Sec. 1. (a) A circuit court, a superior court, a probate court, the tax court, or the court of appeals may apply to the supreme court for the appointment of a senior judge to serve the court. (b) The application submitted under this section must include the following: (1) Reasons for the request. (2) Estimated […]
Sec. 2. Upon approving the request by a circuit court, a superior court, a probate court, the tax court, or the court of appeals for a senior judge, the supreme court may appoint a senior judge to serve that court for the duration specified in the application submitted under section 1 of this chapter. [Pre-2004 […]
Sec. 3. (a) A senior judge: (1) exercises the jurisdiction granted to the court served by the senior judge; (2) may serve as a domestic relations mediator, subject to the code of judicial conduct; (3) serves at the pleasure of the supreme court; and (4) serves in accordance with rules adopted by the supreme court […]
Sec. 4. The supreme court may not require a senior judge to accept an assignment to serve a circuit court, a superior court, a probate court, the tax court, or the court of appeals. If a senior judge declines an assignment to serve, the supreme court may offer the senior judge subsequent assignments to serve […]
Sec. 5. (a) A senior judge is entitled to the following compensation: (1) For each of the first thirty (30) days of service in a calendar year, a per diem of one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175). (2) Except as provided in subsection (c), for each day the senior judge serves after serving the first thirty […]
