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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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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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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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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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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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Vermont | Vt. Const. ch. 2 § 4 | Judiciary powers |
The judicial power of the State shall be vested in a unified judicial system which shall be composed of a Supreme Court, a Superior Court, and such other subordinate courts as the General Assembly may from time to time ordain and establish.
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Vermont | Vt. Const. ch. 2 § 30 | Supreme court jurisdiction |
The Supreme Court shall exercise appellate jurisdiction in all cases, criminal and civil, under such terms and conditions as it shall specify in rules not inconsistent with law. The Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction only as provided by law, but it shall have the power to issue all writs necessary or appropriate in aid of its appellate jurisdiction. The Supreme Court shall have administrative control of all the courts of the state, and disciplinary authority concerning all judicial officers and attorneys at law in the State.
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Vermont | Vt. Const. ch. 2 § 31 | Lower courts jurisdiction |
All other courts of this State shall have original and appellate jurisdiction as provided by law. All courts except the Supreme Court may be divided into geographical and functional divisions as provided by law or by judicial rules adopted by the Supreme Court not inconsistent with law. The jurisdiction of geographical and functional divisions shall be as provided by law or by judicial rules not inconsistent with law. The courts of this state may exercise equity jurisdiction as well as law jurisdiction in civil proceedings as may be provided by law or by judicial rules not inconsistent with law.
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Vermont | Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 4 § 1 | Unified court system established |
The Judiciary shall be a unified court system under the administrative control of the Supreme Court. It shall consist of an appellate division, which shall be the Supreme Court, and a trial division, which shall consist of a trial court of general jurisdiction to be known as the Superior Court, and a Judicial Bureau.
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Vermont | Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 4 § 30 | Superior Court |
(a)(1) A Superior Court having statewide jurisdiction is created. The Superior Court shall have the following divisions: jurisdiction over the matters described in section 32 of this title. The Vermont Rules of Criminal Procedure shall apply to criminal matters in the Criminal Division, and the Vermont Rules of Civil Procedure shall apply to civil matters in the Criminal Division.
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Vermont | Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 4 § 2 | Supreme Court established; jurisdiction |
(a) The Supreme Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of appeals from judgments, rulings, and orders of the Superior Court, administrative agencies, boards, commissions, and officers unless otherwise provided by law. |
Supreme Court | Creation of the courts, Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Vermont | Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 4 § 32 | Jurisdiction; Criminal Division |
(a) The Criminal Division shall have jurisdiction to try, render judgment, and pass sentence in prosecutions for felonies and misdemeanors. finally determine prosecutions for violations of bylaws or ordinances of a village, town, or city, except as otherwise provided.
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Supreme Court | Jurisdiction of the courts |