Title 33, COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS

Sec. 13. The process of the Porter superior court must have the seal affixed. The process must be attested, directed, served, returned, and be in the form as provided for process issuing from the circuit court. [Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-38-21.] As added by P.L.98-20…

Sec. 14. Each Porter superior judge may appoint additional officers and personnel necessary for the proper administration of the judge's duties as judge of the court. [Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-38-22.] As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.

Sec. 15. (a) The Porter superior court by rules adopted by the court, shall designate one (1) of the judges as presiding judge and fix the time the judge presides. (b) The presiding judge shall be responsible for the operation and conduct of the court and for seeing that the cour…

Sec. 16. When any action of the entire Porter superior court is required, the judges of the court shall act in concert. If there is a disagreement, the decision of the majority of the judges controls. However, in the absence of a majority, the decision of the presiding judge cont…

Sec. 17. The Porter superior court shall, when it believes it is necessary, appoint additional personnel for the proper administration of the court, including but not limited to an administrative officer who shall operate under the jurisdiction of the presiding judge. [Pre-2004 R…

Sec. 18. The judge of the circuit court may, with the consent of the court transfer any action, cause, or proceeding filed and docketed in the circuit court to this court by transferring all original papers and instruments filed in the action, cause, or proceeding without further…

Sec. 19. Any judge of the Porter superior court may, with the consent of the judge of the Porter circuit court, transfer any action, cause, or proceeding filed and docketed in the superior court to the circuit court by transferring all original papers and instruments filed in suc…

Sec. 2. Porter County constitutes the sixty-seventh judicial circuit. [Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-4-1-64.] As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.

Sec. 20. The judge of the Porter circuit court may, with the Porter superior court's permission, sit and act as a judge of the Porter superior court in all matters pending before the superior court, without limitation and without any further order, in the same manner and stead as…

Sec. 21. The judges of the Porter superior court shall be commissioned by the governor in the same manner as a judge of the circuit court and any vacancy occurring in the office of judge of the superior court shall be filled by appointment by the governor in the same manner as va…

Sec. 23. (a) The judge of the Porter circuit court may appoint one (1) full-time magistrate under IC 33-23-5. The magistrate continues in office until removed by the judge of the circuit court. (b) The judges of the Porter superior court may jointly appoint two (2) full-time magi…

Sec. 3. (a) There is established a court of record to be known as Porter superior court. The Porter superior court has five (5) judges, who hold office for six (6) years, beginning on the first day of January after their election and until their successors are elected and qualifi…

Sec. 4. (a) The Porter superior court's superior division shall have a seal consisting of a circular disk containing the words "Porter Superior Court, Superior Division", an impression of which shall be spread of record upon the order book of the court. (b) The Porter superior co…

Sec. 6. The judges of the Porter superior court may make and adopt rules and regulations for conducting the business of the court and have all the powers incident to a court of record in relation to the attendance of witnesses, the punishment of contempts, and the enforcement of …

Sec. 7. The judges of the Porter superior court have the same power to grant restraining orders and injunctions, to issue writs of habeas corpus and of mandate and prohibition, to appoint receivers, masters, and commissioners to convey real property, and to grant commissions for …

Sec. 8. (a) The Porter superior court, superior division, shall hold sessions in the Porter County courthouse in Valparaiso. (b) One (1) judge of the Porter superior court, county division, shall hold sessions of the court in Valparaiso and two (2) judges shall hold sessions of t…

Sec. 9. The clerk, under the direction of a Porter superior court judge, shall provide order books, judgment dockets, execution dockets, fee books and other books, papers, and records as necessary for the court. All books, papers, and proceedings of the court shall be kept distin…