As we head toward springtime we can start getting ready for spring break, concert season (Ruoff Music Center events), graduation parties, and sobriety checkpoints. Wait, what? Checkpoints result in people being detained by law enforcement without any prior suspicion. Sobriety checkpoints are legal, but they have very specific requirements. If […]
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Retroactive Tax Law Benefits for 2017
The Bipartisan Budget Act caused the Internal Revenue Service to allow three popular tax benefits to be claimed retroactively. Most of these benefits expired in 2016 but can be claimed in 2017. The Internal Revenue Service’s system has been reprogrammed to accept these benefits. The first benefit is exclusion from […]
Relocation Requirements for Divorced Parents In Indiana
Indiana law has special requirements for divorced parents intending to relocate, which is defined as a change in the primary residence of an individual for a period of at least sixty (60) days. Ind. Code § 31-9-2-107.7. Parents intending to relocate who have been awarded custody or parenting time with […]
How To Respond When You’re Pulled Over and Have Been Drinking – OWI Blog (Part 1)
If you operate a vehicle, i.e. any “device for transportation by land or air” that is not “moved by human power”, “runs only on rails or tracks”, a wheelchair,” or an “electric personal assistive mobility device” and you consume alcohol or use controlled substances (whether prescribed or not), you should […]
Indiana Case Update: Child Support Obligations in Indiana
The Indiana Court of Appeals recently issued a decision in which it reversed a trial court order concerning the child-support obligations of two divorced parents. The main issues in the case revolved around the appropriate calculation of the parents’ weekly gross incomes. However, the Court of Appeals also reviewed the […]
A Recent Case on Establishing and Disestablishing Paternity
The Indiana Court of Appeals recently held that a trial court erred by dismissing a mother’s petition to establish paternity in the “biological father” of her 5-year-old child despite the “legal father” having had established paternity by executing a paternity affidavit. At issue in the case was the applicable interpretation […]
Protective Order 101: How to Obtain a Protective Order
How do I get a protective order? If you or your child is a victim of domestic or family violence, stalking, or a sex offense, you can petition for a protective order under Ind. Code 34-26-5. In many counties, the Clerk’s office at the county courthouse has a form for […]
Social Security Attorneys: Why It’s Always Worth It to Have a Good One From the Start
A Claimant for Social Security Disability (SSD) benefits may think to themselves, “I’ve seen some of the people who’ve gotten disability and they got it in no time at all even though they don’t look too disabled to me! I’ve worked all my life and paid into the system. My […]
Restitution in Criminal Cases
If you suffered financial loss as the victim of a crime, the prosecutor may be able to recover some of your losses in the criminal case. A criminal court can order a convicted person to pay restitution, but only for certain expenses. As the Court of Appeals emphasized in its […]
Power of Attorney or Guardianship?
There has been much confusion over the legal meaning and process of a Power of Attorney and Guardianship – even among professionals who deal in areas such as finances, who need to understand the distinctions. The demographics of our neighborhoods are changing as the population is aging, which makes this […]
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