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Indiana Court Reform Study: a Survey of State Practices Indiana Court Reform Study: A Survey of State Practices Center for Urban Policy and the Environment IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs IU School of Law—Indianapolis Program on Law and State Government August 2010 This report was produced by the Center for Urban Policy and the Environment (CUPE) in cooperation with IU School of Law Indianapolis Program on Law and State Government (PLSG). Authors Jamie Palmer, CUPE Cynthia A. Baker, PLSG Elliott McKinnis, PLSG Research Assistance Kevin Whited, CUPE Caitlyn Krenz, CUPE Jackie Landess, PLSG Technical Review, Editing, and Layout John L. Krauss, CUPE Tami Barreto, CUPE Debbie Wyeth, CUPE Indiana Court Reform Study: A Survey of State Practices July 2010 10-C22 List of Tables ...................................................................................................................................................... iii List of Appendix Tables ........................................................................................................................................ iv Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................... 1 History of Court Reform in Indiana ......................................................................................................................... 3 Research Methodology ........................................................................................................................................ 8 State Research ................................................................................................................................................. 11 Reforms .................................................................................................................................................... 11 Structure of Trial Courts ............................................................................................................................... 11 Funding .................................................................................................................................................... 12 Governance and Administrative Structure ........................................................................................................ 12 Administrative head of the judiciary ........................................................................................................ 12 Policymaking/rulemaking body.............................................................................................................. 12 Selection of members of decisionmaking body ................................................................................... 13 Term lengths ................................................................................................................................. 13 Voting – chief justice ..................................................................................................................... 13 Role of other bodies in administration ..................................................................................................... 13 Role of the administrative offices of the courts .......................................................................................... 14 Use of intermediate management structures ............................................................................................. 14 This report was produced by the Clerks and trial court administrators ........................................................................................................ 16 Center for Urban Policy and the Environment Preparation and submission of judicial branch budgets ............................................................................... 16 School of Public and Environmental Affairs Security .............................................................................................................................................. 17 334 North Senate Avenue, 3rd Floor, Facilities ownership, management, and funding ........................................................................................ 17 Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 Personnel management ........................................................................................................................ 18 (phone) 317.261.3000 Fee generation and allocation ................................................................................................................ 18 (fax) 317.261.3050 Specialized courts and programs ............................................................................................................ 18 Public defender programs ................................................................................................................ 19 in cooperation with the Probation programs ........................................................................................................................ 19 State Research-Summary Tables ......................................................................................................................... 21 IU School of Law Program on Law and State Government Selected Bibliography ........................................................................................................................................ 71 Lawrence W. Inlow Hall Appendix A: Phase I Data .................................................................................................................................. 75 530 W. New York Street, Appendix B: Court Reform in Michigan and Ohio .................................................................................................. 157 Indianapolis, Indiana 46202 Appendix C: Court Administrative Structure Survey ............................................................................................... 159 (phone) 317.278.2357 (fax) 317.278.4780 Appendix D: Phase 2 Data ............................................................................................................................... 163 ii Center for Urban Policy and the Environment List of Tables Table 1. A selected history of court reform in Indiana .................................................................................................................................. 3 Table 2. Selected court reforms by state in Group 2 states ........................................................................................................................ 21 Table 3. Principal trial courts in Group 2 states ........................................................................................................................................ 23 Table 4. Judicial source of expenditures for trial courts of general jurisdiction in Group 2 states ....................................................................... 24 Table 5. Funding sources for judicial expenditures by type in Group 2 states ................................................................................................ 25 Table 6. Funding source for specific expenditure funding in Group 2 states................................................................................................... 27 Table 7. Administrative policymaking in the trial court system in Group 2 states ........................................................................................... 29 Table 8. State administration of courts in Group 1 and Group 2 states ........................................................................................................ 33 Table 9. Responsibilities of state administrative office in Group 1 states ...................................................................................................... 35 Table 10. Responsibilities of state administrative office II in Group 1 states ................................................................................................. 37 Table 11. Intermediate administrative structures in Group 2 states ............................................................................................................. 39 Table 12. Salaries for presiding judges in Group 2 states........................................................................................................................... 41 Table 13. Clerks and trial court administrators in Group 1 states ................................................................................................................ 43 Table 14. Clerks and trial court administrators in Group 2 states ................................................................................................................ 45 Table 15. Responsibility for preparation of budget for state funds for Groups 1 and 3 states........................................................................... 49 Table 16. Budget making in Group 2 states ............................................................................................................................................ 51 Table 17. Security in Group 4 states ...................................................................................................................................................... 55 Table 18. Court facilities, ownership, management, and funding in Group 4 states ....................................................................................... 57 Table 19. Personnel systems in Group 4 states .......................................................................................................................................
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