An Opportunity to Serve Our Community Through the Indiana Repertory Theater

The Indiana Repertory Theater (IRT) recently announced the newest members of their board of directors, and I’m pleased to be among them. The IRT works to bring top-quality, professional theater to Indianapolis to build a more vital and vibrant community. This includes the original play that Bingham McHale is proud to sponsor, The Gospel According to James. The Gospel According to James is an original work commissioned by the IRT and written by Charles Smith. Staged in 1930,…

ICLEF Blog to Publish Indiana Family Law Update

I want to share with you an exciting joint project between Bingham McHale LLP and ICLEF. For those of you who do not already know, ICLEF recently overhauled its website (http://www.iclef.org/), providing both new content and a great fresh look. As part of that website makeover, and effective this week, ICLEF will now be publishing on its website the case summaries of the Indiana Family Law Update. A link to the case summary page on ICLEF’s site can be found here: http://iclef.org/category/blog/law-blogs/. I…

Judge Uncomfortable with Result, But Finds No Choice But to Concur

A trial court’s order providing for an Indiana man to have visitation with his adopted child was ruled to be invalid by the Indiana Court of Appeals because the judge did not grant visitation under Ind. Code § 31-19-16-2, the statute providing exclusive means for birth parent visitation.   Finding no way around Indiana statutes and precedent, Judge Crone was compelled to concur, but noted that this result was not in the best interest of the child. JD and…