First Regular Session 112th General Assembly (2001)


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     SENATE ENROLLED ACT No. 138



     AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning courts and court officers.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

    SECTION 1. IC 33-5-25-5 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 5. (a) The Hendricks superior court No. 1 has original, exclusive jurisdiction in all matters pertaining to the probate of wills, the appointment of guardians, executors, administrators, personal representatives, and trustees, and to the administration and settlement of estates of protected persons (as defined in IC 29-3-1-13) and deceased persons, and of trusts, adoptions, and surviving partnerships, and in all probate and other matters provided for by IC 29, except its jurisdiction is not exclusive to civil actions by or against personal representatives, but is concurrent with the Hendricks circuit court, Hendricks superior court No. 2, and Hendricks superior court No. 3.
    (b) Except as provided in subsection (a), (a) Each superior court in the county has original and concurrent jurisdiction with the 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 but neither none of the superior court has courts have the jurisdiction of a juvenile court.
    (c) (b) Each superior court in the county has original and concurrent jurisdiction with the 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.


    SECTION 2. IC 33-5-25-18 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 18. The Hendricks Each superior court No. 2 and the Hendricks superior court No. 3 each have has a standard small claims and misdemeanor division.
    SECTION 3. IC 33-5-25-8 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE].
    SECTION 4. An emergency is declared for this act.


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