Criminal Post Conviction Relief Available July 1, 2013 for A, B, and C...
This Site has posted numerous articles on the topic of criminal post-conviction relief and the Indiana Second Chance Act. This was a historical law passed in 2012 that allowed certain D Felonies to be...
View ArticleCourt Finds Agreements to Forego Parenting Time in Exchange for Relief from...
All too often, custodial parents express the desire to negotiate an agreement with the non-custodial parent in which the non-custodial parent would not have to pay child support in exchange for...
View ArticleThings to Know Before Hiring a Lawyer
Hiring a lawyer for the first time can be a very daunting experience. Knowing what to expect when looking for a lawyer may help prevent hardship in the long run. Hiring the right lawyer for you and...
View ArticleIndiana’s 5-year Habitual Traffic Offender Law Is Serious Business
Did you know that if you accumulate ten (10) traffic convictions in a ten (10) year period that the State of Indiana will suspend your Indiana driver’s license for a period of five (5) years? That is...
View ArticleDriving on a Suspended License? Hire a Porter County Traffic Ticket Lawyer...
Driving on a suspended driver’s license is risky business. You are probably spending more time looking in your rear-view mirror than focusing on the road in front of you these days. You are scouring...
View ArticleIndiana Courts Weigh In on Searches and Seizures
In three (3) recent cases, the Indiana Supreme Court and the Indiana Court of Appeals have added to the well established common law regarding Fourth Amendment Rights–in other words, which searches and...
View ArticleIndiana Record Sealing, Felony Reduction & Expungement
As a follow up to our Firm’s previous articles regarding the Indiana Second Chance Act for the Expungement of Criminal Records, Sealing of Arrest Records, Reduction of Felony to Misdemeanor, and...
View ArticleDo Not Pay Traffic Tickets in Indiana!
I was speaking recently with litigants outside of a local courtroom while waiting for a trial, and I happened to overhear a few of them talking about just paying traffic infractions. I could not...
View ArticleIndiana Courts Throw Out Conviction Due to Officer’s Unlawful Entry
In a recent decision, Harper v. State of Indiana, 49A04-1305-CR-222 (Ind. App. 2014), the Indiana Court of Appeals reversed Harper’s conviction for Resisting Law Enforcement as a Class A Misdemeanor....
View ArticleEtzlerlaw Website is Back Online!
GORDON ETZLER & ASSOCIATES, LLP began experiencing technical difficulties the week of March 17, but is happy to be back online, in-tact today, March 26, 2014. Apparently there was a technical...
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