Increased public access to court records will begin August 1, the Indiana Supreme Court said in an order Friday, after hearing recommendations from an advisory task force on remote access to and privacy of electronic court records.
Indiana lawyers could face potential ethical liability if their paralegals or other staff misuse confidential information from online case records.
Indiana lawyers could face potential ethical liability if their paralegals or other staff misuse confidential information from online case records.
Indiana lawyers can now view online public records in state trial court cases in the Odyssey case management system available through mycase.in.gov.
A panel advising the Indiana Supreme Court on which trial court records should go online has recommended that petitions seeking to expunge criminal records eventually be posted on the state court’s website for public case information.
In its third meeting, the Advisory Task Force on Remote Access to and Privacy of Electronic Court Records shifted discussion to what types of trial court cases should be made available online at mycase.in.gov and any potential issues in doing so.
After deciding last week all appellate pleadings and motions would be available online at mycase.in.gov within the next 60 days, the Indiana Supreme Court announced Tuesday electronic filing of all pleadings to pending cases will become mandatory for all attorneys in Indiana appellate courts as well as Hamilton County Circuit and Superior Courts July 1.
This month, the mycase.in.gov website, the public access site for Odyssey Case Management System for Indiana courts and clerks, will get an improved design for mobile users and new features.