Jones v. State, No. 49A02-1109-CR-853, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 17, 2012).

Venue lay in county where victims resided when defendant violated the no-contact order by phoning them.

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Hensley v. State, No. 63A01-1105-CR-195, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Mar. 8, 2012).

Search of probationer’s home was not truly conducted for probation reasons, and was an impermissible investigative search by police unsupported by reasonable suspicion of criminal activity.

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State ex rel. FSSA v. Est. of Roy, No. 33A04-1105-ES-24, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 28, 2012).

FSSA, a subdivision of the State, filed a valid lien against the property of a Medicaid recipient, had a preferred claim under Ind. Code 12-15-9-1, and was not required to file its claim within nine months of the death of the Medicaid recipient.

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McCloud v. State, No. 49A05-1102-CR-77, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 20, 2011).

Neither the Interstate Agreement on Detainers nor the writ of habeas corpus ad prosequendum procedures applied to defendant while he was in federal custody for ten months; Criminal Rule 4 consequently was applicable, and the time the defendant was in federal custody was attributable to the defendant under the Criminal Rule 4(C) one-year rule.

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Kitchen v. Kitchen, et al, No. 27A04-1101-DR-1, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 29, 2011)

Only parents, grandparents and step-parents have standing to pursue visitation with a child.

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