Sec. 31. (a) The court, by rules adopted by the Allen superior court, shall divide the work of the court into the following divisions:
(1) A family relations division.
(2) A criminal division (including a standard minor offenses and violations docket under IC 33-29-2-8).
(3) A civil division (including a standard small claims docket under IC 33-29-2-4).
(b) Cases involving juvenile matters shall be assigned to the family relations division.
(c) Cases involving matters specified in IC 33-29-2-8 shall be assigned to the criminal division.
(d) Cases involving matters specified in IC 33-29-2-4 shall be assigned to the small claims docket in the civil division.
(e) The work of each division may be divided further by rules adopted by the court.
(f) Every two (2) years each division of the court shall elect an administrative judge for that division. The administrative judge shall carry out ministerial, administrative, and assignment functions as are periodically determined by a majority of the judges of that division.
(g) Matters of administration, budget, expenditures, policy, and procedure in each division shall be determined by a majority of the judges of that division.
(h) Disputes within any division concerning administration, budget, expenditures, policy, procedure, and assignments that pertain to the division as a whole or to any individual judge of the division, that for any reason cannot be resolved by a majority of the judges in the division, shall be submitted to the board of judges and determined by a majority of the board of judges.
(i) A resolution approved by a majority of the board of judges that resolves disputes within a division must include at least one (1) of the judges of that division and binds all of the judges of that division.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-5.1-23.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.1-2007, SEC.217.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 33. Courts and Court Officers
Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County
33-33-2-5. Establishment of Superior Court
33-33-2-7. Location of Superior Court Sessions
33-33-2-9. Judicial Candidates; Terms
33-33-2-10. Candidate for Judge; Qualifications
33-33-2-11. Limits on Acceptance of Contributions
33-33-2-12. Rules and Regulations; Incidental Powers of Judges
33-33-2-13. Orders, Writs, Appointments, and Commissions
33-33-2-15. Salary of Juvenile Referee
33-33-2-17. Clerk and Sheriff; Duties, Liabilities, Fees, and Procedure
33-33-2-18. Record Books and Dockets
33-33-2-22. Laws Applicable to Superior Court
33-33-2-24. Fees of Jurors and Witnesses
33-33-2-25. Transfer of Cases From Circuit Court
33-33-2-26. Transfer of Cases to Circuit Court
33-33-2-27. Authority of Circuit Judge to Sit in Superior Court
33-33-2-31. Divisions of the Court
33-33-2-32. Judicial Nominating Commission; Establishment
33-33-2-33. Judicial Nominating Commission; Membership
33-33-2-34. Judicial Nominating Commission; Nonattorney Members
33-33-2-35. Judicial Nominating Commission; Attorney Members
33-33-2-36. Judicial Nominating Commission; Election of Attorney Members
33-33-2-37. Judicial Nominating Commission; Notification of Election or Appointment
33-33-2-38. Judicial Nominating Commission; Service; Limitation
33-33-2-39. Vacancy in Judgeship; Nomination of Candidates; Meetings of Commission
33-33-2-40. Vacancy in Judgeship; Nomination of Candidates; Requirements
33-33-2-41. Vacancy in Judgeship; Submission of List of Nominees to Governor
33-33-2-42. Vacancy in Judgeship; Nomination of Candidates; Substitution of Names
33-33-2-43. Vacancy in Judgeship; Appointment From List of Nominees
33-33-2-44. Vacancy in Judgeship; Effective Date of Appointment
33-33-2-45. Vacancy in Judgeship; Appointee to Serve Unexpired Term