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Collaborative Law: An Alternative to Litigation A trial that puts your personal life on display is not the only option for dissolving your marriage.   In Indiana, it is possible to complete the divorce process without entering a courtroom.  Often times, removing the necessity of court intervention also reduces the cost of the process and keeps emotions at a more manageable level. Collaborative Law is one way to stay out of the courtroom.   Some divorce clients…

A Look at Indiana’s Jake Laird Law – Returning of Firearms in a Criminal Case Despite an individual’s constitutionally protected right to keep and bear arms, if certain circumstances exist, the police are authorized to take one’s firearm to hold and even potentially destroy.  The law that allows the retention of firearms is Indiana Code 35-47-14, or otherwise known as the “Jake Laird” law. This law was enacted in 2005, subsequent to the murder of…

A Look at the law of Interstate Agreement on Detainers Many times defendants will mail our firm letter from jail seeking assistance with their criminal cases. And, many times, those requests have to deal with what they perceive are unnecessary delays in their cases by their current attorneys and/or the state of Indiana by and through the prosecutors office. Equally as often, our firm receives hundreds of calls a month from family members looking to…

How to Avoid Arrest at the 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500 The Indianapolis 500 is one of the greatest sporting events in the world on any regular year, but this year will be bigger than ever.  It is the 100th anniversary of the greatest spectacle in racing.  It is the first time in many, many years that the 500 will be sold out!  What does that mean?  Well, it likely means that the approximate…

Should the Police Get Involved in Enforcing Your Parenting Time? It is your scheduled parenting time and your ex refuses to give up your child – what now?  In most cases, the reaction would be to threaten a call to the local police.  While there may be some benefit down the road to documenting denied parenting time, the effect may not be as immediate as a parent in that situation may hope. Police officers across…

Suspended for driving without insurance?  We receive calls daily from citizens who have received notices from the BMV informing them that their driving privileges are going to be suspended because they drove without insurance.  This is easy to understand if they owned the car they were driving and it wasn’t covered, but what if the driver was not the owner of the car?  What if you borrow a car from a friend?  Can you be…

Wrongfully Accused of a Sex Crime in Indiana? Obviously, a blog like this can be difficult to write and read. That’s because there are hundreds of thousands of legitimately-reported, fully and rightfully prosecuted sex crimes cases across this country on any given year. And, without question, those cases are incredibly sad to hear about and can be difficult to be a part of as defense attorneys. This blog is not meant to take away from…

How is Child Support Calculated and What Can I Expect? How is child support calculated?  The amount of child support that is paid by one parent to the other is fact sensitive and is not the same in every case.   It is not uncommon for two parents with the same number of children, living close together geographically and making similar incomes to receive substantially different amounts of weekly child support.    In Indiana, a child support…