Year in Review: Top 10 stories
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The Top 10 stories of 2023, as voted on by the Indiana Lawyer staff.
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‘The kids freak out when they see them’: Squishmallow ‘jurors’ add extra fun to Morgan County adoption hearings
The road to getting an adoption petition granted is a lengthy one, and often, the final step in court can be an intimidating one for kids. That’s why Morgan Superior Judge Dakota VanLeeuwen wanted to find a way to make children feel more comfortable.
Indiana Court Decisions: Nov. 30-Dec. 13, 2023
Read Indiana appellate court decisions from the most recent reporting period.
Phillips and Kile-Maxwell: Lawyer volunteers needed for free, fair elections
Attorneys are particularly well-positioned to step into the flurry of Election Day as volunteers and help facilitate and ensure an efficient, free and fair election process.
Cordial: Attracting legal talent to rural law firms
A struggle unfolds in the heart of rural Indiana.
Hammerle on… “Killers of the Flower Moon” and “Elf”
Indianapolis criminal defense attorney Robert Hammerle gives us his take on “Killers of the Flower Moon” and “Elf.”
Year in Review: What you read
| IL Staff
Here’s a look at the 50 stories that you, our readers, engaged with the most on our website in 2023, and their original dates of publication.
Filling the robes: Nominations still pending for Indiana district, appellate vacancies
Of all the current Indiana judicial nominees, Magistrate Judge Joshua Kolar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana is the farthest along on his route to fill a vacancy.
IndyBar: Indianapolis Bar Association and Foundation to Install New Officers in January
The IndyBar Association and Foundation are set to welcome their 2024 leaders at the annual Leadership Celebration, Installation Breakfast & Annual Meeting from 8-9 a.m. on Jan. 25 at Broadmoor Country Club.
DTCI: What does the Swift-Kelce relationship have to do with the law?
| Richard K. Shoultz and From DTCI
Unless you have been living under a rock, everyone has heard about “Traylor,” “Tayvis” or “Swelce” — the nicknames given to the Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce relationship.
Maley: New federal rule changes effective Dec. 1
Effective Dec. 1, various amendments took effect to several rules in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure and Federal Rules of Evidence.
IndyBar has the Largest Catalog of Online, Indiana-Specific, One-Hour CLE Programming to Efficiently Get You those Year-End Credits!
IndyBar stands ready to serve the needs of members who prefer virtual viewing with the largest collection of Indiana-specific on-demand seminars, all taught by local attorneys and competitively priced at $55.50 per credit hour ($110.50 for nonmembers).
IndyBar: Practice Toolkit: Sales Motion: Charging for Initial Consultations Is Easier Than Ever Before
| From IndyBar and Jared Correia
If you’re charging for initial consultations, as many law firms do, and there are still multiple steps (including manual steps) involved in that process, you can potentially tighten things up significantly.
Web Exclusive: Year in Review — continued
In addition to the “big news” of the year, Indiana Lawyer in 2023 also provided readers with stories exploring attorneys’ off-the-clock interests, obituaries of lawyers and judges who died, and summaries of disciplinary actions.
COA splits, reverses in divorce case after ‘flagrant injustice’ to pro se wife
A trial court should have admitted a woman’s prenuptial agreement into evidence in her divorce case, and its failure to do so resulted in a “flagrant injustice,” a split Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled in a Tuesday reversal.
Wife’s sole efforts in saving farm, reducing debts justifies real estate award in divorce, COA affirms
A wife’s ability to refinance secured debt on farm property and make an equalization payment made it “just and reasonable” to award all real estate to her in a divorce case, the Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed Tuesday.
5 magistrates, 1 attorney named finalists for Marion Co. vacancies
| IL Staff
The Marion County Judicial Selection Committee on Monday announced one attorney and five magistrate judges as finalists to fill two judicial vacancies.
Opinions Dec. 19, 2023
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Gerard M. Dierckman v. Sandra E. Dierckman
22A-DN-2801
Domestic relations, no children. Affirms the final dissolution order as it relates to the marital property. Finds the Decatur Circuit Court’s findings challenged by husband Gerard M. Dierckman are supported by the evidence and/or are not contrary to law. Also finds the trial court did not abuse its discretion by valuing the farm and its income as of the end of 2020/beginning of 2021, nor did it err in valuing the farm inventory, accounts receivable and marital debt as of the date of the dissolution petition in December 2019. Finally, finds the trial court acted within its discretion when it decreased wife Sandra E. Dierckman’s equalization payment by the amount she paid Gerard for her personal expenses while the dissolution was pending.
Firearm conviction, criminal contempt upheld for defendant who proceeded pro se
A defendant who unsuccessfully defended himself in federal court and who was found in criminal contempt for refusing to answer a prosecutor’s question did not find any relief from his firearm conviction or the contempt finding at the 7th Circuit.
Sandra Day O’Connor called pioneer, ‘iconic jurist’ as she is memorialized by Biden, Roberts
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the Arizona rancher’s daughter who became a voice of moderate conservatism as the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court, was memorialized by President Joe Biden as a pioneer in the legal world who inspired generations of women.
