The steady development and enhancements to the Supreme Court’s INcite platform are constantly improving case processing and are now able to provide statewide data for study, analysis and planning. The deployment of the automated Indiana Adult Risk Assessment, Pre Sentence Investigation Reports and Abstract of Judgment applications in INcite resulted in the development of a first – an Indiana “Offender Management Syst … [Read more...] about INcite Applications Enhance Juvenile Case Processing and Provide Data for Local Fiscal Impact Assessment
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Are Protection Orders Effective in Reducing Intimate Partner Violence?
Editor’s Note: We begin a new feature focusing on Family Violence articles that will be written by the Indiana Supreme Court Division of State Court Administration’s newest Family Law Staff Attorney, Ruth Reichard. Ruth has over twenty-seven years of combined litigation, judicial and teaching experience, as well as a passion for domestic violence issues. She served as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in Marion County, an … [Read more...] about Are Protection Orders Effective in Reducing Intimate Partner Violence?
One Million Tickets Filed Electronically to Odyssey Courts
On August 14, 2013, the trial court technology section of the Indiana Supreme Court’s Division of State Court Administration (Division) hit a major milestone when it filed its one millionth traffic ticket electronically in the state’s Odyssey court case management system. During 2008, the first traffic case was “e-filed” in Odyssey in Monroe County without the Monroe County Clerk doing any data entry. The ticket data … [Read more...] about One Million Tickets Filed Electronically to Odyssey Courts
Judicial Technology Oversight Committee
Established by Public Law 284-2013, the Judicial Technology Oversight Committee (JTOC) held its inaugural meeting on September 13th at the offices of the Division of State Court Administration, which is charged with staffing the Committee. A second meeting was held on December 10th in the Indiana Government Center South Building. Indiana Chief Justice Brent Dickson designated Justice Mark Massa to serve as Chair. … [Read more...] about Judicial Technology Oversight Committee
Judge Bonfiglio Receives Community Partner of the Year Award
Judge David C. Bonfiglio of Elkhart Superior Court 6 received the 2013 Community Partner of the Year Award from the Indiana Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) at their annual conference in Indianapolis on Sept. 30th. Mark Fairchild, Executive Director, NASW Indiana Chapter outlined the criteria for the award. The award recipient must: Make a significant contribution to an area or … [Read more...] about Judge Bonfiglio Receives Community Partner of the Year Award