The challenge awaiting Justin McAdam as he prepares to take over as judge of the Indiana Tax Court is a unique one in the state’s judicial system.
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While law was the path she wanted, it wasn’t what she chose to do at first. Instead, now-Indiana Tax Court Judge Martha Blood Wentworth was told her options were chorus teacher or nurse — never lawyer.
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Indiana’s women appellate judges gathered for a celebration at an Indiana State Bar Association event last month to reflect on the history and significance of the 19th Amendment’s 100th anniversary.
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Extra hours away from the outside world because of stay-at-home orders offered Indiana’s judges and attorneys at least one positive thing during the coronavirus-pandemic – time. Whether spending time with family or using quiet moments of solitude to revive rusty creative skills, many legal professionals are finding the joy and peace of everyday tasks in the midst of uncertain times.
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The Indiana Tax Court affirmed the final determination of the Department of Local Government Finance to approve the sales-leaseback of the Allen County Courthouse as one of the financing methods for a new county jail, finding no merit in objectors’ challenge to the lease.
The Indiana Tax Court has affirmed the Indiana Department of Local Government Finance’s determination that the Lake County Assessor correctly developed the county’s land order in 2022.
The Indiana Senate honored the state’s second Indiana Tax Court judge with a resolution Tuesday, as senators and Indiana Supreme Court justices gathered to recognize former Indiana Tax Court Judge Martha Blood Wentworth.
The valuation of leased property in an Indianapolis parking garage will stand after the Indiana Tax Court upheld the Indiana Board of Tax Review’s challenged valuation.
The Indiana Toll Road’s lease established it as a publicly maintained road for the 2016 and 2017 tax years, the Indiana Tax Court ruled Wednesday in denying three motor carriers’ claims that they should be awarded motor fuel tax refunds for those years.
A financial company seeking bad debt deductions on defaulted contracts has won partial summary judgment at the Indiana Tax Court.
A Hamilton County woman should have filed her application for a homestead deduction before the end of 2020 to qualify for that assessment year, the Indiana Tax Court ruled Friday in affirming an Indiana Board of Tax Review final determination.
A group of Marion County homeowners’ associations prematurely filed an appeal of their property assessment case’s dismissal at the administrative level, the Indiana Tax Court ruled in granting a motion to dismiss the appeal and remanding the case to the Indiana Board of Tax Review.
The Court of Appeals of Indiana will hold oral arguments next week in a case in which the Lake County Assessor’s Office is challenging the Indiana Board of Tax Review’s adjustments on an industrial landowner’s property appraisal.
A Bartholomew County property owner timely filed an appeal of their 2018 land assessment, but the Indiana Board of Tax Review’s order to not change the property’s assessed value should stand, the Indiana Tax Court affirmed Wednesday.
For all the references about his years in state government and that Harvard law degree, new Indiana Tax Court Judge Justin McAdam wanted everyone at his robing ceremony to have a more rounded backstory of how a wannabe scientist ended up on the bench.
A taxpayer failed to prove that it was incorrect to make her present market-based evidence to support her property value, the Indiana Tax Court has ruled in affirming a decision from the Indiana Board of Tax Review.
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Indiana Tax Court Judge Justin McAdam began work in his new position last week after having a private oath ceremony.
An Elkhart multibuilding apartment property’s disputed tax assessments for 2016, 2017 and 2018 should revert to the property’s 2015 assessed value, the Indiana Tax Court affirmed Friday in upholding the Indiana Board of Tax Review’s ruling.
The Indiana Supreme Court courtroom was filled with laughter and joy Wednesday, as judges and attorneys gathered to honor outgoing Indiana Tax Court Judge Martha Blood Wentworth at her retirement ceremony.
Outgoing Indiana Tax Court Judge Martha Blood Wentworth’s retirement ceremony has been set for later this week. The ceremony will be livestreamed at 2 p.m. on Aug. 30.
Outgoing Indiana Tax Court Judge Martha Blood Wentworth has been granted senior judge status.
After a series of back-and-forth decisions, a higher assessment will remain in place for land owned by a Bartholomew County couple whose challenge to that higher assessment for two tax years was untimely.
Justin McAdam will be the next judge of the Indiana Tax Court, Gov. Eric Holcomb announced Tuesday.