Legally Brief

By ICADV Chief Legal Counsel Kerry Hyatt Bennett Indiana’s Emancipation Age In Indiana, the emancipation age is 19 years old. A child is emancipated by law when the child reaches 19 years of age. [...]

By ICADV Chief Legal Counsel Kerry Hyatt Bennett I’m sharing a snip of a recent article by Julie Whitman, Executive Director of the Commission on Improving the Status of Children in Indiana. My [...]

Starting July 1, 2020 the Indiana Attorney General’s Address Confidentiality Program (ACP) allows victims of harassment, human trafficking, intimidation, or invasion of privacy to participate in [...]

by ICADV Legal Counsel Kerry Hyatt Bennett  This was a great week (and a proud week) to be a lawyer, in my opinion.  Two landmark and pivotal decisions by the Supreme Court of the United States [...]

On April 23, 2020, the EEOC issued new guidance clarifying that employers may conduct mandatory testing of employees for COVID-19 before they enter the workplace so long as the testing is [...]

Background: What is Title IX? Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 is a federal law that states: “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from [...]

Although not specifically announced in the Governor’s recent address, it is important for programs and survivors to know that Indiana’s moratorium on evictions has been extended to June 4, 2020. [...]

The McKinney Vento Act is a Federal law that specifically addresses the educational needs of children who are temporarily homeless. Children in domestic violence program shelters and transitional [...]

As government, businesses, and families further adjust to the pandemic, Indiana courts remain committed to essential operations through proper social distancing. In support of the State of [...]

What Does It Do? The coronavirus emergency relief package signed into law last week gives many American workers paid leave if they need to take time off because of the outbreak, but there are [...]