magistrate

The House Courts and Criminal Code Committee heard HB 1145 concerning Gibson County magistrate authored by Rep. Hostettler to add a magistrate appointed by the Gibson Superior Court.  The committee chair reported request was heard by the summer study committee and all the required documentation and letters of support were included with the request. County Attorney Jim McDonald, … [Read more...] about Gibson County magistrate

H.E.A. 1057, P.L. 25 Effective: July 1, 2019 Allows the judge of the Vanderburgh circuit court to appoint an additional magistrate to serve the Vanderburgh circuit court. Allows the judges of the Vanderburgh superior court to jointly appoint an additional magistrate to serve the Vanderburgh superior court. Read the bill at: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/house/1057 … [Read more...] about Vanderburgh County magistrates

H.E.A. 1118, P.L. 48 Effective: July 1, 2019 Allows the judges of the Howard circuit and superior courts to jointly appoint a magistrate to serve the Howard County courts. Read the bill at: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/house/1118 … [Read more...] about Howard County magistrate

H.E.A. 1332, P.L. 53 Effective: July 1, 2019 Allows the Marion County superior courts to appoint 24 full-time magistrates after December 31, 2019, not more than 12 of whom may be from the same political party. Read the bill at: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/house/1332 … [Read more...] about Marion County magistrates

H.E.A. 1607, P.L. 266 Effective: July 1, 2019 Amends Ind. Code § 33-23-5-5 to provide a magistrate may enter a final order for harassment protection orders, in addition to protection orders for domestic or family violence orders. Amends Ind. Code § 33-23-5-8 and 9 to remove language requiring that a magistrate report findings in an evidentiary hearing, a trial, or a jury’s ver … [Read more...] about Harassment and orders for protection [Magistrate powers, §§1-3]