How Mental Health May Factor into the Legal Mix The ability to raise one’s children the way one sees fit is a fundamental, constitutional right. However, all rights, even those guaranteed by the United States Constitution, have more or less obvious boundaries. Stated differently, no right is unconditional. For example …
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Starting in July 1st of this year, the age children are emancipated for the purpose of child support will change from 21 to 19. With the enactment of this new law, there will be a transition time where attorneys advocate it meanings, and the trial court and ultimately Indiana’s appellate …
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Contractual Obligations, Child Support and Income Withholding, and COBRA Unlike the larger body of civil law, domestic relations has mostly grey statutory provisions that are equitable as much as they are legal. The reason for this is life is anything but organized and linear. It is messy and filled with …
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“I know grass grows on it! Is this what my lawyer means by our ‘Marital Property’ in Divorce?” For readers of our blog posts, you probably have a pretty good idea that divorce law has a lot of flexibility and ambiguity–and suspect this is a trick question. You are right. …
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At Ciyou & Dixon, P.C., we frequently observe two (2) major (assets) in a marriage that have been fertile battleground for litigants: the marital home and pension and retirement plan. In most places around the United States, these are not as valuable as they once were. About everyone knows individual …
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Even in a down economy and exponential change in everything in every facet of life with technology and globalization, purchasing a home is still a key part of the American dream. Everything happens quickly in the electronic age, and the purchase of a home is no exception. However, given it …
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"To Appeal or Not to Appeal: The Four Best Types of Cases or Issues to Raise on Appeal." The few hundred trial courts and judges that comprise Indiana state courts handle nearly 2 million cases at any one time. These courts, primarily through the judge (there are relatively few jury …
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No, effective May 12, 2011. By statute, the General Assembly adopted the common law of England as Indiana law. At common law, there was a broad right to resist unlawful police action. This right applied to citizen-police encounters on the street as well as those within one’s dwelling. This pits …
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This question is one that has played itself time and again through US history and in every state.  The legal concept of preemption may apply to any matter. In basic form, it asks the question of who should decide a matter — the State or the local government. Many years …
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There is tension between these legal doctrines among all of the states in the Nation. In fact, Home Rule is an ancient legal doctrine that created great struggles with former holdings under the British Empire. The Empire wanted to impose its will remotely, but the holdings believed they were unique …
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