After review from the House of Representatives of the Indiana legislature, the proposed legislation, Senate Bill 27, was returned to the Senate with the House’s proposed changes, for approval before a final vote. Senate Bill 27 addresses some issues that may arise during adoption proceedings to streamline the judicial process, and protect the natural parent’s constitutional rights to raise his or her child.
Under current Indiana law, if third parties file a Petition for Adoption of a Minor child, ... Read More
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Apr2014
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Mar2014
In a previous blog post, we explored who can file for divorce, and how Indiana Courts have held that a guardian of an incapacitated adult may not file for divorce on behalf of that incapacitated person1. A recent Indiana Senate Bill seeks to change this process, and would allow for a guardian to file for divorce on behalf of an incapacitated adult under certain circumstances.
Senate Bill 592 has been proposed and will be heard by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Bill ... Read More
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Jan2012
Although it seldom happens, there are divorce litigants who are arbitrarily held up by Indiana’s current sixty day waiting period for its residents who file divorce actions. Stated differently, if there is no acrimony and no legal issue or contested issues, parties must still wait for sixty days before an Indiana trial court can issue a divorce decree.
This waiting period inter alia gives ... Read More
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Jan2012
A central theme that runs throughout Ciyou & Dixon, P.C.’s blog posts is education--to gain an understanding about the law so that you are informed and the most effective citizen and/or legal consumer you can be. One part of this is having a voice in law making and trying to change or develop the law on the legislative front.
In posts in 2011, Ciyou & Dixon blogged about legislative issues arising within and potentially ... Read More
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May2011
There are some slight changes or clarifications in the law. There are two (2) components to the pre-506 and post-506 law. The first is the means by which a handgun is transported to a dealer for repair. The second is the handling (carry) of the firearm ... Read More
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May2011
In many factual circumstances, the answer is “yes.”
Indiana Senate Bill 506 appears to change Indiana law on where a License is required to carry a handgun; or minimally clarify ambiguous places where carry was hard to determine if lawful without a License in the past.
One of the many gun shows that ... Read More
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May2011
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 ago, Indiana law fundamentally changed on how this was viewed. Until this, the only power a local branch of government possessed to regulate its affairs ... Read More