An Australian court has recently allowed a lending company to serve documents via Facebook, a popular social networking Website. The court approved such “service” after numerous failed attempts to reach the defendants at their residence. Service by this means is not currently allowed in Indiana. Generally speaking, a defendant in this state may be served with a summons in one of three ways:
1) personally delivering the summons to the defendant or the defendant’s agent;
2) leaving a copy of the summons at the defendant’s dwelling; or
3) publishing the …

According to a recent article by the Louisville Courier-Journal, Indiana Senator, Travis Holdman, plans to introduce a bill next year that would prohibit minors from using cell-phones while driving.  If the bill is passed, Indiana would join seventeen other states which have similar laws that restrict or completely ban the use of hand-held phones by young drivers.

Although divorcing parents normally don’t agree on many things, one thing they do agree on is that their children should be sheltered from the emotional aspects of their divorce.  Various online resources are available to help parents achieve this goal.  One of the best is www.UpToParents.org.  This website offers several interactive exercises to help divorcing parents put their children first.  It was designed by an Indiana family law attorney and is based on his experiences mediating custody cases.  Before visiting a family law attorney for a divorce or custody consultation, …

A bill, which would have increased the minimum amount of liability car insurance a person must have for damages resulting in “bodily injury”, failed to pass both the House and Senate in last year’s Indiana General Assembly.  Currently, a person is only required to have liability coverage of $25,000 per person and $50,000 per accident.  The proposed bill would have increased those limits to $40,000 and $80,000, respectfully.
Why should this matter?  These relatively low limits make it even more important for drivers to make sure they have adequate underinsured or …

Once again, Montgomery, Elsner & Pardieck will  be sponsoring and coaching a high school team in the state bar association mock trial competition.  Teams are composed of 6 members, 3 who represent the plaintiff and 3 who represent the defense.  All teams are given the same set of facts to try against other high school teams.  Each round of competition is tried before a judge and scored by the judge and observing lawyers.  Twice weekly practices start Sunday December 7.