H.E.A. 1626, P.L. 38-2025 Effective: July 1, 2025 Requires the following to be included in a custody order: (1) a trial court shall include the court's findings of fact and conclusions of law on which the custody order is based; and (2) an appellate decision shall include the facts upon which the appellate court relied to affirm or reverse an order. Read the bill at: … [Read more...] about Child custody orders
Local government finance
S.E.A. 1, P.L. 68-2025 Effective: Sec. 123 effective January 1, 2028 Sec. 123 repeals the local income tax for courtroom costs. Read the bill at: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/1 … [Read more...] about Local government finance
Civil legal aid fund
S.E.A. 222, P.L. 8-2025 Effective: July 1, 2025 Limits how a legal services provider may use funds from the civil legal aid fund. Relocates a provision concerning fund distribution. Repeals the distribution formula of the civil legal aid fund statute. Requires the Office of Judicial Administration to annually report certain information regarding the civil legal aid fund to the … [Read more...] about Civil legal aid fund
Expungement
S.E.A. 281, P.L. 77-2025 Effective: July 1, 2025 Requires the Office of Judicial Administration, before July 1, 2025, to establish an electronic system for transmitting a chronological case summary to the state police department for purposes of expungement. Read the bill at: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/281 … [Read more...] about Expungement
The practice of law
S.E.A. 524, P.L. 43-2025 Effective: July 1, 2025 Allows an Indiana resident of a contiguous county to be appointed the head of the department of law. Read the bill at: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/524 … [Read more...] about The practice of law