By Lisa Manning | Family Violence Resource Attorney, Indiana Office of Court Services and Lun Pieper | Staff Attorney, Indiana Office of Court Services As our population continues to diversify, judges encounter an increased demand to provide language access in criminal court proceedings. Although the obligation to provide court interpretation for defendants may be readily […]
Columns
Court Text Messaging Alerts and Reminders
By: Mary L. DePrez | Director and Counsel for Trial Court Technology, Office of Judicial Administration Text messaging has become an important tool for judges who continue to look for ways to improve customer service and bring the courts into the 21st century. Victim Safety Trial courts began using text reminders in April 2011. At […]
Honorable Dean A. Colvin
By James F. Maguire | Editor, Indiana Court Times This is the 48th of our Court Times articles that highlights a member of the Indiana Judiciary. Marshall Superior Court No. 2 Judge Dean Colvin graduated from Indiana University at its South Bend campus in 1978 and obtained his law degree from Valparaiso University School of […]
Judiciary highlights
Court family mourns loss The Honorable Amy C. Conner Cornell, Judge of the Wabash Superior Court, died February 19 after a difficult battle with cancer. She was 42 years old. Judge Cornell was a graduate of Purdue University, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, and Princeton Theological Seminary. Following law school, she served as a […]
Judicial Spotlight
Judicial appointments Judith Corcoran Benckart was appointed to the Monroe County Circuit Court, succeeding Judge Kenneth G. Todd, who retired in October 2018. She previously served as deputy prosecuting attorney for Monroe County. Benckart earned her Bachelor’s degree from Ball State University and her law degree from Indiana University McKinney School of Law. Magistrate Jennifer […]
Honorable Peter R. Foley
By James F. Maguire | Editor, Indiana Court Times This is the 47th Court Times article that highlights up close and personal a member of the Indiana Judiciary. Morgan Superior Court No.1 Judge Peter R. Foley is a 1993 graduate of Indiana University where he earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History/Criminal Justice and […]
Technology Update
By Mary L. DePrez | Director and Counsel for Trial Court Technology, Office of Judicial Administration Court records and documents online Today, we can do everything online from paying bills to accessing our medical records and scheduling our next appointment with our doctor. We can even buy a car online and have it delivered to […]
“But It’s Only Traffic”
By Hon. Earl G. Penrod | Senior Judge Indiana Judicial Outreach Liaison | Indiana Criminal Justice Institute ‘Traffic Court’ and traffic offenses sometimes garner less than full respect from the general public. For an amusing example of public opinion regarding Traffic Court, attention is directed to Episode 16 of the third season of “The Big […]
Honorable Darrin M. Dolehanty
By James F. Maguire | Editor, Indiana Court Times This is the forty-sixth of our Court Times articles that highlight up close and personal a member of the Indiana Judiciary. Judge Darrin M. Dolehanty is the Superior Court #3 Judge in Wayne County. Judge Dolehanty is a 1989 graduate of Indiana University and a 1992 graduate […]
Hidden protection
By Hon. Marianne L. Vorhees | Judge, Delaware Circuit Court 1 | Guest Author An Indiana trial court is presiding over a custody case. Father believes Mother and the children are living in the domestic violence shelter in that county. Father’s attorney asks the judge to sign an order directing Mother to appear at an emergency […]
