IN THE
IN THE MATTER OF )
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APPROVAL OF LOCAL )
) Case No. 18S00-0310-MS-471
RULE FOR DELAWARE )
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CIRCUIT COURTS )
ORDER APPROVING LOCAL RULE FOR
The judges of the Delaware Circuit Courts request the approval of an amended local rule of civil practice involving the selection of special judges pursuant to Trial Rule 79(H). Attached to this order is the proposed local rule, entered in such courts on April 24, 2003. This rule provides for the selection of special judges from panels established in conjunction with other counties through a district caseload plan used to equalize caseload between counties.
Upon examination of this local rule, this Court finds that the proposed amended local civil rule complies with Trial Rule 79(H) and, accordingly, should be approved.
IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED by this Court that the proposed amended local civil rule, set forth as an attachment to this Order, is now approved, effective April 24, 2003.
The Clerk of this Court is directed to forward a copy of this Order to the judges of the Delaware Circuit Court and to the Clerk of the Delaware Circuit Courts.
The Clerk of the Delaware Circuit Courts is directed to place a copy of this Order in the Record of Judgments and Orders for each circuit court and is further directed to post this Order for public examination.
DONE at Indianapolis, Indiana, this _____ day of October, 2003.
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Randall T. Shepard
Chief Justice of Indiana