Shetler v. Durham

OPINION

HOFFMAN, Senior Judge.

Defendants-Appellants Tom Shetler, Sr. and Suzan Nicholson, individually and as members of the Knight Township Board (collectively, “the Board”), appeal the trial court’s determination in a declaratory judgment action filed by Plaintiff-Appellee Linda K. Durham (“Durham”). We affirm.

The Board raises one issue for our review, which we restate as: Whether the trial court erred as a matter of law by interpreting Ind.Code § 5-4-1-9 to allow an elected official to secure her bond after the date she was scheduled to take office.

In November of 2006, Durham was elected…