Revisiting the Vision
February 28, 2010 by Mary L. DePrez
The state of Indiana trial court technology ten years after JTAC’s founding and a reminder about how we got here in the first place—
Two years into the deployment of Indiana’s uniform statewide Odyssey case management system (CMS), 51 courts in 19 counties are up and running, managing more than 22% of the state’s caseload. Now, [...]
Shooting at Virginia Tech Effects Change for Hoosiers
December 31, 2009 by Mary L. DePrez
In the wake of the Virginia Tech shooting tragedy, on April 16, 2007, Congress passed the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (“The Act”). The Act gives states greater incentives to submit records to the FBI regarding individuals who are prohibited from purchasing firearms. Representative Vern Tincher, a retired [...]
New Online Child Support Calculator
December 31, 2009 by Editor
JTAC web development staff and the Indiana Judicial Conference’s Domestic Relations Committee have spent the end of 2009 building a new child support calculator to comply with amendments to the Indiana Child Support Guidelines effective on January 1, 2010. Changes to the Guidelines that had the most impact on the calculator include a new form [...]
Indiana’s Court Technology Efforts Garner National Attention
October 31, 2009 by
Two Awards for E-Tickets
The Indiana Supreme Court has been honored with two national awards for its electronic Citation and Warning System (eCWS), also known as e-Ticket, which was created in 2007 by State Court Administration’s Judicial Technology and Automation Committee (JTAC). The system allows law enforcement officers to use a hand held device to [...]
Just the Tax, Ma’am
August 31, 2009 by Hon. Richard Payne
Supreme Court Case Management System Allows Clerks to Comply with IRS Form 1099 Reporting
No one likes to receive a notice from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), unless it is notification of a tax refund. But the federal tax code requires the annual reporting of monies paid to non-employees. Many Indiana clerks risk IRS assessment of [...]
100 Law Enforcement Agencies Now Use the eTicket System
June 30, 2009 by Kathryn Dolan
Reaching the 100 mark is momentous for birthdays and businesses. Celebrations fitting for the occasion usually include parties and cakes along with speeches and pictures. On June 8th, an unlikely guest of honor, traffic tickets, celebrated the triple digit number. Getting a traffic ticket can lead a person to proclaim, “It was a bad day.” [...]
From Necessary to Mandatory: Indiana’s Electronic Protection Order Registry
June 30, 2009 by Mary L. DePrez
Members of the Indiana justice community often express the logistical challenges they face in their daily work. Judges, law enforcement officers, and victim advocates over the years have shared their frustration with the paper-based system for processing protection orders—as well as the delays and sometimes, the danger, it caused. Supreme Court Justice Frank Sullivan, Jr., [...]
10 More Courts Using Odyssey
April 30, 2009 by Mary L. DePrez
The Highest-Volume Court in Indiana
With over 200,000 infraction and ordinance violation cases filed in 2008, the Marion County Violations Bureau (Traffic Court) adjudicates more cases than any other court in the state. In February 2009, following many months of planning sessions and training classes, the Traffic Court began using Odyssey, the statewide case management system [...]
Getting the Show on the Road: JTAC’s Speedy Project to Help DCS Comply with HEA 1001
February 28, 2009 by Lindsey Borschel
In 2008, the Indiana General Assembly passed, and Governor Mitch Daniels signed into law, HEA 1001, a bill designed to provide property tax relief that also made sweeping changes to how payments are processed for juvenile services throughout the state. There have been several articles in the Indiana Court Times reporting on the effects of [...]
Online Help for Domestic Violence Victims
December 31, 2008 by Cindy Collier
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 [...]
