C. B. v. State, No. 49A04-1207-JV-379, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 21, 2013).

Juvenile court must independently determine probable cause for a violation of a “conditional admission agreement,” and must afford the juvenile an opportunity to challenge the probable cause.

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Zavodnik v. Richards, No. 49A02-1209-CC-750, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., March 14, 2013).

When a trial court has involuntarily dismissed a case without prejudice pursuant to T. R. 41(E), T.R. 41(F) gives dismissing trial court the discretion to consider whether a complaint should be reinstated. Plaintiff should not file a substantially similar or identical complaint in another court.

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Coats v. State, No. 49A02-1206-CR-526, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 7, 2013).

The better practice is to follow the statutory commitment procedures concerning competence to stand trial, but here the trial court did not err in not using those procedures where the defendant’s dementia left no hope that competency could be restored.

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Banks v. Banks, No. 45A03-1203-DR-96,___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 14, 2012).

Trial court did not abuse its discretion in modifying and reducing spousal maintenance obligation based on changes in the parties’ respective finances, even when there was no improvement in the medical condition of the party receiving maintenance.

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Garcia v. State, No. 20A04-1202-CR-257, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 9, 2012).

For purposes of C felony criminal recklessness by shooting a firearm into a “place where people are likely to gather,” a motor vehicle can be such a “place.”

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