Porter County Courts

This page contains basic information about the courts and clerk in Porter County. This page has been created for your convenience and does not serve as the official webpage for the county, courts, or clerk listed herein. Because personnel changes can happen frequently, the contents of this page may be out of date, though every effort has been made to keep the content current. Report errors on this page to the Indiana Courts webmaster.

Porter County Local Rules of Court

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Document	Date		Pages	Size
Proposed Rules	Published	Effective
Circuit and Superior Courts (Caseload Allocation Plan)	05.30.08	01.01.09 & Upon Approval	2	73 kb
Current Rules
Circuit and Superior Courts	05.09.07	In Effect	80	339 kb
Trial Rule 77(K) Electronic Posting of Records Approval
Circuit and Superior Courts	04.24.08	In Effect	52	2.2 mb

This county has been approved by the Indiana Supreme Court Division of State Court Administration to post court records to the Internet pursuant to Trial Rule 77.

Links to Official Websites for Porter County:

Porter County	http://www.porterco.org/
Clerk's Office	http://www.porterco.org/clerk.html

Contact Information for Porter County

Email addresses for the Clerk and the Courts are typically not published to this website. If the Clerk or Courts do not publish email addresses to their official website(s) [listed above, if available], then email is not an appropriate way to contact these offices with questions or requests.

Clerk's Office	Circuit Court
16 Lincolnway, # 209 Valparaiso, IN 46383 [map] Pho: (219) 465-3450 Fax: (219) 465-3847 Clerk of Courts Pamela Mishler Fish	16 Lincolnway Valparaiso, IN 46383 [map] Pho: (219) 465-3425 Fax: (219) 465-3647 Judge Hon. Mary R. Harper Magistrate Edward J. Nemeth
Superior Court #1	Superior Court #2
16 Lincolnway, #338 Valparaiso, IN 46383 [map] Pho: (219) 465-3410 Fax: (219) 465-3648 Judge Hon. Roger V. Bradford Magistrate James A. Johnson	16 Lincolnway 64D02 - 5th Floor Valparaiso, IN 46383 [map] Pho: (219) 465-3411 Fax: (219) 465-3642 Judge Hon. William E. Alexa Magistrate Katherine Ratliff Forbes
Superior Court #3	Superior Court #4
3560 Willowcreek Road Portage, IN 46368 [map] Pho: (219) 759-8232 Fax: (219) 759-6852 Judge Hon. Julia M. Jent	16 Lincolnway, # 228 Valparaiso, IN 46383 [map] Pho: (219) 465-3412 Fax: (219) 465-3671 Judge Hon. David L. Chidester
Superior Court #5	Superior Court #6
16 Lincolnway Valparaiso, IN 46383 [map] Pho: (219) 465-3425 Fax: (219) 465-3647 Judge Hon. Mary R. Harper	3560 Willowcreek Road Portage, IN 46368 [map] Pho: (219) 759-8202 Fax: (219) 759-6039 Judge Hon. Jeffrey L. Thode

Last modified on Monday, July, 28, 2008

Historical Postard: Porter County Courthouse, Valparaiso, Indiana

Historic Postcard:
Porter County Courthouse
Valparaiso, Indiana