Bringing Indiana’s court records into the Internet age In January, the Indiana Supreme Court created a new task force to address developments in technology impacting online public access to court records. Chaired by Chief Justice Loretta Rush, the twenty-member Advisory Task Force on Remote Access to and Privacy of Electronic Court Records consists of judges, court clerks, legislators, academics, and lawyers from the … [Read more...] about Open Courts, Online Records
Online Tools
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
Judicial Candidate eSchool
The Indiana Judicial Center, with technical support from the National Center for State Courts, has developed a Judicial Candidate eSchool for the 2016 election cycle. The goal of this program is to provide information on the ethical and legal requirements to which candidates for judicial office are subject during the election process. Similar programs have been offered in other states, like Ohio, California, and New … [Read more...] about Judicial Candidate eSchool
NICS: National Instant Background Check System
The Power of the Pen: What happens behind the scenes Judges wield tremendous power, often literally with a stroke of their pens as they sign their names on orders and findings. When the cases involve family violence, routine decisions—whether to check the “Brady box” on a protection order, or whether to make the domestic violence determination in a misdemeanor case—can indeed carry life-or-death consequences. Why is t … [Read more...] about NICS: National Instant Background Check System
New timesaving feature in Odyssey
Court revenue information collected by a clerk using the Odyssey case management system will automatically be imported into one county-wide court revenue report for all circuit and superior courts (revenue for the city, town, and Marion County Township courts using Odyssey will still be imported into individual court revenue reports). This enhancement eliminates the need for the report preparer to run a revenue … [Read more...] about New timesaving feature in Odyssey