Ind. Porter Cnty. Local Rule LR64-AR00-10000

10000.10 Establishment. All Porter County AProblem Solving Courts@ shall be

established pursuant to IC 33-23-16-11. A AProblem Solving Court@ is defined as it is at IC

33-23-16-8. Prior to being established as a Problem Solving Court, a court will provide notice

of intent to establish itself to the Indiana Judicial Center in accordance with IC 33-23-16-19(a).

The court will submit a Petition for approval to the Indiana Judicial Center in accordance with

the Rules adopted by the Board as required by 33-23-16-19(b).

10000.20 Problem Solving Court Fees

In accordance with the Rules adopted by the Board under IC33-23-16-23, those persons

directed to participate in a Problem Solving Court may be required to pay a Problem Solving

Court administration fee of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) per admission to a

Problem Solving Court for initial services regardless of the length of participation in the

Problem Solving Court.

A Problem Solving Court may require participants to pay a Problem Solving Court

Services Fee for each admission to a Problem Solving Court. The Problem Solving Court may

assess the Problem Solving Court Services Fee and collect the fee in an amount not to exceed

fifty dollars ($50.00) per month beginning with the second month of participation and for each

month thereafter for the duration of participation in the Problem Solving Court pursuant to IC

33-23-16-23.

Pursuant to IC 33-23-16-23(e) court service fees must be used only to fund Problem

Solving Court services.

The Problem Solving Court or the Clerk of the Court shall collect fees under this

section pursuant to IC 33-23-16-23(d). The fees must be transferred within thirty (30) days

after the fees are collected, for deposit by the auditor or fiscal officer in the appropriate user fee

fund established under IC 33-37-8-5.