Indiana Panel Reverses Dismissal Of Paternity Cause In Grandparent Visitation Case

(June 30, 2020, 2:43 PM EDT) -- INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana appellate panel on June 26 reversed a trial court’s dismissal of a paternity cause, finding that the paternal grandparents’ request for visitation “is akin to a counterclaim or cross-claim” pursuant to Trial Rule 41(A) and, therefore, should not be dismissed against the defendant’s objection “‘unless the counterclaim or cross-claim can remain pending for independent adjudication by the court’” (Teresa Tapia Sevilla, et al. v. Maria Lopez, No. 19A-JP-2016, Ind. App., 2020 Ind. App. LEXIS 269)....

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