Courts appoint individuals from Guardian ad Litem/Court-Appointed Special Advocates (GAL/CASA) programs to advocate for the best interests of children in child abuse and neglect proceedings, as well as in other types of cases. Thanks to additional funding from the Indiana General Assembly, the State Office of GAL/CASA (Guardian ad Litem/Court Appointed Special Advocates) purchased Optima, a web-based case management … [Read more...] about GAL/CASA programs implement statewide Case Management System
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Hon. Susan Orr Henderson
This is the thirty-eighth of our Court Times articles that highlight up-close-and-personal a member of the Indiana Judiciary Fountain Circuit Court Judge Susan Orr Henderson is our judge featured in this issue. She received her Bachelor of Arts Degree from Indiana University in 1980, and her Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Dayton School of Law in 1984. She is also a graduate of the Indiana Judicial … [Read more...] about Hon. Susan Orr Henderson
Trauma and the Courts – Being an Informed Court
The Issue Unless they are there for a wedding or an adoption, people rarely come to court for a happy, positive reason. Judges who handle criminal cases involving allegations of spousal or child abuse, sexual assault, or other violent crimes can count on seeing people who have experienced at least one traumatic event in their lifetimes. But what about judges in drug courts, veterans’ courts, problem-solving courts, o … [Read more...] about Trauma and the Courts – Being an Informed Court
VASIA announced as a ‘Program of Excellence’, Judge Schneider honored
The Franciscan St. Margaret Health Volunteer Advocates for Seniors and Incapacitated Adults (VASIA) program was among ten (10) programs from across the country named a Program of Excellence by the Hospital Charitable Services Awards, a national program sponsored by Jackson Healthcare. Judge Diane K. Schneider, Lake Superior Court, Civil Division #7, is highly involved with this program. A recipient of grant funding … [Read more...] about VASIA announced as a ‘Program of Excellence’, Judge Schneider honored
Odyssey Interfaces: Front, Back, and In-Between
Since December 2007 when Odyssey – the statewide court case management system – was first deployed to the courts in Monroe County and Washington Township, Court Technology has worked to develop various interfaces between Odyssey and other data systems. This work was done in an effort to improve the completeness and accuracy of shared information and to eliminate the need for users to enter the same data into multiple … [Read more...] about Odyssey Interfaces: Front, Back, and In-Between