How much is the Toll for the Road to Relief from Driver License Suspension?
May 2, 2012 by Editor
It depends on which road you take.
In the September/October 2010 issue of the Indiana Court Times, we discussed the differences between a Petition for a Restricted Driver’s License under Indiana Code 9-24-15 and a Petition for Judicial Review of a Habitual Violator Suspension under Indiana Code 9-30-10. One of those differences is the type [...]
Judgment Docket Task Force
October 31, 2011 by Editor
A high profile working group has been formed to review the laws and rules involving one of the most critical records in Indiana’s judicial system—the judgment docket. The judgment docket serves as notice to all interested parties that a judgment exists and is a lien on the real property of the defendant.
The use of [...]
Long-Awaited Changes to Clerk of Courts Website Are Finally Coming
October 31, 2011 by Editor
Attorneys, as well as members of the media the general public, use the Clerk of Courts website (courts.IN.gov/cofc) for various reasons, such as online annual attorney registration and fee payments, looking up an attorney on the Roll of Attorneys, and reviewing the dockets in Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and Tax Court cases.
While useful when [...]
Indiana Counties Take the Plunge
August 16, 2011 by Editor
JTAC launches public online marriage license application
On Friday, May 27, Monica Freeman and her fiancé Preston Holb walked into the Allen County Clerk’s Office to apply for a marriage license. But it wasn’t business as usual, because the Clerk’s staff didn’t ask for their dates of birth, where they were born, or even their [...]
Where there’s smoke, there’s… water?
August 16, 2011 by Editor
Thanks to the quick and knowledgeable responses by Tippecanoe Clerk Christa Coffey and her staff, no records of permanent value were lost as a result of a fire in the courthouse annex. The fire—deemed “suspicious” by the Lafayette Fire Department—occurred in the overnight hours of May 3rd and May 4th. Clerk’s office staff [...]
Clerk Penny Bogan
April 13, 2011 by Editor
Penny Bogan has traveled all over the world, but there has been a career constant in her life—the Boone County Clerk’s Office. She started working in the office in 1986. The secret to her 25-year success is pretty simple—her philosophy revolves around the importance of teamwork. “We’re all working with the same [...]
Maintaining the Chronological Case Summary
December 1, 2010 by Editor
Indiana courts must maintain certain records. The clerk of the court is responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the chronological case summary (CCS) under Trial Rule 77(B). The clerk must maintain a sequential record of the judicial events in every proceeding. The record includes the caption of the case, case number, [...]
When can a court collect assessments from cash posted for bond in a criminal matter?
August 31, 2009 by Editor
Collecting fines and costs assessed upon conviction in a criminal matter is a daunting task for a county. So it is no wonder that being able to deduct fines, costs, fees and restitution from bond money already deposited with the clerk of the courts is seen as a good way to substantially increase the collection [...]
In Memoriam
June 30, 2009 by Editor
Judge Joseph Norwood Myers Sr.
Indianapolis—Marion County Judge Joseph Norwood Myers Sr. died on April 6, 2009, at the age of 93. Judge Myers was a past-president of the Indianapolis Bar Association and had served as a vice president of the Indianapolis Bar Foundation. He was a judge in Indianapolis’ Municipal Court Room 1 for nearly [...]
Supreme Court Clerk Staff Move Back to State House Offices
December 31, 2008 by Editor
Construction projects always cause some disruptions even in the best of cases, and sometimes they involve actual cases. When the contractors began renovating the offices of the Clerk of the Supreme Court in the State House this summer the staff had to find a new home. Lawyers continued to file appeals and the cases and [...]
