While Clerk and Court staff cannot give legal advice, we may share information. Clerks cannot tell parties what type of case to file, but we may share information about available forms and general questions about filing processes.
Citizens of Indiana have access to case filings not precluded by Rules on Access to Court Records Rule 5. If you wish to view a pending case or a closed case, Odyssey (the judicial tracking information program) provides access to court information via the internet. You can access case information without visiting or placing a call to the Justice Building. Please note: Juvenile and mental health matters, per Rules on Access to Court Records Rule 5 are not accessible.
Visitors must know at the minimum the first 3 letters of the last name or full case number to perform the search. If you are using only the first 3 letters, place an * after the 3rd letter prior to submitting.
The link to the website is: http://mycase.in.gov/
**Juvenile Paternity cases filed prior to July 1, 2014 may not appear on mycase.in.gov.**
Adoptions (AD)
Our office does not have court forms packets for adoptions.
IC 31-19-2-2 Adoption of minor child; petition; venue; substituting petitioner
Sec. 2. (a) A resident of Indiana who seeks to adopt a child less than eighteen (18) years of age may, by attorney of record, file a petition for adoption with the clerk of the court having probate jurisdiction in the county in which:
- the petitioner for adoption resides;
- a licensed child placing agency or governmental agency having custody of the child is located; or
- the child resides.
Court Business (CB)
These cases may be used for recording Foreign Judgment or Lis Pendens, Appointment of Pro Tempore or Senior or Special Judge, Workforce Development.
IC 32-30-11 Controls the lis pendens process and the burden of properly filing a lis pendens notice is upon the filer. The purpose of the notice is to provide notice to the public of a claim against the real estate described in the notice and filing it in a court case does not provide notice to the public as the statutory procedure creates a place for the public to search for these notices. A lis pendens notice is a clerk record and not a court record although often (mistakenly) filed in the court case by a party.
Civil Collections (CC)
IC 33-37-5-28 Indiana Code for Civil Collections
Civil Plenary (CP or PL)
A case type designating civil cases in which the parties are generally engaged in litigation over a contract or some other business dealing involving real or personal property and claiming only Equitable or Injunctive Relief.
Civil Tort (CT)
A tort, in common law jurisdiction, is a civil wrong (other than breach of contract) that causes a claimant to suffer loss or harm, resulting in legal liability for the person who commits the tortious act.
Family Law Cases
If Child Support is to be received, the decree of dissolution must include the following statement: Payor of Support must pay an annual docket fee to the Clerk pursuant to IC 33-19-6-5
- Notice to Self Represented Parties in Dissolution Cases with Children
- Juvenile Paternity (JP)
- Divorce - With Children (DC)
- Divorce - Without Children (DN)
- Divorce - Filed PRIOR to 12/31/2016 (DR)
- Reciprocal Support (RS)
- Modification of Support or Custody under Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act Petition
Guardianship (GU)
- Guardianship Forms (Link to blank page)
- Guardianship Information Sheet is required pursuant to Trial Rule 3.1(A)
- Guardianship FAQ
Juvenile Cases
- Juvenile CHINS (JC)
- Juvenile Delinquency (JD)
- Juvenile Miscellaneous (JM)
- Juvenile Paternity (JP)
- Petitions to establish paternity or support for children born out of wedlock
- JP case contents before July 1, 2014 are confidential and only parties of record may access the information upon verification of identity. JP case contents after July 1, 2014 are public access.
- Juvenile Protection Orders (JQ)
- This case type is only used for child protection orders filed by DCS pursuant to IC 31-34-2.3
- Juvenile Status (JS)
- Juvenile Termination (JT)
Miscellaneous Criminal
- Miscellaneous Criminal (MC) BMV Reinstatement Waiver Requests (no applicable filing fee)
- Mortgage Foreclosure (MF)
- Mental Health (MH)
Miscellaneous Civil (MI)
- Name Change (MI)
- Specialized Driving Privileges (MI)
- Protective Orders
- To Electronically File a Protection Order https://www.in.gov/judiciary/efile/po-efiling.html
- Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence http://icadvinc.org/
- National Coalition Against Domestic Violence http://ncadv.org/
Reciprocal Support (RS)
Modification of Support or Custody under Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act Petition
Tax Deed (TP)
Verified Petition for Tax Deed OR Tax Sale Surplus Refund Petition IC 6-1.1-24-7(d)(2)
No filing fees - only one petition for deed per case
- Trust (TR)
- Tax Sale (TS)
These Trial Rules are officially titled “Failure to rule on motion” and “Time for holding issue under advisement; delay of entering a judgment” but are commonly known as the “lazy judge” rules.