Indiana Code 33-35-2-5. Certain city or town courts; concurrent jurisdictions; limitations
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Sec. 5. The city court of each of the five (5) cities having the largest populations and the town court of the town having the largest population in a county having a population of more than four hundred thousand (400,000) and less than seven hundred thousand (700,000) have concurrent civil jurisdiction with the circuit court of the county where the amount in controversy does not exceed six thousand dollars ($6,000). The court has jurisdiction in any action where the parties or the subject matter are in the county in which the city or town is located. However, the city or town court does not have jurisdiction in:
(2) matters relating to decedents’ estates, appointment of guardians, and all related matters;
(1) actions for slander or libel;
Terms Used In Indiana Code 33-35-2-5
- Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Population: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(3) dissolution of marriage actions; or
(4) injunction or mandate actions.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-10.1-2-4.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.143-2015, SEC.1; P.L.11-2023, SEC.101.