I recently attended  a presentation on dealing with sexual abuse allegations.   These are clearly the most stressful cases for the parties and the attorneys.   It was an eye-opening hour.  The speakers suggested that a lot of the symptoms…

A recent Court of Appeals opinion, McGee v. McGee, 2013 relying on a 1950s Indiana Supreme Court decision, held that a guardian cannot file a divorce petition for a ward even if the Guardian has a legitimate reason for doing…

The relatively new emancipation statute is still creating interesting issues.   In two recent cases I’ve had, a 19 year old child is still in high school.   The legislative committee which made the change thought about this issue, but…

I attended the two day Family Law Institute in Indianapolis in October.   The two day conference covered the latest case and statutory updates in family law, but also provided a lot of information about same sex marriage in Indiana…

The David Camm verdict provoked a lot of strong emotions and I avoided blogging about it during the trial.    One the one side, the frightening prospect that an innocent man had been imprisoned for such a long time.  …