Indiana superior courts

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Indiana superior courts are state trial courts of general jurisdiction that handle a wide range of civil and criminal cases across Indiana’s counties.

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Label Occurrences
Indiana superior courts canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf court of general jurisdiction
state trial court system
appliesProceduralRules Indiana Rules of Criminal Procedure
Indiana Rules of Evidence
Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure
appliesToJurisdiction Indiana
surface form: State of Indiana
coexistsWith Indiana circuit courts
Indiana city courts
Indiana town courts
country United States of America
surface form: United States
exercises general jurisdiction
handles post‑judgment motions
pretrial proceedings
sentencing
trials
hasGoverningLaw Indiana Code
Indiana Constitution
hasJudgeType appointed judge (in some counties)
elected judge
hasJurisdiction administrative appeals (where provided by law)
appeals from city and town courts (where provided by law)
civil cases
criminal cases
equity cases
family law cases
felony prosecutions
juvenile matters
misdemeanor prosecutions
probate matters
small claims (where assigned by statute or local rule)
traffic offenses
languageOfWorkOrName English
locatedIn Indiana
mayHaveDivision civil division
criminal division
family division
juvenile division
probate division
operatesAtLevel county level
organizedBy Indiana counties
overseenBy Indiana Supreme Court NERFINISHED
partOf Indiana court system
surface form: Indiana judicial system

Indiana court system
surface form: Indiana state courts
uses bench trials
jury trials

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Judiciary of Indiana hasPart Indiana superior courts
Judiciary of Indiana trialCourtOfGeneralJurisdiction Indiana superior courts
Indiana circuit courts mayShareJurisdictionWith Indiana superior courts
Indiana small claims courts appealsTo Indiana superior courts
Indiana court system hasPart Indiana superior courts
Indiana city courts appealsGoTo Indiana superior courts
Indiana city courts distinctFrom Indiana superior courts