Legal Opinion

M.G. v. V.P.

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided April 27, 2017No. Court of Appeals Case No. 45A05-1608-PO-1855PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Pyle, Judge.

Statement of the Case

This case is a prime example of forum shopping for a protective order and the importance of respecting the doctrine of res judicata. M.G., who had a protective *261order against Y.P., appeals the trial court’s order granting V.P.’s third petition for a protective order against M.G. M.G. argues that the trial court should have denied V.P.’s third protective order petition based on the doctrine of res judicata because the third petition contained no new allegations from V.P.’s first and second protective order petitions that had been denied by-judges sitting in two…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Trinity Homes, LLC v. FangIndiana Supreme Court · 2006
  2. Southern Railway Co. v. CliftSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
  3. State v. LewisIndiana Supreme Court · 1989
  4. Ronald G. Becker v. State of IndianaIndiana Supreme Court · 2013
  5. Front Row Motors, LLC and Jerramy Johnson v. Scott JonesIndiana Supreme Court · 2014

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3Cited by7 opinions

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  5. Donald G. Karr, Jr. v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)Indiana Court of Appeals · 2018

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