History was made in the last session of the Indiana General Assembly. The state of Indiana will now assume the cost of juvenile services. The counties have had this burden and taxpayers traditionally picked up the tab through their local property tax bills. House Enrolled Act 1001, P.L. 146, the comprehensive property tax relief plan, contains provisions for the state payment of the cost of juvenile services. The f … [Read more...] about You Can Bank on It: State Funding for Juvenile Services Will Relieve County Burden
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When Families Go To Court: Vanderburgh County Partners with District Pro Bono Commission to Create New Family Court
Families in Vanderburgh County have a new resource to help them navigate through the court system. Vanderburgh is one of two counties who have been awarded funding from the Indiana Supreme Court to begin new family court projects in 2008. Vanderburgh Superior Court Judge Mary Margaret Lloyd is spearheading the project. The centerpiece of Vanderburgh County’s family court project is the Multi-Case Family Coo … [Read more...] about When Families Go To Court: Vanderburgh County Partners with District Pro Bono Commission to Create New Family Court
Our Odyssey Begins
Odyssey Case Management System Launched in Monroe County and Marion County’s Washington Township The Indiana judiciary’s ambitious plan to equip all Hoosier courts and clerks with a 21st century case management system took a dramatic step forward at year’s end when all nine courts in Monroe County and the Washington Township Small Claims Court in Marion County began using the Indiana Supreme Court’s “Odyssey” computer … [Read more...] about Our Odyssey Begins
Change of Venue: Court Offices Move to New Location
A change of venue has been granted for the Division of State Court Administration and the Judicial Technology and Automation Committee, Board of Law Examiners, Disciplinary Commission, Judicial Center, and the Commission for Continuing Legal Education. More than 150 court employees and contractors in these five Supreme Court agencies will soon have a new home in the historic Kite Building at 30 South Meridian Street … [Read more...] about Change of Venue: Court Offices Move to New Location