By Julie Whitman, Executive Director | Commission on Improving the Status of Children in Indiana Is this juvenile competent to engage in the delinquency process? An adult with a serious mental illness or an intellectual disability, who has been accused of a crime, may be found incompetent to stand trial and may receive services to attain competency. But when it comes to juveniles and the delinquency court, … [Read more...] about Juvenile Competency
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Allen Superior Court Foreclosure Surplus Program
John McGauley, Court Administrator | Allen Superior CourtFor Indiana courts, the COVID-19 pandemic meant an unprecedented time of change and challenge. When the time came to rethink the way in which it did business, Allen Superior Court found an opportunity amidst the turmoil. In the summer of 2021, after months of research, the Court launched a program to find former property owners who were owed money following … [Read more...] about Allen Superior Court Foreclosure Surplus Program
Pretrial in Action: Evidence based decision making
Angie Hensley-Langrel, Deputy Director of Justice Services | Office of Court Services Seven years ago, former Chief Justice Brent Dickson established the Committee to Study Evidence-Based Pretrial Release. Since then, pretrial release was a focal point of Indiana’s Evidence-Based Decision-Making initiative and is now a crucial part of the Justice Reinvestment Advisory Council’s (JRAC) responsibilities. In 2020 the Pr … [Read more...] about Pretrial in Action: Evidence based decision making
Civil Litigation Taskforce Considers Recommendations to Assist Self-Represented Litigants
Judge Kimberly S. Dowling | Delaware Circuit Court 2 In 2021, the Indiana Supreme Court created the Civil Litigation Taskforce as part of the Indiana Innovation Initiative. The Taskforce includes attorneys and judges from around the state and is chaired by attorney Steven Badger of Barnes and Thornburg. The Court directed the Taskforce to focus on improving civil litigation procedures and case management. … [Read more...] about Civil Litigation Taskforce Considers Recommendations to Assist Self-Represented Litigants
Moving the Judiciary Forward
By Bob Rath, Chief Innovation Officer | Indiana Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court launched the Innovation Initiative with subgroups to focus on family law and technology. The Family Law Taskforce and the Technology Working Group spent the last year evaluating the landscape and preparing a series of recommendations for presentation to the Innovation Initiative and the Supreme Court.In its research, the TWG analyzed 18 … [Read more...] about Moving the Judiciary Forward