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Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 3 NFP)
For publication opinions today (0):
NFP civil opinions today (2):
Invol.Term. of Parent/Child Rel. of B.P., and C.P. v. Lake Co. Dept. of Child Svc. and Lake Co. CASA (NFP) - "Christine P. (“Mother”) appeals the involuntary termination of her parental rights to her daughter, B.P. On appeal, Mother contends that the trial court committed reversible error by allowing impermissible hearsay testimony to be admitted over her objections. Mother further asserts that the Lake County Department of Child Services (“LCDCS”) failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence each of the elements contained in Indiana Code § 31-35-2-4(b)(2) and that several of the trial court’s specific findings of fact were not supported by the evidence. Concluding that the alleged hearsay testimony did not affect Mother’s substantive rights, and that the juvenile court’s judgment was supported by clear and convincing evidence, we affirm."
AGT, Inc. v. City of Lafayette, IN, Redevelopment Commission (NFP) - "We conclude that the trial court did not abuse its discretion when it admitted and refused to strike Godby’s expert valuation testimony. Disclosure of the fact that Godby was hired and paid by someone other than the parties for his services does not necessarily imply that he was a court-appointed appraiser in the eminent domain proceeding. And AGT waived its argument that the trial court should not have admitted Webster’s expert valuation testimony. Waiver notwithstanding, our review of the record discloses that Webster provided adequate “factual data” to support his opinion of the subject property’s value. For the same reasons stated above, we also find no abuse of discretion in the trial court’s refusal to instruct the jury to disregard Godby’s and Webster’s valuation testimony."
NFP criminal opinions today (1):
Robert C. Reed v. State of Indiana (NFP)
Posted by Marcia Oddi on February 12, 2008 01:26 PM
Posted to Ind. App.Ct. Decisions