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Monday, June 27, 2011

Ind. Courts - What might come down this week from our Supreme Court?

June 30th marks the end of our Supreme Court's fiscal and reporting year. What opinions might we see this week?

Prof. Joel Schumm notes that:

It looks like the Supreme Court has cleared out its Boehm-era cases and most of those argued in the final months of 2010. The big ones that remain include Desmond Turner's direct appeal and the A.B. case from South Bend.
Desmond Turner v. State of Indiana

Here is the most recent ILB entry on Desmond Turner v. State of Indiana, from Dec. 16, 2010. Here is a long list of earlier entries on the "Hamilton Avenue slayings case."

In re: the matter of A.B., a Child Alleged to be a Delinquent

Here was the writeup for the Oct. 20, 2010 oral argument.

In re: the matter of A.B., a Child Alleged to be a Delinquent (71S00-1002-JV-156) - The St. Joseph Probate Court entered an order modifying the disposition in this juvenile delinquency case, placing the juvenile in an out-of-state program, and requiring the Indiana Department of Child Services ("DCS") to pay for the placement. In doing so, the court found that DCS's recommendations for in-state placement were unreasonable and not in A.B.'s best interests and that several statutes giving DCS a role in the placement of juveniles are unconstitutional. DCS appeals directly to the Supreme Court.

ILB: This case involves the issue of the DCS and the courts re who has authority relating to the placement of children in out-of-state rehabilitation and treatment programs. The ILB has had a long list of entries on this issue. See particuarly this Oct. 16, 2009 entry ("More on the DCS and the courts re who has authority relating to the placement of children in out-of-state rehabilitation and treatment programs").

In addition, these two entries offer interesting background:

Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 27, 2011 09:05 AM
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