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Family law: Indiana struggles with establishing who mother is of child conceived in vitro

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Infant R's birth certificate lists his father's name. But the space for his mother's name is blank, and will remain so until the Indiana Court of Appeals decides who his legal mother...

Cutting edge courthouse security technology is there — money to pay for it is not

Imagine having the ability to provide your mobile phone's email address to a law enforcement agency, which in turn would instantly alert you in the event of an emergency such as a natural disaster, a...

Courthouse security and next generation public safety

By DOUG McMURDO — A Blackberry with a panic button for judges in distress. Software that can link an entire state's law enforcement apparatus. Workstations that don't crash when the server does. Computer-aided dispatch. All this...

Judges agree: Give us courtesy copies

Clark County attorneys who file a contested motion in the Eighth Judicial District will have to provide the judge hearing their case with courtesy copies. This is the consensus reached today at the monthly civil judges...

Judges needed for Boyd mock trial tournament

Judge David Barker at today's monthly luncheon meeting for civil judges urged his peers and local attorneys to volunteer their services at this weekend's Rebel-Trojan All-in Mock Trial Tournament at the Boyd School of Law. According...

Conservative ties bind senator’s spies

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Four men accused of trying to tamper with Democratic U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu's office phones shared a common experience as young ideologues writing for conservative publications. Federal authorities said two of the...