The Court of Appeals recently decided  Mooney v. Anonymous.  The trial court dismissed the plaintiff’s proposed medical malpractice complaint after repeated delays stating: And the Court, having read the Motion, having heard oral argument, and being duly advised, now finds…

Can Parents Waive Their Parenting Time Rights to Avoid Paying Child Support? The Indiana Supreme Court decided Perkinson v.  Perkinson,  (2013) which reaffirms the rule that you can’t trade parenting time for support. The Mother entered into an agreement in which…

In light of the 2013 case finding that a guardian could not file for divorce (which shocked a lot of practitioners), the legislature amended the guardianship statute to expressly allow this effective 7/1/14. IC 29-3-6-3 (a) (5) now provides that…

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…