Victims of violence in Indiana can now file petitions seeking court protection orders electronically from the privacy and safety of a victim advocate’s office or a domestic violence shelter. Over 250 victim advocates in more than 79 counties have been given access and trained to use a new Advocate Access site for the statewide Protection Order Registry (POR). Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funds through the Indiana Cr … [Read more...] about One Less Obstacle for Abuse Victims Seeking Court Intervention
Court Technology
Revisiting the Vision
The state of Indiana trial court technology ten years after JTAC’s founding and a reminder about how we got here in the first place— Two years into the deployment of Indiana's uniform statewide Odyssey case management system (CMS), 51 courts in 19 counties are up and running, managing more than 22% of the state’s caseload. Now, more than 440,000 cases a year are being tracked electronically, stored in a central datab … [Read more...] about Revisiting the Vision
Shooting at Virginia Tech Effects Change for Hoosiers
In the wake of the Virginia Tech shooting tragedy, on April 16, 2007, Congress passed the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (“The Act”). The Act gives states greater incentives to submit records to the FBI regarding individuals who are prohibited from purchasing firearms. Representative Vern Tincher, a retired Indiana State Police officer from Terre Haute, sp … [Read more...] about Shooting at Virginia Tech Effects Change for Hoosiers
New Online Child Support Calculator
JTAC web development staff and the Indiana Judicial Conference's Domestic Relations Committee have spent the end of 2009 building a new child support calculator to comply with amendments to the Indiana Child Support Guidelines effective on January 1, 2010. Changes to the Guidelines that had the most impact on the calculator include a new form for Health Insurance Premiums and new guideline schedules for basic child … [Read more...] about New Online Child Support Calculator
Indiana's Court Technology Efforts Garner National Attention
Two Awards for E-Tickets The Indiana Supreme Court has been honored with two national awards for its electronic Citation and Warning System (eCWS), also known as e-Ticket, which was created in 2007 by State Court Administration’s Judicial Technology and Automation Committee (JTAC). The system allows law enforcement officers to use a hand held device to scan a bar code on a driver’s license and vehicle registration t … [Read more...] about Indiana's Court Technology Efforts Garner National Attention