The Indiana Supreme Court Division of State Court Administration announced that the application for 2012 Court Reform Grants is now available online. The application is available at courts.in.gov/admin/2420.htm. The Division encourages judges to apply for a grant. The money awarded can help improve your local court system. Up to $30,000 per grant request is available for initial study grants, while up to $40,000 per … [Read more...] about 2012 Court Reform Grant Applications Now Available
Court Administration
On the Way to Something Better
On Jan. 11, 2012, Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard delivered his 25th and final State of the Judiciary address to a Joint Session of the Indiana General Assembly. An excerpted version follows. The State of the Judiciary was broadcast to a statewide audience over the Internet and on radio and television through Indiana Public Broadcasting Stations. Video of the speech and the full text of the 2012 address are … [Read more...] about On the Way to Something Better
Passing Lady Justice's Scales (Not to mention her books and papers)
In the story Brigadoon, a mythical Scottish village appears for one day every hundred years. Indiana’s city and town courts may come into existence, or disappear, once every four years. Ind. Code § 33-35-1-1(a) permits a second or third class city or a town to establish or abolish a city or town court by ordinance every fourth year after 2006. An ordinance by a city or town establishing a court must be adopted not le … [Read more...] about Passing Lady Justice's Scales (Not to mention her books and papers)
Authorization Required: Restricting Access to Criminal History Information
The Indiana General Assembly passed Public Law 194-2011 (HEA 1211) earlier this year allowing individuals to petition courts to restrict access to certain criminal records. This law creates two new proceedings by amending Indiana Code Title 35, Criminal Law and Procedure, Article 38, Proceedings Following Dismissal, Verdict or Finding. It allows a person to petition for restriction of arrest records by adding a new … [Read more...] about Authorization Required: Restricting Access to Criminal History Information
Judgment Docket Task Force
A high profile working group has been formed to review the laws and rules involving one of the most critical records in Indiana’s judicial system—the judgment docket. The judgment docket serves as notice to all interested parties that a judgment exists and is a lien on the real property of the defendant. The use of judgment dockets can be traced to the time of King Henry VIII (1509 – 1547). In his time, court case rec … [Read more...] about Judgment Docket Task Force