Trial Judges On and Off the Bench in 2013
December 20, 2012 by Editor
Editor’s Note: This past year brought many new faces to the trial courts in Indiana. In addition to changes resulting from retirement and primary and general elections, two trial court judges have been promoted to new responsibilities. Tippecanoe Superior Court Judge Loretta Rush is now an Indiana Supreme Court Justice and Marion Superior Court Judge [...]
Is Indiana Ready for Bail Bond Reform?
December 20, 2012 by Hon. Gregory J. Donat
Editor’s Note: Res Gestae magazine has also published Judge Donat’s article in the November 2012 issue under the title “I’m Embarrassed.”
The Indiana Constitution provided in Article 1, Section 12: “Justice shall be administered freely, and without purchase; completely, and without denial; speedily, and without delay.”
“Without purchase” is an interesting concept. Does it mean that ability [...]
Title IX Opened the Door for Women Athletes
September 17, 2012 by Hon. Nancy Vaidik
Indiana and the nation are rightly celebrating the 40th anniversary of Title IX, the landmark federal law that opened doors for women and girls in athletics, higher education and more. But the celebratory focus on top athletes and coaches, while apt, tells only a small part of the story. The complete story lies in the [...]
Filing and Counting Petitions Regarding Collaborative Care Agreements for Older Youth
September 17, 2012 by Editor
The 2012 Indiana General Assembly passed SEA 286, which creates a program (funded by Title IV-E of the Social Security Act) that can provide services to older youth who are ready to age out, or who have previously aged out, of the juvenile justice system as children in need of services (CHINS). The law [...]
Refresher Course: CCS & RJO
September 17, 2012 by Thomas Q. Jones , Lilia G. Judson
Chronological Case Summary and Record of Judgments and Orders
The Chronological Case Summary (CCS) and the Record of Judgments and Orders (RJO) have a significant role in trial court administration. These are two of the four records required by Trial Rule 77. Depending on local practice, court or clerk staff may be responsible [...]
Marion County Small Claims Court Task Force Issues Report
September 17, 2012 by Elizabeth Daulton
The recurring problems in the Marion County Small Claims court system came to light on a national stage last July, when the Wall Street Journal published a lengthy report detailing pervasive problems in the Marion County Small Claims Courts. Titled “In Debt Collection, Location Matters,” this article alleged that high-volume filers receive preferential treatment and [...]
Indiana Judicial Center Continues Popular Court Employee Training Program
September 17, 2012 by Hon. Barbara Arnold Harcourt
Summer Session
The Indiana Judicial Center began its court employee training program in the spring of 2008. During the fiscal year 2009-10, programs were offered to over one thousand judicial branch personnel, including trial court staff, Supreme Court agency employees, elected Clerks and clerk staff. Four types of employee training formats were offered: state-wide conferences, [...]
Supreme Court Sponsors Pro Bono Mediation Training
September 17, 2012 by Editor
The Indiana Supreme Court and the Indiana Pro Bono Commission partnered with the Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum to offer a free 40-hour domestic relations mediation training program May 14-18, 2012 that was geared toward mediators working with the low-income community and unrepresented litigants. This was the third time the Court has offered the [...]
Profile of the Indiana Supreme Court Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure
July 3, 2012 by Tom Carusillo , Lilia Judson
For more than forty years, the Indiana Supreme Court has been aided in promulgating court rules by a select group of leading practitioners, judges and professors. The present organization of the Indiana Supreme Court Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure (Rules Committee) began on November 13, 1979, when Indiana Trial Rule 80 was [...]
2012 Legislative Review
July 3, 2012 by Editor
Editor’s Note: This report is a condensed version of the full report prepared by the Indiana Judicial Center.
CIVIL LAW
Partition
S.E.A. 156, P.L. 41-2012
This law establishes a new procedure for partitioning real and personal property that (1) requires a court to refer the matter to mediation and (2) requires the court to order that the property be [...]
