This is the nineteenth of our Court Times articles that highlight up close and personal a member of the Indiana Judiciary. This issue we are focusing on two Judges in Porter County who are married…to each other: Judge Mary R. Harper, Porter Circuit Court and Judge David L. Chidester, Porter Superior Court #4. Judge Chidester sent the following introduction to their unique situation which says it quite well: Judge M … [Read more...] about Hon. Mary R. Harper & Hon. David L. Chidester
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When the Honorable Judge Has Been Served…Send it to me!
The unpleasant day might arrive when a summons or a notice arrives that names a judge as a defendant. Do not fret, just send it to me! There are four primary types of notices or summons that may land on a judge’s desk: unemployment claims, discrimination charges, notice of tort claims and actual lawsuits. The type of response will depend on the nature of the case or complaint. In every civil case you can count on the … [Read more...] about When the Honorable Judge Has Been Served…Send it to me!
Watch it on YouTube: Indiana Electronic Risk Assessment System
Learn about Indiana’s electronic Risk Assessment System for juvenile and adult criminal offenders in two new videos on the Indiana Supreme Court’s YouTube channel: An overview of the system and a user testimonial by William Cunningham, Executive Director at Grant County Community Corrections. youtube.com/incourts Available as part of the INcite suite of web software, and developed by the Judicial Technology and Aut … [Read more...] about Watch it on YouTube: Indiana Electronic Risk Assessment System
Indiana Merit Selection and the “Missouri Plan”
Nationwide, selection of appellate judges typically occurs in one of three ways: contested election, political appointment, or merit selection. The “Missouri Plan,” as merit selection is sometimes referred to, first emerged in 1940 when prominent Missouri citizens1 sought to change the way their judges were selected because of perceived abuses/weaknesses with the other means of selection. Id. Their proposal was the Mi … [Read more...] about Indiana Merit Selection and the “Missouri Plan”
Choosing a New Chief
As the dwindling seconds of the clock ticked on the 1987 NCAA basketball championship game, Keith Smart launched Indiana onto the national stage by delivering a buzzer-beating two-pointer to defeat Syracuse and claim Indiana University a national title. But this was not the first time in March 1987 that the State of Indiana had attracted a national eye. Earlier that month, the Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission … [Read more...] about Choosing a New Chief