The Indiana Supreme Court has agreed to invest an additional $1.1 million to acquire a computer system to provide advanced probation, community corrections, and other court supervisions functions, Justice Frank Sullivan, Jr., told the leadership of the Probation Officers’ Professional Association of Indiana at its monthly meeting today. The new features will comprise the “Supervision Module” of the Supreme Court’s Odyssey Case Management System, a computer system that Indiana trial courts and court clerks use to record and manage information on pending cases, Sullivan said.
Odyssey Q and A
July 29, 2008 | Filed Under: Odyssey CMS, Q & A
If we install Odyssey, what will we have to pay for?
Most expenses are covered by JTAC, but we know counties need information up front to help plan and budget. We have shared the list of anticipated project expenses and the party responsible for funding each part with our Phase 2 Counties. The information was posted on the JTAC website and is online at http://www.in.gov/judiciary/jtac/docs/cms/phase2-costs.pdf
Data Conversion
July 29, 2008 | Filed Under: Odyssey CMS
During Phase 2 of the Odyssey rollout, JTAC will work with each county to determine what data, if any, should be converted to Odyssey.
During Phase 1, data was converted from two different legacy systems. Part of our Phase 2 strategy is to work with additional legacy case management systems to determine the “best practice” for conversion for each system.
Although JTAC plans to cover the costs of data conversion, the county could also be responsible for funding a portion of these expenses. A data conversion policy statement is currently being developed for the CMS Project and will be available soon to provide additional information.
Electronic Tax Warrant system launched
July 28, 2008 | Filed Under: Tax Warrants
Electronic system replacing paper – Indiana clerks process more than 1.27 million tax warrants a year. In almost one third of Indiana counties warrants are still recorded by hand, a time-consuming, inefficient process. In counties using electronic systems, clerks must pay for a software system.
17 counties are now using the JTAC electronic Warrant Registry, available at no cost to county clerks.
Protection Order Registry – Now Deployed in 70% of Indiana Counties
July 25, 2008 | Filed Under: INcite, Protection Order Registry
JTAC is building an interface between the POR and Quest
New features have been added to the Protection Order Registry, including:
- Firearms Questions – The Respondent/Defendant screen will ask: “Weapon Involved?” The answer will drive cover sheet.
- Ex Parte Order – There is more control over wording in an order’s Findings and Conditions and a text field was added to Condition 2 for clarifying intent. A Judge can now approve an order recommended by a Commissioner or Referee.
- Request for No Contact Order – Added at the request of Prosecutors.
- Attachments – An new indicator alerts users an attachment has been added
- Service Info Report – Lists all Orders Awaiting Service
- Return of Service Form – This form will speed up preparation of the Service Package
- New Forms:
- Respondent’s Verified Request for a Hearing
- Petitioner’s Verified Request for Dismissal
- Verified Motion to Reinstate Petition for an Order of Protection
- Order of Transfer to Court
