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STATE OF INDIANA
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IN THE HARRISON CIRCUIT COURT
ANNUAL TERM 1999 CAUSE NO: 31D01-9902-G0- |
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GENERAL ORDER ADOPTING LOCAL RULE |
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| Comes now the Judges of the Harrison Circuit
and Harrison Superior Courts and being duly advised now find it
appropriate to adopt a Local Rule regarding the filing of certain cases
in Harrison Circuit Court and Harrison Superior Court. The Judges hereby
find that in order to promote the orderly administration of justice that
cases in certain categories should be filed in the Harrison Circuit
Court and other cases should be filled in the Harrison Superior Court.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED by the judges of the Harrison Circuit and Superior Courts that a Local Rule be and the same is hereby adopted and shall read as follows. All criminal (felony, misdemeanor, revocation, post-conviction relief and miscellaneous) infraction, ordinance violation, small claims, and civil plenary and civil tort cases where the total amount of damages or property involved does not exceed the small claims jurisdictional amount, shall be filed in the Harrison Superior Court. All juvenile (CHINS, delinquent, status, paternity and miscellaneous juvenile cases), termination of parental rights, domestic relations, civil miscellaneous, reciprocal support, protective orders, mental health, adoptions, estates, guardianships, trusts, and civil plenary and civil tort cases involving property or damages in an amount in excess of the small claims jurisdictional limit shall be filed in the Harrison Circuit Court. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Judge of either the Harrison Circuit Cout or the Harrison Superior Court may allow the filing of any case in such court on a case by case basis unless another local rule, rule of the Indiana Supreme Court or statute prohibits the filing of such case in the court. The Clerk of the Harrison Circuit and Superior Courts is hereby directed to enter this order in the record of judgments and orders in such courts and make this order available to the Local Bar. SO ORDERED this 11th day of February, 1999. HON. ROGER D. DAVIS, JUDGE [ Signature on file ]
HON. HARRIS LLOYD WHITIS, JUDGE [ Signature on file ]
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