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2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 23. General Provisions › Chapter 16. Problem Solving Courts › 33-23-16-22. Funding of Problem Solving Courts

Sec. 22. (a) The costs of a problem solving court may, at the discretion of the fiscal body of the unit, be supplemented out of the city general fund or the county general fund and may be further supplemented by payment from the user fee fund upon appropriation made under IC 33-37-8.
(b) A problem solving court may apply for and receive the following:
(1) Gifts, bequests, and donations from private sources.
(2) Grants and contract money from governmental sources.
(3) Other forms of financial assistance approved by the court to supplement the problem solving court's budget.
(c) A court wishing to establish a problem solving court, including a veteran's court, may apply to the office of judicial administration for financial assistance. The office of judicial administration may provide financial aid to establish the court from funds appropriated to the office of judicial administration for that purpose.
As added by P.L.108-2010, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.179-2015, SEC.11; P.L.161-2018, SEC.55.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 23. General Provisions › Chapter 16. Problem Solving Courts › 33-23-16-23. Fees

Sec. 23. (a) The board shall adopt rules establishing a range of fees that may be assessed to an eligible individual to receive problem solving court services under this chapter.
(b) A court that has established a problem solving court under this chapter may require eligible individuals to pay a fee for problem solving court services.
(c) If a fee is required under subsection (b), the court shall adopt by local court rule a schedule of fees, consistent with the rules adopted by the board under subsection (a), to be assessed for problem solving court services.
(d) The problem solving court or the clerk of the court shall collect fees under this section. The fees must be transferred within thirty (30) days after the fees are collected, for deposit by the auditor or fiscal officer in the appropriate user fee fund established under IC 33-37-8.
(e) Fees collected under this section must be used only to fund problem solving court services under this chapter.
As added by P.L.108-2010, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.136-2012, SEC.10; P.L.95-2013, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 23. General Provisions › Chapter 16. Problem Solving Courts › 33-23-16-23.5. Parents and Guardians; Financial Responsibility for Fees and Expenses Assessed Against a Child

Sec. 23.5. (a) A parent or guardian of a child:
(1) who is:
(A) adjudicated a delinquent child; or
(B) in a program of informal adjustment approved by a juvenile court under IC 31-37-9; and
(2) who is accepted into a problem solving court program;
is financially responsible for the problem solving court services fee and chemical testing expenses assessed against the child by the problem solving court under this chapter.
(b) A parent or guardian of a child described in subsection (a) shall, before a hearing under subsection (c) concerning payment of fees and expenses assessed against the child, provide financial information to the problem solving court as ordered by the problem solving court.
(c) The problem solving court shall hold a hearing and may order the parent or guardian to pay fees and expenses assessed against a child described in subsection (a) unless the problem solving court makes a specific finding that:
(1) the parent or guardian is unable to pay the fees or expenses; or
(2) justice would not be served by ordering the parent or guardian to pay the fees or expenses.
(d) If a parent or guardian is ordered to pay fees or expenses under this section, the parent or guardian shall pay the fees or expenses to the problem solving court or the clerk of the court. The problem solving court shall keep a record of all payments made under this section by each parent or guardian. When a child is discharged from a problem solving court program, the problem solving court shall determine the amount of any unpaid fees or expenses a parent or guardian owes under this section. The problem solving court may reduce the unpaid balance to a final judgment that may be enforced in any court that has appropriate jurisdiction.
As added by P.L.187-2011, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.136-2012, SEC.11.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 23. General Provisions › Chapter 16. Problem Solving Courts › 33-23-16-24. Chemical Testing; Expenses

Sec. 24. (a) A problem solving court may require an individual participating in a problem solving court program to undergo chemical testing.
(b) An individual may be liable for the cost of any or all chemical tests required by the problem solving court under subsection (a), including:
(1) laboratory expenses; and
(2) problem solving court expenses.
(c) A laboratory that performs a chemical test as ordered by a problem solving court under subsection (a) shall report the results to the problem solving court.
As added by P.L.108-2010, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 23. General Provisions › Chapter 16. Problem Solving Courts › 33-23-16-24.5. Requirements of Individuals Participating

Sec. 24.5. A problem solving court may require an individual participating in a problem solving court to receive:
(1) addiction counseling;
(2) inpatient detoxification;
(3) case management;
(4) daily living skills; and
(5) medication assisted treatment, including a federal Food and Drug Administration approved long acting, nonaddictive medication for the treatment of opioid or alcohol dependence.
As added by P.L.187-2015, SEC.36; P.L.209-2015, SEC.21.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 23. General Provisions › Chapter 16. Problem Solving Courts › 33-23-16-25. Problem Solving Court Fund

Sec. 25. (a) The Indiana supreme court problem solving court fund is established for the purpose of administering, certifying, and supporting problem solving court programs under this chapter. The fund shall be administered by the office of judicial administration.
(b) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same manner as other public funds may be invested.
(c) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund.
As added by P.L.108-2010, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.161-2018, SEC.56.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 23. General Provisions › Chapter 16. Problem Solving Courts › 33-23-16-27. Staff Immunity

Sec. 27. The coordinator and members of the professional and administrative staff of a problem solving court who perform duties in good faith under this chapter are immune from civil liability for:
(1) acts or omissions in providing services under this chapter; and
(2) the reasonable exercise of discretion in determining eligibility to participate in a problem solving court program.
As added by P.L.108-2010, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 23. General Provisions › Chapter 18. Mental Health Referral Program › 33-23-18-1. Definitions

Sec. 1. The following definitions apply throughout this chapter:
(1) "Assessor" means a physician licensed under IC 25-22.5 or a psychologist licensed under IC 25-33, if the physician or psychologist is registered with the division to conduct an assessment under this chapter.
(2) "Council" means a local or regional justice reinvestment advisory council established by IC 33-38-9.5-4.
(3) "Crime of violence" has the meaning set forth in IC 35-50-1-2(a).
(4) "Division" means the division of mental health and addiction.
(5) "Qualified adult" means an adult whom a referral program is designed to assist.
(6) "Referral program" means a program established under section 2 of this chapter designed to provide an adult an opportunity to receive voluntary community treatment addressing mental health, and other services as a condition of pretrial release. The term includes a regional referral program.
As added by P.L.205-2023, SEC.27.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 23. General Provisions › Chapter 18. Mental Health Referral Program › 33-23-18-2. Establishment of a Referral Program

Sec. 2. (a) A council may establish a referral program in the county served by the council.
(b) A referral program established under this section must comply with:
(1) this chapter; and
(2) rules adopted by the division concerning:
(A) educational and occupational requirements for treatment providers; and
(B) the operation of the program.
(c) Subject to subsection (b), the council shall direct the operation of the referral program in the county or region served by the referral program.
(d) The council shall employ, contract with, or appoint one (1) or more treatment providers.
As added by P.L.205-2023, SEC.27.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 23. General Provisions › Chapter 18. Mental Health Referral Program › 33-23-18-3. Petition for Evaluation

Sec. 3. If a sheriff, prosecutor, or criminal defense attorney having contact with an adult who has been:
(1) detained; and
(2) charged with an offense;
has reason to believe that the adult may be a qualified adult, the sheriff, prosecutor, or defense attorney may file a written petition with the appropriate court and request that the court select an assessor to evaluate the adult to determine if the adult is a qualified adult.
As added by P.L.205-2023, SEC.27.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 23. General Provisions › Chapter 18. Mental Health Referral Program › 33-23-18-4. Duties of an Assessor

Sec. 4. (a) An assessor selected to evaluate an adult who may be a qualified adult shall:
(1) conduct an appropriate psychological evaluation of the adult;
(2) recommend whether the adult would likely benefit from participation in the referral program; and
(3) explain, in detail, the reason for the recommendation.
The evaluation, recommendation, and explanation shall be submitted to the court in writing, with the recommendation being submitted on a sheet separate from the evaluation and explanation.
(b) The evaluation and explanation are confidential. The recommendation is a public record unless ordered sealed by the court.
(c) The state may pay the costs of the assessment under subsection (a).
As added by P.L.205-2023, SEC.27.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 23. General Provisions › Chapter 18. Mental Health Referral Program › 33-23-18-5. Hearing to Determine Referral to a Treatment Provider

Sec. 5. (a) After reviewing the evaluation, recommendation, and explanation, and after determining that the person has not been charged with or convicted of a crime of violence, the court may set a hearing under IC 35-33-8-3.2 to determine whether the court should, as a condition of pretrial release, refer the adult to a treatment provider for appropriate:
(1) mental health or other treatment; and
(2) ancillary services.
(b) After reviewing the evaluation, recommendation, and explanation, and after determining that the adult has been charged with or convicted of a crime of violence but is eligible to receive mental health treatment, the court may refer the adult to a treatment provider for appropriate:
(1) mental health or other treatment; and
(2) ancillary services;
in a secure facility operated by the department of correction or operated or licensed by the division.
(c) A court may only refer a person who has been charged with or convicted of a crime of violence for treatment in a secure facility operated by the department of correction or operated or licensed by the division.
(d) In addition to or instead of referring an adult to a treatment provider under subsection (a) or (b), a court may order the adult transported for an immediate medical and psychological examination.
(e) A treatment provider shall provide the court with one (1) or more written reports concerning the progress of the referred adult:
(1) at least once every calendar month; or
(2) at an interval determined by the court.
(f) If criminal charges are pending against the qualified adult, the court may allow the person to participate in the referral program in accordance with section 6 or 7 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.205-2023, SEC.27.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 23. General Provisions › Chapter 18. Mental Health Referral Program › 33-23-18-6. Qualifications to Participate in the Referral Program

Sec. 6. (a) A person against whom criminal charges are pending is eligible to participate in the referral program only if the court finds, following a hearing, that the person meets the following criteria:
(1) The person is a qualified adult who has been referred to a treatment provider under section 5 of this chapter.
(2) The court has determined that the person is an appropriate candidate to participate in the referral program.
(b) Participation in the referral program does not divert, delay, or otherwise affect the criminal prosecution against the person.
As added by P.L.205-2023, SEC.27.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 23. General Provisions › Chapter 18. Mental Health Referral Program › 33-23-18-7. Rules

Sec. 7. (a) The division shall adopt rules establishing requirements and procedures to implement this chapter, including rules concerning educational and occupational qualifications for treatment providers.
(b) Rules adopted under this section must require that the treatment provider be a provider certified by the division and licensed by the Indiana professional licensing agency to provide mental health services.
As added by P.L.205-2023, SEC.27.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 23. General Provisions › Chapter 18. Mental Health Referral Program › 33-23-18-8. Compliance; Suspension or Termination of Noncompliant Program

Sec. 8. The division shall ensure that referral programs comply with this chapter, rules adopted under this chapter, and any applicable federal regulations. The division may suspend or terminate a referral program if the division determines that the program is not compliant.
As added by P.L.205-2023, SEC.27.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 1. Justices and Jurisdiction › 33-24-1-1. Justices; Quorum

Sec. 1. (a) The supreme court consists of five (5) justices.
(b) Three (3) members of the supreme court constitute a quorum.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2-1-1.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 1. Justices and Jurisdiction › 33-24-1-2. Jurisdiction

Sec. 2. (a) The supreme court has jurisdiction in appeals coextensive with the state and has jurisdiction as provided by the Constitution of the State of Indiana.
(b) The supreme court has exclusive jurisdiction to:
(1) admit attorneys to practice law in all courts of the state; and
(2) issue restraining orders and injunctions in all cases involving the unauthorized practice of the law;
under rules and regulations as the supreme court may prescribe.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citations: 33-2-1-1; 33-2-3-1; 33-2.1-2-1.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 1. Justices and Jurisdiction › 33-24-1-3. Appeals; Amount in Controversy

Sec. 3. Except as provided in IC 34-56-1, an appeal may not be taken to the supreme court in any civil case where the amount in controversy, exclusive of interest and costs, does not exceed fifty dollars ($50).
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-3-2-4.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 1. Justices and Jurisdiction › 33-24-1-4. Justice Presiding at Trial of Case

Sec. 4. The justices of the supreme court, in their respective districts, may preside at the trial of any case pending in any county in a district in which the circuit judge is incompetent to preside.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2-1-7.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 2. Retention of Justices › 33-24-2-1. Approval or Rejection of Justices

Sec. 1. Justices of the supreme court shall be approved or rejected by the electorate of the state under Article 7, Section 11 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-2-6.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 2. Retention of Justices › 33-24-2-2. Justice's Statement Concerning Retention

Sec. 2. A justice who wishes to be retained in office shall file a statement with the secretary of state, not later than noon July 15 of the year in which the question of retention of the justice is to be placed on the general election ballot, indicating that the justice wishes to have the question of the justice's retention placed on the ballot. The justice's statement must include a statement of the justice's name as:
(1) the justice wants the justice's name to appear on the ballot; and
(2) the candidate's name is permitted to appear on the ballot under IC 3-5-7.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-2-6.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 2. Retention of Justices › 33-24-2-3. Expiration of Term if No Statement Filed

Sec. 3. This section applies to a justice:
(1) who does not file a statement under section 2 of this chapter; and
(2) whose term expires under Article 7, Section 11 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana during the year in which the question of the retention of the justice would have been placed on the general election ballot.
The term of a justice expires December 31 of the year in which the question of the justice's retention would have been placed on the ballot.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-2-6.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 2. Retention of Justices › 33-24-2-4. Expiration of Term if Retention Is Rejected

Sec. 4. This section applies to a justice:
(1) who files a statement under section 2 of this chapter; and
(2) whose retention is rejected by the electorate.
The term of a justice ends when the secretary of state issues a certificate under IC 3-12-5-1 stating that the justice has been removed. However, if the justice has filed a petition for a recount under IC 3-12-11, the term of the justice does not end until the state recount commission has issued a certificate under IC 3-12-11-18 stating that the electorate has rejected the retention of the justice.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-2-6.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 2. Retention of Justices › 33-24-2-5. Form of Ballot for Retention Question

Sec. 5. The question of approval or rejection of a justice shall be placed on the general election ballot in the form prescribed by IC 3-11 and must state "Shall Justice (insert name (as permitted under IC 3-5-7) here) be retained in office?".
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-2-6.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.58-2005, SEC.29.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 2. Retention of Justices › 33-24-2-6. Name of Justice on Statement and Voter Registration Record

Sec. 6. The statement filed under section 2 of this chapter must include a statement that the justice requests the name on the justice's voter registration record be the same as the name the justice uses on the statement. If there is a difference between the name on the justice's statement and the name on the justice's voter registration record, the officer with whom the statement is filed shall forward the information to the voter registration officer of the appropriate county as required by IC 3-5-7-6(d). The voter registration officer of the appropriate county shall change the name on the justice's voter registration record to be the same as the name on the justice's statement.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-2-6.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.227-2023, SEC.139.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 3. Duties and Powers › 33-24-3-1. Court Rules; Adoption and Publication

Sec. 1. The supreme court shall adopt and publish rules in conformity with IC 33-24-1-2(b) specifying the terms and conditions under which the supreme court and the court of appeals exercise jurisdiction.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-3-1.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 3. Duties and Powers › 33-24-3-2. Publication and Distribution of Opinions and Reports

Sec. 2. The judicial opinion or decision in each case determined by the supreme court shall be reduced to writing. Reports of these opinions and decisions may be published and distributed in the manner prescribed by the supreme court.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-3-2.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 3. Duties and Powers › 33-24-3-3. Seal

Sec. 3. (a) The supreme court shall have a seal that is devised by the justices of the supreme court.
(b) A description of the seal shall be recorded in the office of the secretary of state.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2-1-2.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 3. Duties and Powers › 33-24-3-4. Powers of Court

Sec. 4. The supreme court may do the following:
(1) Frame, direct, and cause to be used all process, establish modes of practice that may be necessary in the exercise of the supreme court's authority, and make and publish regulations concerning all process and modes of practice.
(2) Establish regulations concerning bonds required in appeals to the supreme court, the amount of the penalties related to the bonds, and for approving sureties executing bonds.
(3) Establish regulations concerning giving notice to officers of inferior courts of the granting of stay of execution, or of supersedeas.
(4) Establish regulations concerning proceedings that are requisite in the supreme court in the exercise of the supreme court's authority that are not specially provided for by law.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2-1-3.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 3. Duties and Powers › 33-24-3-5. Additional Powers of Court

Sec. 5. The supreme court may:
(1) impose and administer all necessary oaths;
(2) punish by fine and imprisonment for contempt of the supreme court's authority; and
(3) process and compel the attendance of witnesses by attachment and fine.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2-1-4.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 3. Duties and Powers › 33-24-3-6. Certification of Questions to Court by Federal Appellate Courts

Sec. 6. The supreme court may, by rule of court, provide that if:
(1) the Supreme Court of the United States, a circuit court of appeals of the United States, or the court of appeals of the District of Columbia determines that there are involved in any proceeding before the federal appellate court questions or propositions of the laws of Indiana that are determinative of the proceeding; and
(2) there are no clear controlling precedents in the decisions of the supreme court;
the federal appellate court may certify the questions or propositions of the laws of Indiana to the supreme court for instructions concerning the questions or propositions of state law, and the supreme court, by written opinion, may answer.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2-4-1.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 3. Duties and Powers › 33-24-3-7. Senior Judge; Appointment; Rules

Sec. 7. (a) The supreme court may appoint a judge who is certified as a senior judge by the judicial nominating commission to serve a circuit court, a superior court, a probate court, the tax court, or the court of appeals if the court requests the services of a senior judge.
(b) The supreme court may adopt rules concerning:
(1) certification by the judicial nominating commission; and
(2) appointment by the supreme court;
of senior judges.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2-1-8.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.32-2005, SEC.4; P.L.201-2011, SEC.21.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 4. Supreme Court Clerk › 33-24-4-1. Appointment by Chief Justice; Bond; Salary; Powers and Duties

Sec. 1. (a) The chief justice of the supreme court shall appoint a clerk of the supreme court. The individual appointed serves at the pleasure of the chief justice of the supreme court.
(b) The clerk shall execute a bond in an amount directed by the supreme court.
(c) The clerk shall be paid a salary determined by the supreme court.
(d) In addition to the powers and duties prescribed by law, the clerk has the powers and duties determined by the supreme court.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-1-1.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.14-2004, SEC.190.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 4. Supreme Court Clerk › 33-24-4-2. Duties

Sec. 2. The clerk of the supreme court shall do the following:
(1) Reside, and keep the clerk's office open, in a building provided for that purpose by the state, at the seat of government, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. of every day in the year except Sundays and Independence Day.
(2) Procure and preserve in the office all records and other books and stationery required by the court.
(3) Attend, in person or by deputy, the terms of the court.
(4) Administer all oaths authorized by law.
(5) Sign and seal, with the seal, and issue all process required to be issued from the court, under the clerk's hand.
(6) Endorse the time of filing books, records, or writings required to be filed or deposited in the clerk's office.
(7) Make a complete record of all causes finally determined in the court, except the transcript of the court below.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-1-2.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 4. Supreme Court Clerk › 33-24-4-3. Allowance for Record Books and Stationery Furnished

Sec. 3. The supreme court shall allow the clerk of the supreme court a reasonable compensation for the record books and stationery furnished by the clerk for the use of the court if the clerk presents to the court an account specifying each item to be furnished to the court. The account presented by the clerk must be verified by an oath taken and subscribed by the clerk, to be administered by a justice of the court.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-1-3.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 4. Supreme Court Clerk › 33-24-4-4. Entry of Allowance on Order Book; Warrant for Payment

Sec. 4. An allowance made under section 3 of this chapter shall be entered on the order book of the supreme court. Upon receipt of a certified transcript of the allowance that is signed by a justice of the supreme court and attested by the seal of the court, the auditor of state shall issue a warrant for the allowance to the treasurer of state.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-1-4.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 4. Supreme Court Clerk › 33-24-4-5. Certifying Supreme Court or Appellate Court Opinion, Decision, and Judgment

Sec. 5. (a) The clerk of the supreme court shall certify any opinion, decision, and judgment of the supreme court and of the court of appeals to the lower court from which the cause was appealed, in the manner provided by statute and by the rules of the supreme court.
(b) The clerk of the court from which the cause was appealed, upon receipt of the certification, shall file the certification with the papers in the cause, and that court shall order the opinion, decision, and judgment, including its certification, spread of record in the order book of the court.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-1-5.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 4. Supreme Court Clerk › 33-24-4-6. Inspection of Clerk's Office

Sec. 6. The supreme court shall annually appoint one (1) of its justices to inspect the office of the clerk of the supreme court and to report, at the next term, the condition of the records and books of that office. The report shall be entered on the order book of the court.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-1-6.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 4. Supreme Court Clerk › 33-24-4-7. Delivery of Books and Papers to Successor

Sec. 7. The clerk of the supreme court shall deliver to the clerk's successor all the books and papers of the clerk's office.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-1-7.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.14-2004, SEC.191.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 4. Supreme Court Clerk › 33-24-4-8. Posting of Table of Fees

Sec. 8. The clerk of the supreme court shall post a table of fees in a conspicuous place in the clerk's office. If the clerk fails to post a table of fees, the clerk may not demand or receive fees for services that the clerk renders.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-1-8.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 4. Supreme Court Clerk › 33-24-4-9. Personal Liability of Clerk

Sec. 9. (a) The clerk of the supreme court is not personally liable for any act or omission occurring in connection with the performance of the clerk's official duties, unless the act or omission constitutes gross negligence or an intentional disregard of the responsibilities of the office of clerk.
(b) The fact that the clerk is not personally liable under subsection (a) does not preclude an action against the clerk's bond based on an error or omission committed by the clerk.
As added by P.L.60-2010, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 5. Supreme Court Sheriff › 33-24-5-1. Appointment; Bond; Term of Office; Vacancies

Sec. 1. (a) On the second Monday of January in each odd-numbered year, the supreme court shall appoint a sheriff.
(b) The sheriff of the supreme court must give bond in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000), with sureties to be approved by the court.
(c) The term of the sheriff's office is two (2) years.
(d) When a vacancy in the sheriff's office occurs in vacation, any two (2) of the justices of the court may appoint a sheriff to serve until the next term of the court, when the vacancy shall be filled by a vote of a majority of the court's justices.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-7-1.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 5. Supreme Court Sheriff › 33-24-5-2. Attendance of Court; Executing Orders and Process of Court

Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the sheriff of the supreme court or a county police officer shall:
(1) attend the court in term time;
(2) execute the orders of the court;
(3) preserve order within the court;
(4) execute all process issued out of the court; and
(5) execute all civil process issued out of the court.
(b) This subsection applies only if a consolidated law enforcement department is established under IC 36-3-1-5.1. The ordinance adopted by the legislative body of the consolidated city shall determine whether:
(1) the orders of the court; and
(2) all criminal process issued out of the court;
shall be executed by an officer of the sheriff's department or an officer of the consolidated law enforcement department.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-7-2.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.227-2005, SEC.10; P.L.1-2006, SEC.502.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 5. Supreme Court Sheriff › 33-24-5-3. Transmitting Process, Rule, or Order to County Sheriff

Sec. 3. (a) When any process, rule, or order, is received by the sheriff of the supreme court, the sheriff may transmit it by mail to the sheriff of the county where the process, rule, or order is to be served.
(b) The sheriffs of each county are the deputies of the sheriff of the supreme court. However, each county sheriff is liable on the county sheriff's own bond for all acts done by the county sheriff as a deputy of the sheriff of the supreme court.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-7-3.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 5. Supreme Court Sheriff › 33-24-5-4. County Sheriff Returning Process, Rule, or Order; Service by Sheriff of Supreme Court

Sec. 4. (a) A county sheriff acting as a deputy of the sheriff of the supreme court may:
(1) enclose any process, rule, or order of the court that the county sheriff receives;
(2) direct the process, rule, or order to the sheriff of the supreme court; and
(3) deposit the process, rule, or order in a post office in the county sheriff's county ten (10) days before the return day of the process, rule, or order.
A county sheriff that complies with this subsection is not liable for failing to return the process, rule, or order.
(b) If money must be returned with a process, rule, or order described in subsection (a), the county sheriff may transmit the money by mail, enclosed with the process, rule, or order, addressed to the sheriff of the supreme court. However, the testimony of the postmaster that the payment was mailed is necessary to exempt the county sheriff from liability.
(c) In case of the return of any process, rule, or order of the court described in subsection (a) by any county sheriff, unserved or unsatisfied, the sheriff of the supreme court may visit any county and personally serve the process, rule, or order in the same manner provided by law for the service by county sheriffs. For this service, the sheriff of the supreme court is entitled to receive, for the distance actually traveled in going to and returning from the county seat of the county where the process, rule, or order is to be served, and from the county seat to the place where the process, rule, or order is served, a sum for mileage for each instance equal to the sum per mile paid to state employees and officers plus those other fees allowed by law to county sheriffs, with the rate for mileage to change each time the state government changes its rate per mile. The sum for mileage and fees shall be imposed as costs in the case in which the process, rule, or order is issued, and shall be collected as other costs.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-7-4.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 5. Supreme Court Sheriff › 33-24-5-5. Mileage and Fees for Service of Process, Rule, or Order

Sec. 5. (a) The mileage and fees for service of any process, rule, or order issued out of the supreme court is the same as in case of similar process from the circuit court.
(b) When any process, rule, or order issued out of the supreme court is served by the county sheriff, the county sheriff is allowed the fees for mileage and one half (1/2) of the fees for service. The remaining half of the fees for service shall be paid the sheriff of the supreme court.
(c) Fees for mileage may be charged only from the county seat of the county in which the process is to be served to the place of service.
(d) When money is collected on any process, rule, or order issued out of the supreme court by the county sheriff, two-thirds (2/3) of the sheriff's allowance is retained by the county sheriff and the remaining one-third (1/3) must be delivered to the sheriff of the supreme court.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-7-5.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 5. Supreme Court Sheriff › 33-24-5-6. Postage on Process, Rules, or Orders

Sec. 6. The sheriff of the supreme court must pay both the outgoing and return postage on process, rules, or orders issued by the court and recover the funds expended on postage as part of the costs of the proceeding.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-7-6.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 5. Supreme Court Sheriff › 33-24-5-7. Coroner to Act as Deputy

Sec. 7. The sheriff of the supreme court may require the coroner of any county to act as the sheriff of the supreme court's deputy where the sheriff of that county is an interested party.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-7-7.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 5. Supreme Court Sheriff › 33-24-5-8. Penalties and Liabilities

Sec. 8. The sheriff of the supreme court is subject to all the penalties and liabilities of sheriffs of the circuit courts.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-7-8.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 5. Supreme Court Sheriff › 33-24-5-9. Compensation for Fuel, Stationery, and Extra Services

Sec. 9. (a) The supreme court must allow the sheriff of the supreme court reasonable compensation for fuel, stationery, and extra services. The sheriff of the supreme court may file a statement verified by an oath administered by the clerk of the court specifying each expenditure eligible for compensation.
(b) The compensation allowed to the sheriff of the supreme court by the court shall be entered on the order book of the court. On the presentation of a certified copy of an order for compensation, attested with the seal of the court, to the auditor of state, the auditor of state shall issue a warrant for the payment of compensation to the sheriff to the treasurer of state.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-7-9.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 6. Office of Judicial Administration › 33-24-6-1. Creation of Office

Sec. 1. There is created within the office of chief justice the office of judicial administration, which must:
(1) be headed by a chief administrative officer; and
(2) have departments within the office as designated by the administrative rules of the Indiana supreme court.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-7-1.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.161-2018, SEC.59.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 6. Office of Judicial Administration › 33-24-6-2. Personnel; Appointment; Full-Time Positions; Salaries

Sec. 2. (a) The personnel of the office of judicial administration shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the chief justice.
(b) The personnel shall devote full time to their official duties and may not engage in any other profession for profit.
(c) Personnel salaries shall be fixed by the supreme court subject to approval by the budget agency.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-7-2.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 6. Office of Judicial Administration › 33-24-6-4. Office of Guardian Ad Litem and Court Appointed Special Advocate Services; Funding

Sec. 4. (a) The office of judicial administration shall establish and administer an office of guardian ad litem and court appointed special advocate services. The office of judicial administration shall use money it receives from the state general fund to administer the office. If funds for guardian ad litem and court appointed special advocate programs are appropriated by the general assembly, the office of judicial administration shall provide matching funds to counties that implement and administer, in courts with juvenile jurisdiction, a guardian ad litem or court appointed special advocate program for children who are alleged to be victims of child abuse or neglect under IC 31-33. Matching funds must be distributed in accordance with the provisions of section 5 of this chapter. A county may use these matching funds to supplement amounts that are collected as fees under IC 31-40-3-1 and used for the operation of guardian ad litem and court appointed special advocate programs. The office of judicial administration may use its administrative fund to provide training services and communication services for local officials and local guardian ad litem and court appointed special advocate programs. The county fiscal body shall appropriate adequate funds for the county to be eligible for matching funds under this section.
(b) Matching funds provided to a county under this section shall be used for guardian ad litem and court appointed special advocate programs and may be deposited in the county's guardian ad litem or court appointed special advocate fund described in IC 31-40-3.
(c) Any matching funds appropriated to the office of judicial administration that are not used before July 1 of each fiscal year do not revert but shall be redistributed under this section on July 1. The office of judicial administration shall redistribute the funds among counties providing guardian ad litem and court appointed special advocate programs that are entitled to receive matching funds.
(d) Money appropriated to the office of judicial administration does not revert at the end of a state fiscal year to the state general fund.
(e) Only guardian ad litem or court appointed special advocate programs certified by the supreme court are eligible for funding under this section.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-7-3.1.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.129-2005, SEC.11; P.L.161-2018, SEC.61.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 6. Office of Judicial Administration › 33-24-6-5. Appropriations for Guardian Ad Litem or Court Appointed Special Advocate Program; Formula

Sec. 5. (a) If appropriated by the general assembly, the office of judicial administration shall grant to each county with a guardian ad litem or court appointed special advocate program an annual appropriation calculated under the following formula:
STEP ONE: Deduct the annual appropriation to the office of judicial administration for administrative expenses.
STEP TWO: Ascertain the number of children in need of services cases in each county, as determined by the office of judicial administration from reports filed under IC 33-24-6-3, during the preceding calendar year.
STEP THREE: Divide the result under STEP TWO by the total number of children in need of services cases in Indiana, as determined by the office of judicial administration from reports filed under IC 33-24-6-3, during the preceding calendar year.
STEP FOUR: Multiply the result under STEP THREE by the remaining state match appropriation.
(b) If, under subsection (a), a county's grant would result in a grant of two thousand dollars ($2,000) or less, the county is entitled to receive a grant of two thousand dollars ($2,000). After subtracting the state match appropriation distributed to these counties from the total remaining state appropriation, the office of judicial administration shall distribute the remaining state appropriation under the following formula:
STEP ONE: Subtract the total number of children in need of services cases in the counties covered under subsection (a) from the total number of children in need of services cases in Indiana, as determined by the office of judicial administration, during the preceding calendar year.
STEP TWO: Divide the number of children in need of services cases in each of the counties not covered under subsection (a) by the result under STEP ONE.
STEP THREE: Multiply the result under STEP TWO by the total remaining state match appropriation.
STEP FOUR: Distribute the result under STEP THREE to each county not covered under subsection (a).
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-7-3.2.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.91-2007, SEC.1; P.L.161-2018, SEC.62.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 6. Office of Judicial Administration › 33-24-6-6. Repealed

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-7-4.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3. Repealed by P.L.161-2018, SEC.63.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 6. Office of Judicial Administration › 33-24-6-7. Distribution and Title of Reports

Sec. 7. The reports required by section 3(a)(3) of this chapter shall be:
(1) directed to:
(A) the commission on judicial qualifications;
(B) the chief justice;
(C) the clerk of the supreme court; and
(D) the legislative council;
(2) accessible to the judicial officers of the various courts and to the general public; and
(3) titled "The Indiana Judicial Report".
Reports to the legislative council under subdivision (1)(D) must be in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-7-5.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 6. Office of Judicial Administration › 33-24-6-8. Enforcement of Chapter by Rules of Supreme Court

Sec. 8. The supreme court shall provide by rule of the court for the enforcement of this chapter.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-7-6.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 6. Office of Judicial Administration › 33-24-6-9. Appointment of Administrative or Clerical Personnel

Sec. 9. The authority of the courts to appoint administrative or clerical personnel is not limited by this chapter.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-7-7.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 33. Courts and Court Officers › Article 24. Supreme Court › Chapter 6. Office of Judicial Administration › 33-24-6-10. Trial Court Districts; Transfer of Judges

Sec. 10. (a) The chief administrative officer shall, with the approval of the supreme court, divide the state geographically into at least eight (8) trial court districts.
(b) On the basis of relevant information compiled by the chief administrative officer concerning the volume and nature of judicial workload, the chief administrative officer shall recommend to the supreme court the temporary transfer of any judge or judges. The supreme court shall consider the recommendation and temporarily transfer any judge of a trial court of general or special jurisdiction to another court if the temporary transfer is determined to be beneficial to facilitate the judicial work of the court to which the judge is transferred without placing an undue burden on the court from which the judge is transferred. However, a judge may not be temporarily transferred to a court in another county within the district the judge normally serves that, at its nearest point, is more than forty (40) miles from the seat of the county the judge normally serves unless the judge consents to the transfer.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-7-8.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.161-2018, SEC.64.