><br> <a href="http://www.guardian-forensics.com" target="_new"><img width="300" src="https://guardian-forensics.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/gf-logo-dark.png"></a><br> <br> Digital Forensics & Cyber Security<br> Guardian delivers solutions that are legally defensible, repeatable and audit... More...
$0 (11-07-2018 - IN)Ronald E. Stewart v. State of Indiana <table> <td>
Stewart was the boyfriend of Lori Pierce. Pierce often watched two girls, K.P. <br> and K.O., at her one-bedroom apartment in Vevay while K.P.’s mother and <br> K.O.’s father worked. K.P. is Pierce’s granddaughter, and K.O. is her step<br> granddaughter. Stewart frequently was at Pierce’s apartment when she would <br> babysit. On April 1, 2015, K.P.’s mother brought her and K.O. to P... More...
$0 (11-18-2017 - IN)State of Tennessee v. Kaylecia Woodard <table> <td>
The defendant’s conviction relates to the June 16, 2014 robbery of the Grocery and Tobacco Market on Maryville Pike in Knoxville. On that date, Anthony <br> -2<br> Smith robbed the store clerk, Mohammed Islam, at gunpoint. Mr. Islam described the offense at trial:<br> What actually happened is I am working and my employee called me, I was talking to them. And one guy – with the bandana, he ... More...
$0 (06-18-2017 - IN)Joetta S. Sells v. State of Indiana <table> <td>
<center><a href="http://www.morelawsuites.com/" target="_new"><h2><font="Red">MoreLaw Suites - Legal Suites and Virtual Offices - Downtown Tulsa</h2></font></a><br> </center><br> <br> M. is a teenage girl born in 1998 with a partial deletion of chromosome 5. This <br> genetic abnormality has caused her to suffer serious but manageable mental and <br> physical disabilities. As of October 12, 2015, ... More...
$0 (03-05-2017 - IN)<b>Herbert Lee Brown, III v. State of Indiana </b>
Around 3:40 a.m. on January 1, 2015, Brown went to a 7-Eleven in South <br> Bend. The two clerks working that morning were Debra Pushee and Marcus <br> Kraskowski. After Pushee sold a customer a pack of cigarettes, Brown tried to <br> steal them. When the customer refused to give Brown the cigarettes, Brown <br> pulled a handgun, pointed it at Pushee, and said, “Give me the money.” Tr. p. ... More...
$0 (10-14-2016 - IN)<b><h3>Desarai Xashia Kemp v. State of Indiana </b></h3>
Early in 2014, Kemp began communicating with Gibson; Kemp claimed to <br> know Gibson from High School, although Gibson did not remember Kemp. <br> Gibson was pregnant, and Kemp claimed to be pregnant as well. The women, <br> both nineteen years old, continued to communicate via social media, text <br> messages, and telephone calls about their pregnancies throughout 2014, and <br> Kemp told Gibs... More...
$0 (09-18-2016 - IN)D.T. v. State of Indiana
On May 12, 2015, Morgan Edwards was working as a technician at a CVS <br> pharmacy in Indianapolis. At approximately 11:56 a.m., an African-American <br> male wearing a black hoodie with the hood up walked up to the pharmacy <br> counter and began knocking his knuckles against the counter to get Edwards’ <br> attention. Edwards walked to the counter and said, “Can I help you?” Tr. at <br>... More...
$0 (08-26-2016 - IN)Purvi Patel v. State of Indiana
Consistent with our well-settled standard of appellate review, we recite the <br> relevant facts most favorable to the jury’s verdicts. Patel was born in the United <br> States to immigrants from India in September 1980. She lived in a home in <br> Granger with her parents and paternal grandparents, and she managed Moe’s, a <br> restaurant in Mishawaka owned by her father. In approximately ... More...
$0 (07-23-2016 - IN)Kore Buchanan v. State of Indiana
Sixteen-year-old Buchanan1 and seventeen-year-old C.W. were friends since <br> childhood. On May 17, 2014, Buchanan became very angry at C.W. after <br> being told about an alleged incident between C.W. and another mutual friend. <br> Later that night, Buchanan and Deandre Plant met up with Michael Pruitt, <br> David Maish, and Maish’s girlfriend at Pruitt’s house. Buchanan started <br> tal... More...
$0 (07-13-2016 - IN)B.A.T. v. State of Indiana
On June 26, 2014, B.A.T., who was fourteen years old, went into a rage at his <br> grandmother’s house. B.A.T. “turned his room upside down,” yelled and <br> cursed at his grandmother, grabbed a knife from the pantry, and stated that he <br> would kill himself and everyone else in the house. Transcript at 7. B.A.T. then <br> threw the knife down and ran out. His grandmother, who was his ... More...
$0 (02-09-2016 - IN)Jeffrey Hewitt v. Westfield Washington School Corporation, et al.
On July 1, 2011, Jeffery Hewitt signed a contract with Westfield Washington School Corporation (Westfield) that provided that he would serve as Principal of Monon Trail Elementary School (MTES). Hewitt’s contract was the regular teacher’s contract used throughout Indiana, except that the contract was limited to a two-year term and specified that Hewitt would serve as Principal. With regard t... More...
$0 (12-16-2015 - IN)William Mosher v. Haesuk Yi Mosher
William Mosher ("Fatherâ€) appeals the trial court's dismissal of his petition for guardianship of his incapacitated adult daughter, C.Y.M., for lack of jurisdiction. Because we conclude that the trial court acted within its discretion in finding jurisdiction to be lacking based on C.Y.M.'s Florida residency, we affirm.<br><br>Facts and Procedural History<br><br>Haesuk Yi Mosher ("Motherâ€... More...
$0 (02-17-2014 - IN)In the Matter of S.D., alleged to be a Child in Need of Services
Child in need of services (CHINS) cases aim to help families in crisis—to protect children, not punish parents. Our focus, then, is on the best interests of the child and whether the child needs help that the parent will not be willing or able to provide—not whether the parent is somehow<br><br>2<br><br>"guilty†or "deserves†a CHINS adjudication. But that help comes not ... More...
$0 (02-12-2014 - IN)Brian Yost v. Wabash College, Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity - Indiana Gamma Chapter at Wabash College, et al.
The plaintiff, a college freshman and fraternity pledge, filed this personal injury action seeking damages from his college, his campus fraternity, its national organization, and a student<br> <br> 2<br> <br> fraternity member for personal injuries sustained in an incident at the fraternity house. We re-verse the trial court's grant of summary judgment for the campus fraternity but affirm the gran... More...
$0 (02-13-2014 - IN)Jeremy Bailey v. Social Security Administration
Jeremy Bailey sued Michael J. Astrue, Commissioners of the Social Security Administration seeking review of the denial of his application for social security benefits under <a href="http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2010-title42/html/USCODE-2010-title42-chap7-subchapII-sec405.htm" target="_new">42 U.S.C. 405</a>, Old Age, Survivors and Disability Benefits <P> §405. Evidence, procedure, and ce... More...
$0 (04-02-2012 - IN)Dennis Block v. Mark Magura
Dennis Block and Mark Magura executed a letter of intent that Magura would purchase Block"s interest in a partnership. Magura did not complete the purchase, Block filed suit, and the trial court granted summary judgment to Magura and denied summary judgment to Block on the issue of whether the parties" letter of intent creates an enforceable contract. Block appeals and raises a single issue which ... More...
$0 (05-31-2011 - IN)Mark Siliven v. Indiana Depart of Child Services
In January 2008, Teresa Siliven discovered bruises on her then-two-year-old son C.S.'s arm a few hours after picking him up from daycare at the home of Ashley Woods. Teresa's husband Mark told her that he did not know how C.S. had gotten the bruises. The Silivens filed a child abuse report with the police. The case was referred to the Indiana Department of Child Services ("DCSâ€), and assigne... More...
$0 (03-16-2011 - IN)Clara Bova v. Schreiber Lumber, Inc.
Clara Bova and Antonio Simeone ("Bova and Simeoneâ€) appeal the trial court"s judgment order, after a bench trial, on the action brought against Antonio Simeone, d/b/a Simeone Construction by Schreiber Lumber, Inc. ("Schreiberâ€); Simeone"s counterclaim; Bova"s third-party complaint against Schreiber and Dave Beck, d/b/a Beck Construction Co. ("Beckâ€); and the amended counterclaim ... More...
$0 (11-16-2010 - IN)Yao-Wen Chang, et al. v. Baxter Healthcare Corporation, et al.
This is a parallel case to Abad v. Bayer Corp., 563 F.3d 663 (7th Cir. 2009), decided by this panel last year. The case was dismissed by the district court, and the plaintiffs have appealed. Ordinarily when all parties to an appeal are represented by counsel, the court directs oral argument unless the parties waive argument and we accept the waiver. But when, as in this case, an appeal is closely ... More...
$0 (03-26-2010 - IN)Motorists Mutual Insurance Company v. Alexis Wroblewski
Appellant-Garnishee-Defendant, Motorists Mutual Insurance Company (Motorists Mutual), appeals the trial court's summary judgment in favor of Appellees-Plaintiffs, Alexis Wroblewski (Alexis), a minor, and Amber Wroblewski, a minor, by and through their mother and natural guardian, Christine Lewis, and Christine Lewis individually (collectively, the Wroblewskis) on the Wroblewskis' claim for coverag... More...
$0 (01-14-2009 - IN)Indiana Lumbermans Mutual Insurance Company v. Reinsurance Results, Inc.
<P>The defendant in this diversity suit for breach of contract governed by Indiana law appeals from the grant of summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff. The case turns on the interpretation of a contract between an insurance company, Lumbermens Mutual, the plaintiff, and Reinsurance Results, the defendant, which reviews an insurance company's claims against its reinsurers to make sure t... More...
$0 (01-17-2008 - IN)<a href="http://www.in.gov/judiciary/opinions/archive/05249901.lmb.html" target="_new">Jack Michael Walker, et al. v. Jennifer Renee Campbell and Kevin Eugene Campbell</a>
<P>Appellants Jack Michael Walker ("Father"), and Jack L. and Stella Walker ("Grandparents") appeal the granting of the petition for the adoption of Father's natural son filed by Jennifer Renee and Kevin Eugene Campbell, the child's mother and her husband ("the Campbells"). We reverse. <P> Issue <P> The dispositive issue may be restated as whether Indiana's adoption statutes which have op... More...
$0 (05-24-1999 - IN)<a href="http://www.in.gov/judiciary/opinions/archive/11040203.mpb.html" target="_new">Vaughn v. Daniels Company, Inc.</a>
This is an appeal from the granting of summary judgment in favor of the Defendants in a suit brought by Stephen Vaughn See footnote for injuries he sustained as a result of an accident while installing a pipe during the construction of a coal plant. We affirm in part and reverse in part. <P> Facts <P> Briefly summarized, the designated facts are that in 1995, Solar Sources, Inc. ("S... More...
$0 (11-04-2002 - IN)