Ind. Sup. Ct. Order Approving Local Rules: order-local-rules-2025-25S-MS-193

In the

Indiana Supreme Court

In the Matter of the Approval of Local

Rules for Harrison County

Supreme Court Case No.

25S-MS-193

Order Approving Amended Local Rule

The Judges of the Harrison Circuit and Superior Courts request the approval of an

amended local rule for caseload allocation in accordance with Administrative Rule 1(E).

Attached to this Order is the proposed amended local rule.

Upon examination of the proposed rule amendments requested by the Harrison Circuit

and Superior Courts, this Court finds that the proposed amendments to LR31-AR-1(E)-19

comply with the requirements of Administrative Rule 1(E), and, accordingly, should be

approved.

IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED by this Court that amended Local Rule, LR31-AR-

1(E)-19, for the Harrison Circuit and Superior Courts, set forth as an attachment to this Order,

is approved effective January 1, 2026.

Done at Indianapolis, Indiana, on ___________ .

Loretta H. Rush

Chief Justice of Indiana

7/28/2025

LR31-AR-1(E)-19

CASELOAD ALLOCATION PLAN

The Harrison County Caseload Allocation Plan shall be as follows:

A. Cases of the following case types shall be filed in Harrison Circuit Court:

AD— Adoption

CC— Civil Collection (new CC case numbers shall not be used for residential and

commercial evictions after 12/31/2020)

CE— Commercial Court Eligible (to be used when filing a civil case that is eligible for

the Commercial Court Docket pursuant to Commercial Court Rule 2)

CP— Civil Plenary (New CP case numbers shall not be issued after 12/31/2001. CP cases

filed before 1/1/2002 shall continue to bear the CP case type.)

CT— Civil Tort

DC— Domestic Relations with Children (to be used for cases filed on or after 1/1/2017)

DN— Domestic Relations No Children (to be used for cases filed on or after 1/1/2017)

DR— Domestic Relation (includes Dissolution of Marriage, Annulment, and Legal

Separation) (New DR case numbers shall not be issued after 12/31/2016. DR

cases filed before 1/1/2017 shall continue to bear the DR case type.)

GV— Grandparent Visitation

MF— Mortgage Foreclosure

MH— Mental Health

MI— Miscellaneous (Civil cases other than those specifically identified—i.e. change of

name, appointment of appraisers, marriage waivers, etc.)

PC— Post Conviction Relief Petition

PL— Civil Plenary (Civil Plenary cases filed after 1/1/2002—All Civil cases except

those otherwise specifically designated)

PO— Order of Protection

RA— Judicial Review of Administrative Agency Decisions (for petitions filed under I.C.

4-21.5-5)

RS— Reciprocal Support

TP— Verified Petition for Issuance of a Tax Deed

TS— Application for Judgment in a Tax Sale

XP— Expungement Petition (for petitions filed under I.C. 35-38-9)

JC— Juvenile CHINS

JD— Juvenile Delinquency

JM— Juvenile Miscellaneous

JP— Juvenile Paternity

JQ— Child Protection Order

JS— Juvenile Status

JT— Juvenile Termination of Parental Rights

EM— Estate, Miscellaneous

ES— Estate, Supervised

EU— Estate, Unsupervised

GM— Guardianship Miscellaneous (for petitions filed under I.C. 29-3-4 (concerning

protected proceedings or ratification of transactions) on or after 1/1/2020).

GU— Guardianship (shall not use for petitions filed under I.C. 29-3-4 (concerning

protected proceedings or ratification of transactions) on or after 1/1/2020).

TR— Trust

CB— Court Business record—i.e. court orders that refer to non-case matters such as the

appointment of judge pro tem, drawing the jury, etc.

Separate dockets need not be maintained for each type.

B. Cases of the following case type shall be filed in Harrison Superior Court:

CF— Criminal Felony (New CF case numbers shall not be issued after 12/31/2001. CF

cases filed prior to 1/1/2002 shall continue to bear the CF case type designation.)

CM— Criminal Misdemeanor

F1— Level 1 Felony (to be used for crimes committed on or after 7/1/2014)

F2— Level 2 Felony (to be used for crimes committed on or after 7/1/2014)

F3— Level 3 Felony (to be used for crimes committed on or after 7/1/2014)

F4— Level 4 Felony (to be used for crimes committed on or after 7/1/2014)

F5— Level 5 Felony (to be used for crimes committed on or after 7/1/2014)

F6— Level 6 Felony (to be used for crimes committed on or after 7/1/2014)

FA— Class A Felony (to be used for crimes committed on or before 6/30/2014)

FB— Class B Felony (to be used for crimes committed on or before 6/30/2014)

FC— Class C Felony (to be used for crimes committed on or before 6/30/2014)

FD— Class D Felony (to be used for crimes committed on or before 6/30/2014)

MC— Miscellaneous Criminal

MR— Murder

RF— Warrant to search for and seize a firearm in possession of dangerous individual (for

affidavits filed under I.C. 35-47-14-2 Indiana’s "red flag” law)

RF— Warrantless seizure of firearm from individual believed to be dangerous (for

affidavits filed under I.C. 35-47-14-3 Indiana’s “red flag” law)

IF— Infraction

OE— Exempted Ordinance Violation

OV— Local Ordinance Violation

SC— Small Claim (new SC case numbers shall not be used for residential and

commercial evictions after 12/31/2020)

EV— Petition for Eviction (to be used for residential and commercial evictions filed on

or after 1/1/2021—including claims for related damages; however other

landlord/tenant disputes such as damages without request for eviction, suits

regarding habitability, and other contract breaches, shall, depending on the

amount in controversy, continue to be filed using the small claims (SC) or civil

collections (CC) case types.)

CB— Court Business record—i.e. court orders that refer to non-case matters such as the

appointment of judge pro tem, drawing the jury, etc.

Separate dockets need not be maintained for each type.

C. All revocation of probation and post-conviction relief cases shall be filed in the court where

the original case is or was last pending.

D. The Judge of either the Harrison Circuit Court or the Harrison Superior Court may allow the

filing of any case in such court on a case-by-case basis unless another local rule, rule of the

Indiana Supreme Court or a statute prohibits the filing of such cases in the court.

E. Cases already filed in either court shall remain in that court and this case allocation plan shall

apply to new cases filed on and after the effective date of this caseload allocation plan.