CHAPTER 32. HENDRICKS COUNTY - Indiana Statutes

IC 33-33-32
     Chapter 32. Hendricks County

IC 33-33-32-1
Judicial circuit
     Sec. 1. Hendricks County constitutes the fifty-fifth judicial circuit.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.

IC 33-33-32-2
Establishment of standard superior courts
     Sec. 2. (a) There are established five (5) superior courts of record to be known as:
        (1) Hendricks superior court No. 1;
        (2) Hendricks superior court No. 2;
        (3) Hendricks superior court No. 3;
        (4) Hendricks superior court No. 4; and
        (5) Hendricks superior court No. 5.
    (b) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, each Hendricks superior court is a standard superior court as described in IC 33-29-1.
    (c) Hendricks County comprises the judicial district of each court.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.237-2005, SEC.14.

IC 33-33-32-3
Judges; location of court sessions
     Sec. 3. Each Hendricks superior court has one (1) judge who shall hold sessions in the Hendricks County courthouse in Danville.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.

IC 33-33-32-4
Transfers of cases
     Sec. 4. Notwithstanding IC 33-29-1-9, an action, a cause, a case, a proceeding, or other matter filed in the Hendricks circuit court or a Hendricks superior court established by this chapter may be transferred by the court in which it is filed to either of the other courts by transferring all original papers filed with the consent of the court to which it is transferred.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.

IC 33-33-32-5
Change of venue
     Sec. 5. (a) Change of venue from the judge or from the county may be had under the same terms, conditions, and procedure applicable to changes of venue from the judge or the county in circuit courts.
    (b) If a cause is received by the clerk of the Hendricks circuit court on change of venue from another county, the cause shall be docketed on a rotating basis and assigned alternately to the:
        (1) Hendricks circuit court;
        (2) Hendricks superior court No. 1;         (3) Hendricks superior court No. 2;
        (4) Hendricks superior court No. 3;
        (5) Hendricks superior court No. 4; and
        (6) Hendricks superior court No. 5;
unless otherwise provided in the order or entry made in the cause in the county from which the change of venue was taken, in which case it shall be docketed as provided in the entry or order.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.237-2005, SEC.15.

IC 33-33-32-6
Powers
     Sec. 6. In addition to the powers described in IC 33-29-1-4, the judge of each Hendricks superior court may make and adopt rules and regulations for continuing business of the court. Each judge has the powers incident to a court of record in relation to the attendance of witnesses and punishment for contempt and the power to enforce the judge's orders. Each judge may make and execute certificates of qualification and moral character of persons petitioning to be commissioned as notaries public.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.

IC 33-33-32-7
Repealed
    (Repealed by P.L.118-2007, SEC.38.)

IC 33-33-32-8
Jurisdiction
     Sec. 8. (a) Each Hendricks superior court has original and concurrent jurisdiction with the Hendricks circuit court in all civil actions and proceedings at law and in equity, and actions for dissolution or annulment of marriage, and in all criminal cases and proceedings. However, none of the Hendricks superior courts have the jurisdiction of a juvenile court.
    (b) Each Hendricks superior court has original and concurrent jurisdiction with the Hendricks circuit court in all appeals or reviews from boards of county commissioners or other executive or administrative agencies and all other appellate jurisdiction vested in the circuit court.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.

IC 33-33-32-9
Small claims and misdemeanor divisions
     Sec. 9. Each Hendricks superior court has a standard small claims and misdemeanor division.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.