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DEKALBCOUNTYCOURTS

LOCALRULEAMENDMENT

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INTHEMATTEROF )

COUNTYLOCALRULE )

LR17‐AR1‐1  )

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NOTICEOFPROPOSEDLOCALRULEAMENDMENTS,ORDERFINDINGGOODCAUSETOAMEND

ALOCALCOURTRULEATTIMEOTHERTHANESTABLISHEDSCHEDULE,ANDREQUESTFOR

SUPREMECOURTAPPROVAL

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ComenowtheJudgesoftheDeKalbCircuitandSuperiorCourts,pursuanttoTrialRule81(D),andfind

goodcauseexiststodeviatefromthescheduleestablishedbytheDivisionofStateCourt

Administrationforpublishinglocalrules.AndwefurtherfindthatthelocalrulesontheCaseload

Allocation

PlanforDeKalbCountyCourtsatLR17‐AR1‐1andtheCourtReporterServicesLocalRuleat

LR17‐AR‐15‐4shouldbeamended.Theseamendmentswillbeeffectiveafterpostingforthirty(30)

daysinthecountyclerk’sofficeandonthecountyclerk’swebsite,ifany,andon

theIndianaJudicial

Website,anduponapprovaloftheIndianaSupremeCourt.Commentsmaybemadetoanyofthe

JudgesinDeKalbCircuitorSuperiorCourtsat100SouthMainStreet,Auburn,IN46706‐3251.

Datedthis31

dayofDecember,2008.

_________/S/________________ ________/S/________ ____

KirkD.CarpenterKevinP.Wallace

Judge,DeKalbCircuitCourt  Judge,SuperiorCourtI

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__________/S/___________________

MonteL.Brown

Judge,DeKalbSuperiorCourtII

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LR17‐AR1‐1–2009CASELOADALLOCATIONPLANFORDEKALBCOUNTYCOURTS

(A) CasestobefiledexclusivelyintheDeKalbCircuitCourt:

 JC*,JD,JS,JP,JM,JT,RS

(B) CasestobefiledexclusivelyintheDeKalbSuperiorCourtI:

 FD,CM,MC

MC**,IF,OV

**IntheeventDeKalbSuperiorCourtIisunabletohearasearchwarrantwhenrequested,the

warrantmayberequestedofandissuedbyanyoftheJudgesorCourts.

**Probationtransferscasesshallbefiledinthesamemannerascriminalcases,ie,

MisdemeanorandFDprobationcasesshallbefiledinSuperiorCourtI.MR,FA,FBandFC

probationcasesshallbefiledonarotatingbasisbetweenSuperiorIandSuperiorII.

(C) CasestobefiledexclusivelyintheDeKalbSuperiorCourtII:

 SC

(D) CasestobefiledonarotatingbasisbetweenDeKalbCircuitCourtandDeKalbSuperiorCourtII:

 DR,MH,AD,AH,ES,EU

,EM,GU,TR,PO,MI

(E) CasestobefiledonarotatingbasisbetweenDeKalbSuperiorCourtIandDeKalbSuperiorCourt

II:

 MR,FA,FB&FC,PL,CC,MF,CT,OE

,CB***

***CBcasesinvolvingtheappointmentofSpecial,ProTemandSeniorJudgesshallbefiledin

theCourtmakingtheappointment.

ResolutionsSpreadofRecordmaybefiledinanyCourt.

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WhenadditionalcriminalchargesarefiledagainstaDefendantwithapendingMR,FA,FBorFC 

case,thenewchargesshallbefiledinthesameCourtasthependingcase.

*JC‐WhentheJudgeofDeKalbCircuitCourthasaconflict,thecaseshallbefiledinDeKalb

SuperiorCourtII.

WhentheJudgeofDeKalbSuperiorCourtIIhasaconflictinacriminalcase,thecaseshallbe

filedinDeKalbSuperiorCourtI.

PC‐Thecaseto

befiledinthecourtinwhichtheunderlyingconvictionwasentered.

Afterhourssearchwarrants,emergencymentalhealthcommitmentsandverbalCHINS

detentionordersmayberequestedofandauthorizedbyanyofthejudges.

Thiscaseloadallocationplanshallbeeffectiveforone(1)year.TheDeKalbCountyjudges

shall

meetannually,andmoreoften,ifnecessary,toreviewthecaseloadallocations.

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LR17AR‐15‐4CourtReporterServices:

 CourtReporterservicesshallbegovernedbythefollowing rules:

 (A) Definitions:

Thefollowingdefinitionsshallapplyunderthisrule:

(1) ACOURTREPORTERisapersonwhoisspecificallydesignatedbyaCourtto

performtheofficialcourtreportingservicesfortheCourtincludingpreparinga

transcriptoftherecord.

(2) EQUIPMENTmeansallphysicalitemsownedbytheCourtor

other

governmentalentityandusedbyaCourtReporterinperformingcourtreporting

services.Equipmentshallinclude,butnotbelimitedto,telephones, computer

hardware,softwareprograms,disks,tapes,andanyotherdeviceusedfor

recordingandstoring,andtranscribingelectronicdata.

(3) WORKSPACEmeansthatportionoftheCourt’s

facilitiesdedicatedtoeach

CourtReporter,includingbutnotlimitedtoactualspaceinthecourtroomand

anydesignatedofficespace.

(4) PAGEmeansthepageunitoftranscriptwhichresultswhenarecordingis

transcribedintheformrequiredbyIndianaRuleofAppellateProcedure7.2.

(5) RECORDINGmeans

theelectronic,mechanical,stenographicorotherrecording

madeasrequiredbyIndianaRuleofTrialProcedure74.

(6) REGULARHOURSWORKEDmeansthosehourswhichtheCourtisregularly

scheduledtoworkduringanygivenworkweek.Dependingontheparticular

Court,thesehoursmayvaryfromCourttoCourtwithin

thecountybut remain

thesameforeachworkweek.

(7) GAPHOURSWORKEDmeansthosehoursworkedinexcessoftheregularhours

workedbuthoursnotinexcessofforty(40)hoursperweek.

(8) OVERTIMEHOURSWORKEDmeansthosehoursworkedinexcessofforty(40)

hours

perworkweek.

(9) WORKWEEKmeansaseven(7)consecutivedayweekthatconsistentlybegins

andendsonthesamedaysthroughouttheyear,i.e.SundaythroughSaturday,

WednesdaythroughTuesday,FridaythroughT hursday.

(10) COURTmeanstheparticularCourtforwhichtheCourtReporterperforms

services.Courtmayalsomean

alloftheCourtsinDeKalbCounty.

(11) COUNTYINDIGENTTRANSCRIPTmeansatranscriptthatispaidforfromCounty

fundsandisfortheuseonbehalfofalitigantwhohasbeendeclaredindigent

byaCourt.

(12) STATEINDIGENTTRANSCRIPTmeansatranscriptthatispaidforfromstate

fundsandisfortheuse

onbehalfifalitigantwhohasbeendeclaredindigentby

aCourt.

(13) PRIVATETRANSCRIPTmeansatranscript,includingbutnotlimitedtoa

depositiontranscript,thatispaidforbyaprivateparty.

 (B) SalariesAndPerPageFees:

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(1) CourtReportersshallbepaidanannualsalaryfortimespentworkingunderthe

control,directionanddirectsupervisionoftheirsupervisingcourtduringany

regularworkinghours,gaphoursorovertimehours.Thesupervisingcourtshall

enterintoawritten agreementwiththecourtreporterswhichoutlinesthe

mannerinwhichthecourtreporteristobecompensatedforgapandovertime

hours,i.e.monetarycompensationorcompensatorytimeoffregularwork

hours.

(2) Themaximumperpagefeeacourtreportermaychargeforthepreparationofa

countyindigenttranscriptshallbe$3.50

$4.00thecourtreportershallsubmita

claimdirectlytothecountyforthepreparationofanycountyindigent

transcripts.

(3) Themaximumperpagefeeacourtreportermaychargeforthepreparationofa

stateindigenttranscriptshallbe$3.50

$4.00.

(4) Themaximumperpagefeeacourtreportermaychargeforthepreparationofa

privatetranscriptshallbe$3.50

$4.00.

(5) IfaCourtReporterisrequestedtoprepareanexpeditedtranscript,the

maximumfeeperpageshallbe$5.00wherethetranscriptmustbeprepared

withinfive(5)workingdays.

  (6) Eachcourtreportershallreport,atleastonanannualbasis,all  

transcriptfeesreceivedforthepreparationofeithercounty

indigent,stateindigentorprivatetranscriptstotheIndiana

SupremeCourtDivisionofStateCourtAdministration.The

reportingshallbemadeonformsprescribedby

theDivisionof

StateCourtAdministration.

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(C) PrivatePractice:

ACourtReportershallnotbeallowedtousecourtequipment,workspace,orsupplies

norregularemploymenthours,gaphours,orovertimehourstoengageintheprivate

practiceofrecordingadepositionand/orpreparingadepositiontranscript.

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