CHAPTER 6. TRANSFER OF CASES AND JUDGES

IC 33-30-6
    Chapter 6. Transfer of Cases and Judges

IC 33-30-6-1
Transfer of cases
    Sec. 1. (a) A judge of a circuit or superior court may order a casefiled in the judge's court to be transferred to the county court andentered in the appropriate docket if:
        (1) the county court has jurisdiction of the case concurrent withthe circuit or superior court; and
        (2) the county court judge consents to the transfer.
    (b) A judge of the county court may order a case filed in theplenary or criminal docket of the county court to be transferred to thecircuit or superior court and entered in the appropriate docket if:
        (1) the circuit or superior court has jurisdiction of the caseconcurrent with the county court; and
        (2) the county court judge consents to the transfer.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.9.

IC 33-30-6-2
Quarterly reports on judicial workload
    Sec. 2. (a) The county clerk shall prepare, and the county courtjudge shall certify and file, quarterly reports on March 31, June 30,September 30, and December 31 each year with the chief justice. Thereports must include:
        (1) the gross case filings, terminations, and cases remainingopen, broken down by the type of case; and
        (2) the number of jury trials, broken down by the type of case.
    (b) The reports must be:
        (1) in a form prescribed by; and
        (2) distributed by;
the supreme court.
    (c) Noncompliance with this section is grounds for censure orremoval of the judge under IC 33-30-3-11.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.9.

IC 33-30-6-3
Temporary transfer of judge
    Sec. 3. Based on the quarterly reports concerning the volume andnature of judicial workload prepared under section 2 of this chapter,the supreme court shall consider the temporary transfer of any judgeof a county court to another county court if the temporary transfer isdetermined to be beneficial to facilitate the judicial work of the courtto which the judge is transferred without placing an undue burden onthe court from which the judge is transferred. However, a judge maynot be temporarily transferred to a court in another county that, at thecourt's nearest point, is more than forty (40) miles from the countyseat that the judge normally serves unless the judge consents to thetransfer.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.9.
IC 33-30-6-4
Transfer of judge; expenses
    Sec. 4. Any judge transferred to a court in another county shall bepaid travel and other necessary expenses by the county to which thejudge is transferred. An allowance for expenses shall be certified bythe chief justice in duplicate to the auditor of the county.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.9.