By Leslie Dunn, State Director of GAL/CASA | Office of Court Services The 23rd Annual GAL/CASA conference “Giving Kids the Winning Edge” was recently held in French Lick. Nearly 700 GAL/CASA program staff and volunteers attended the event. Former NFL player and author, Shawn Harper, was the keynote speaker. He shared his story of overcoming […]
Columns
The Honorable Christopher Lee
By James F. Maguire, Editor | Indiana Court Times This is the fifty-first of our Court Times articles that highlights a member of the judiciary. Judge Christopher Lee is the Circuit Court Judge in Fulton County. He is a 1990 graduate of the University of Georgia and a 1993 graduate of Mercer University, Walter F. […]
GAL/CASA: Capacity Building Pilot Projects
By Leslie Dunn, State Director of GAL/CASA | Office of Court Services In January 2018, the State Office of GAL/CASA began capacity building pilot projects in eight counties that had children on a waiting list for a GAL/CASA. The initial pilot counties were Clark, Delaware, Elkhart, Hendricks, Henry, Monroe, Tippecanoe, and Wayne. The goal of […]
Change for the Better: Protection Orders & Electronic Filing
By Mary L. DePrez, Director & Counsel | Trial Court Technology Standardized forms Indiana courts and clerks have focused their attention on improving and clarifying the laws as well as the actual process utilized to obtain an order of protection. Between 2002 and 2006, the Indiana Judicial Conference Protection Order Committee worked to standardize the […]
Real perils of the Fair Labor Standards Act
By Brenda Rodeheffer, General Counsel | Office of General Counsel Don’t get caught without defenses in a lawsuit brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 USC § 201. The FLSA sets the minimum standards for payment of employees. It applies to all court employers, regardless of size. The FLSA classifies all employees into two […]
Bad Drivers: Irritating, unlawful, or both?
By Hon. Earl G. Penrod, Senior Judge & Indiana Judicial Outreach Liason | Indiana Criminal Justice Institute Fortunately, most drivers are law-abiding and respectful behind the wheel. However, traffic safety is negatively impacted by two additional types of drivers: those who do maddening things while driving and those who are particularly bothered by that conduct. Some […]
IJA Awards, Innovation Initiative, Judicial & Board Appointments
Judge Jenny Pitts Manier Receives IJA Excellence in Public Information and Education Award St. Joseph County Superior Court Judge Jenny Pitts Manier was awarded the Indiana Judges Association’s Excellence in Public Information and Education Award. Judge Manier was recognized for her leadership of “One Bar, One Book,” a monthly study group sponsored by the St. […]
Collaborating for the Children
Julie Whitman, Executive Director | Commission on Improving the Status of Children in Indiana Children live in families and communities, not programs and systems. When government intervenes in the life of a child, that intervention is inevitably through a program within a state agency or system. The Department of Child Services provides court-ordered foster care; […]
Multi-Agency Help for Veterans
Mary L. DePrez, Director & Counsel | Trial Court Technology Department of Veterans Affairs Too many veterans do not utilize the benefits and services available to them through the Department of Veterans Affairs. One goal of Indiana’s veterans courts is to connect veterans with the services they have earned by serving our country. For years, […]
Honorable Matthew C. Kincaid
James F. Maguire, Editor | Indiana Court Times This is the fiftieth of our Court Times articles that highlight up close and personal a member of the Indiana Judiciary. Judge Matt Kincaid is the Superior Court 1 Judge in Boone County. He is a 1992 graduate of DePauw University and a 1997 graduate of Loyola […]
