Indiana § 33-33-2-31 - Divisions of the court
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§ 33-33-2-31. Divisions of the court
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.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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