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Indiana | Ind. Code § 33-28-1-2 | Jurisdiction (Circuit Courts) |
(a) All circuit courts have:(1) original and concurrent jurisdiction in all civil cases and in all criminal cases;
(2) de novo appellate jurisdiction of appeals from city and town courts; and
(3) + See morein Marion County, de novo appellate jurisdiction of appeals from township small claims courts established under Ind. Code § 33-34.
(b) The circuit court also has the appellate jurisdiction that may be conferred by law upon it.
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Circuit Courts | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Indiana | Ind. Code § 33-29-1-1.5 | Jurisdiction (Superior Courts) |
All standard superior courts have:(1) original and concurrent jurisdiction in all civil cases and in all criminal cases;
(2) de novo appellate jurisdiction of appeals from city and town courts; and
(3) + See morein Marion County, de novo appellate jurisdiction of appeals from township small claims courts established under Ind. Code § 33-34.
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Superior Courts | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Indiana | Ind. Code § 33-31-1-1 | Creation and establishment of court (St. Joseph County Probate Court) |
There is established a probate court in St. Joseph County known as the St. Joseph Probate Court. The court shall be presided over by one (1) judge to be chosen + See moreas provided in this chapter.
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Probate Court | Creation of the courts |
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Indiana | Ind. Code § 33-31-1-9 | Jurisdiction (Probate Courts) |
All probate courts have:(1) original and concurrent jurisdiction in all civil cases and in all criminal cases;
(2) de novo appellate jurisdiction of appeals from city and town courts; and
(3) in + See moreMarion County, de novo appellate jurisdiction of appeals from township small claims courts established under Ind. Code § 33-34.
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Probate Court | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Indiana | Ind. Code § 33-34-1-2 | Creation (Marion County Small Claims Courts) |
(a) There are established township small claims courts in each county containing a consolidated city.(b) The name of each court shall be the “_______ Township of Marion County Small Claims + See moreCourt” (insert the name of the township in the blank).
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Small Claims Court | Creation of the courts |
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Indiana | Ind. Code § 33-35-1-1 | Authority to establish or abolish; election of judge; notice (City or Town Court) |
(a) During 2006 and every fourth year after that, a second or third class city or a town may by ordinance establish or abolish a city or town court. An + See moreordinance to establish a city or town court must be adopted not less than one (1) year before the judge's term would begin under section 3 of this chapter.(b) The judge for a court established under subsection (a) shall be elected under Ind. Code § 3-10-6 or Ind. Code § 3-10-7 at the municipal election in November 2007 and every four (4) years thereafter.
(c) A court established under subsection (a) comes into existence on January 1 of the year following the year in which a judge is elected to serve in that court.
(d) A city or town court in existence on January 1, 1986, may continue in operation until it is abolished by ordinance.
(e) A city or town that establishes or abolishes a court under this section shall give notice of its action to the division of state court administration of the office of judicial administration under Ind. Code § 33-24-6.
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City or Town Court | Creation of the courts |
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Indiana | Ind. Code § 33-35-2-3 | City court; criminal jurisdiction |
A city court has the following jurisdiction over crimes, infractions, and ordinance violations:(1) Jurisdiction of all violations of the ordinances of the city.
(2) Jurisdiction of all misdemeanors and all infractions.
(3) + See moreIf the city that established the city court has entered into an interlocal agreement described in Ind. Code § 33-35-1-6 with another city or a town, jurisdiction of all other ordinance violations described in the interlocal agreement.
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City or Town Court | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Indiana | Ind. Code § 33-23-16-11 | Establishment of court (Problem Solving Courts) |
A city court or county court may establish a problem solving court. A problem solving court established under this section may be a:(1) drug court;
(2) mental health court;
(3) family dependency + See moredrug court;
(4) community court;
(5) reentry court;
(6) domestic violence court;
(7) veteran's court; or
(8) any other court certified as a problem solving court by the Indiana judicial center under section 17 of this chapter.
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City or Town Court | Creation of the courts |
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Louisiana | LA RS §13:101. | Supreme court jurisdiction | The state shall be divided into seven supreme court districts. The supreme court shall be composed of one justice elected from each of the seven districts as set forth below: | Supreme Court | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Louisiana | LA RS §13:312. | Court of appeals circuits | There shall be five court of appeal circuits, which shall be subdivided into districts as follows: | Courts of Appeal | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Louisiana | LA RS §13:477 | District Court | There shall be forty-one judicial districts in the state and each district shall be composed as follows: | District Courts | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Louisiana | LA RS §13:1335 | Parish of Orleans District court | There shall be one criminal district court for the parish of Orleans, which shall be composed of twelve judges. | Criminal District Court for Orleans Parish | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Louisiana | LA RS §13:1445 | Parish court - juvenile jurisdiction |
The parish court shall be a juvenile court for the parish and shall exercise jurisdiction, concurrent with that of the district court, over juvenile matters, except where a separate juvenile + See moreor family court with exclusive jurisdiction is established by law.
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Juvenile Court | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Louisiana | LA RS §13:446 | Parish court - criminal jurisdiction |
A. The parish court shall have criminal jurisdiction over all violations of state law and parish or municipal ordinances committed within its territorial jurisdiction which are punishable by a fine + See morenot exceeding one thousand dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both. This jurisdiction shall be concurrent with any jurisdiction conferred by law upon the district court.
B. As to all other violations of state law or of a parish or municipal ordinance, the parish court shall have the power to issue warrants of arrest, to examine, commit, admit to bail and discharge, and to hold preliminary examinations in all cases not capital.
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Parish District Court | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Louisiana | LA RS § 15:1097 | Youth court - territorial jurisdiction |
A. The Ware Youth Center Authority is hereby established as a political subdivision of the state, with a territorial jurisdiction throughout the parishes of Claiborne, DeSoto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, + See moreand Webster. If the governing authority of Claiborne Parish or the governing authority of Webster Parish elects to withdraw its respective parish from the district, the territorial jurisdiction of the district shall not include such parish or parishes.
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Ware Youth Center (juvenile court) | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Louisiana | La. Const. Art. 3 Sec. 1 | Judicial power | The judicial power is vested in a supreme court, courts of appeal, district courts, and other courts authorized by this Article. | Supreme Court | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Louisiana | La. Const. Art. 3 Sec. 8 | Court of appeals circuits - panels |
Section 8.(A) Circuits; Panels. The state shall be divided into at least four circuits, with one court of appeal in each. Each court shall sit in panels of at least + See morethree judges selected according to rules adopted by the court.
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Courts of Appeal (5) | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Louisiana | La. Const. Art. 3 Sec. 9 | District courts - elected judges |
Section 9. Each circuit shall be divided into at least three districts, and at least one judge shall be elected from each. The circuits and districts and the number of + See morejudges as elected in each circuit on the effective date of this constitution are retained, subject to change by law enacted by two-thirds of the elected members of each house of the legislature.
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District Courts | Creation of the courts |
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Louisiana | La. RS §15:1566. | Orleans juvenile court |
A. There shall be in the parish of Orleans a separate juvenile court, which shall be a court of record and shall be known as the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court. + See moreEach judge of said court shall receive the annual salary provided for in R.S. 13:691(A).
B. There is hereby established a continuing judicial fund which shall, pursuant to R.S. 13:1585, consist of fees charged for adoption cases and costs collected in the handling of support matters and traffic matters. The judicial fund shall be administered by the judges of the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court. The judges of the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court may expend it for the improvements and necessities of the court.
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Louisiana | La RS 13:1401 | Family court |
A. There is hereby established the family court for the parish of East Baton Rouge, which shall be a court of record with exclusive jurisdiction in the following proceedings:
(1) + See more All actions for divorce, annulment of marriages, claims for contributions made by one spouse to the education or training of the other spouse, establishment or disavowal of the paternity of children, spousal and child support and nonsupport, and custody and visitation of children, as well as of all matters incidental to any of the foregoing proceedings, including but not restricted to the issuance of conservatory writs for the protection of community property, the awarding of attorney fees in judgments of divorce, the accumulation of and rendering executory of spousal and child support, the issuance of writs of fieri facias and garnishment under judgments of the court for spousal and child support and attorney fees, jurisdiction of which was vested in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court for the parish of East Baton Rouge prior to the establishment of the family court for the parish of East Baton Rouge.
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Family Court for East Baton Rouge | Jurisdiction of the courts |