Online Help for Domestic Violence Victims

New Public Access Module for Protection Order Registry
When a person is a victim of domestic violence, time is not a friend. The typical routine for a victim has been: drive to the courthouse; park; find the Clerk’s office; wait in line; explain the troubled situation; and then discuss in a less than private setting the [...]

The Odyssey Continues: CMS Deployment Under Way in 10 New Counties

With the successful completion of the first phase of deployment of the state Odyssey case management system (CMS) in the 10 pilot court sites (9 Monroe County trial courts and one Washington Township, Marion County small claims court), work is under way to prepare the next deployment in 10 potential county sites.  These 10 counties [...]

Morgan County Courts: Their Experience with a High Profile Case

Satellite TV trucks and reporters waving microphones circle your courthouse like a calf-roper’s lasso at a rodeo. Get ready—you are presiding over a “notorious” trial.
The time to think about how to handle such a trial should be long before the reporters arrive, and with a little thoughtful planning, you can successfully balance a defendant’s right [...]

Media Management for Notorious Trials

When David J. Remondini traded his reporter’s notebook for a legal pad, he brought his media experience with him as a new member of the bar.  Indiana judges have found invaluable this merger of journalism and law. He has exhibited a special talent for assisting judges presiding over trials in the media spotlight.  Most recently [...]

Electronic Tax Warrant Registry: Easing the Burden of Circuit Court Clerks

Occasionally people may fail to pay their state taxes due on income, sales, withholding or unemployment compensation. The Indiana Department of Revenue (IDOR) attempts to collect by giving the individual notice of the delinquent taxes, talking to and sometimes meeting with the taxpayer, and even by working out a payment plan. When these efforts are not [...]

eTickets and Odyssey: An End-to-End Solution for Indiana Traffic Cases

Many eyes have been focused on the nine Monroe County courts as they became the first in the state to use the Odyssey case management system (CMS).  A less noticed but most effective consequence of the Odyssey deployment is the interface between Odyssey and the Supreme Court’s electronic Citation and Warning System (eCWS).  This interface [...]

JTAC Commences Indiana Courts Online Reports and Receives $50,000 Grant

The U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, through the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute, awarded a $50,000 grant to the Division of State Court Administration for the development of  the Indiana Courts Online Reports (ICOR) program.
The ICOR application, which was developed in-house by our JTAC staff, is a web-based program and is part of [...]

New Jury Management System Qualifies for Duty

Indiana’s trial courts conduct more than 2,000 jury trials each year.  To make this happen, local clerks and jury administrators must create random, representative jury pools, notify jurors when to report, determine how many jurors to call on a certain day, assign panels for civil and criminal trials, keep track of those who cannot serve [...]

Change of Venue: Court Offices Move to New Location

A change of venue has been granted for the Division of State Court Administration and the Judicial Technology and Automation Committee, Board of Law Examiners, Disciplinary Commission, Judicial Center, and the Commission for Continuing Legal Education. More than 150 court employees and contractors in these five Supreme Court agencies will soon have a new home [...]

Supreme Court Launches electronic Citation and Warning System (eCWS)

Since July 1 of this year, five Indiana law enforcement officers have piloted  a new electronic citation and warning system for traffic violations.  This represented the first step of an exciting project spearheaded by the Indiana Supreme Court and its Judicial Technology and Automation Committee, through the Division of State Court Administration.  The project is [...]