The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed the denial of an agreed petition to establish paternity and maternity of a child who was born of a surrogate, finding equitable relief should allow the biological mother to establish she is in fact the baby's biological mother.
An Indianapolis attorney and Army reserve major wants Colts fans to put their money where their mouths are to show support for the team and raise money for wounded soldiers.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed an Indianapolis judge's decision on a death penalty case, putting a condemned
convict's death penalty appeal on hold indefinitely because of his current mental state.
The Indiana Court of Appeals split today in its decision of who should receive back child support payments from a father who kidnapped his son for 16 years before turning himself in when the son was 23 years old.
An offense of attempted dissemination of matter harmful to minors can be committed when a defendant attempts to transmit prohibited
matter by the Internet to an adult police detective posing as a minor, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals found sufficient evidence to uphold a Muncie man’s convictions stemming from his burning of a cross in front of the home of a family with biracial children.
In deciding whether a father's child support requirement should be modified or ended, the Indiana Court of Appeals refused to adopt new reasoning that any child attending college could be deemed emancipated if that child didn't live in the custodial parent's home.
The Indiana Court of Appeals travels to an Indianapolis high school Tuesday for arguments in case involving a robbery of a pharmacy.
Three Indiana school districts are suing the state over the Indiana's per-pupil school-funding formula.
For those who weren't able to catch Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard's State of the Judiciary in person or want to see it again, Indiana Public Broadcasting Stations around the state will air the speech next week.
On remand from the Supreme Court of the United States, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the District Court’s conditional grant of the petition for a writ of habeas corpus for a man facing the death penalty.
Although there isn't any Indiana caselaw detailing how the shares held by dissenting shareholders are to be appraised, the Indiana Court of Appeals adopted the view that trial courts should consider all possible elements of the present value of the corporation on the valuation date, including the company's possible future plans.
In the final days of the Indiana General Assembly session, as lawmakers pushed to finish and put final touches on the end-of-term business, a 2009 measure that divided the Hoosier legal community came back into play.
Indiana code doesn't require an estate to file an appraisal with its inheritance tax return, the Indiana Tax Court decided in two opinions handed down Wednesday.
The Indiana Attorney General has filed a complaint in St. Joseph Circuit Court to recover public money that the former Lakeville
clerk-treasurer allegedly spent on personal items like movie rentals and satellite television.
A defendant didn’t receive ineffective assistance of counsel when his attorneys failed to raise the issue of comments made by his victim’s mother during the trial, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled.
An Indianapolis-based health insurer can’t deduct its settlement payments or legal expenses from the litigation because the insurer’s payments were actually capital expenditures, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed today.
A trial court erred in finding that a company was bound by its insurance agency's acts even though the agency
acted against the company's wishes, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled today.
The proposed amendment making it a Class D felony for someone who kills a police animal while driving drunk has found a home in legislation.
A panel of Indiana Court of Appeals judges reversed the denial of a defendant's motion to suppress evidence of drugs found in his car during a search, but one judge believed the man's cooperation and respect toward the police officer shouldn't factor into their decision making.