Marion AO M-2025-62-B: Circuit Judge Assignments (eff. June 15, 2026) — Youmans becomes Administrative Judge
Summary
Controls Marion circuit assignments: felony designations W-Brigham / X-Kissner Kwatkosky / Y-Rogers / Z-McCourt; DR designations FC-Bass / FG-Jerald / FJ-Craggs / FK-Pickens; civil thirds (incl. forfeitures, bond validations, eminent domain, trust/estate litigation) to Herndon, Hodges and Youmans; King takes all probate/guardianship/Baker/Marchman/juvenile; and the Administrative Judge role passes to Judge Youmans effective June 15, 2026.
Requirement
Signed April 30, 2026 by Steven G. Rogers as (then) Administrative Judge; effective June 15, 2026 (hashed PDF, full text verified). Verbatim highlights: "Judge Stacy M. Youmans: 1/4 Jimmy Ryce cases; All Violations of Probation (VOPs) and Violations of Community Control (VOCCs) for individuals sentenced to the Felony Prison Diversion Drug Court; Felony Prison Diversion Drug Court; Administrative Judge for Marion County; 1/3 Civil cases; 1/3 Forfeitures; 1/3 Bond Validations and Assessment Liens; 1/3 Eminent Domain; 1/3 Trust/Estate civil litigation cases." Herndon adds Veterans' Treatment Court; Hodges carries matching civil thirds. "Judge Brad King: Juvenile Delinquency; Juvenile Detention hearings; All Probate; All Guardianship, including all IPEVA proceedings; All Marchman Act review and hearings; All Baker Act review and hearings; All motions to involuntarily administer medication to DOC inmates. CINS/FINS; Truancy Court; Juvenile Sexting Infractions." Jerald: 1/3 DR (FG) incl. DV/dating DR + 1/3 repeat/stalking/sexual-violence + after-hours injunctions + 1/3 CSE (HG) + ALL RPO proceedings. Pickens: dependency, crossover, DV + DR (FK), administrative CSE (HK), shelters, Ch. 39 TPRs + follow-on adoptions. ¶5: DV/repeat-violence cases follow the judge with the pending DR case (and vice versa for later-filed DR). ¶6: after-hours injunctions rotate among ALL Marion judges (county judges sit as acting circuit judges during such duty). ¶7: Friday-noon duty handoff (phone + computer); duty judge covers First Appearances, Shelter and Detention hearings. ¶9 grand jury: McCourt Q1, Rogers Q2, Kissner Kwatkosky Q3, Brigham Q4 (2026).
Source of truth
Judge Stacy M. Youmans: ... Administrative Judge for Marion County; 1/3 Civil cases; 1/3 Forfeitures; 1/3 Bond Validations and Assessment Liens; 1/3 Eminent Domain; 1/3 Trust/Estate civil litigation cases.
- Source health
- Healthy · checked July 21, 2026
- Effective date
- June 14, 2026
- Last verified
- July 19, 2026fable5-livefetch-2026-07-20
Reviewer note: Fetched + hashed + full-text verified 2026-07-20 (sha256 0ca569c6…). ARBITRATION CORRECTION: prior research roster kept the Administrative-Judge role and problem-solving courts under Judge Rogers — the order text transfers them to Judge Youmans effective 6/15/2026, and adds her Ryce/VOP/VOCC + drug-court duties.
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AM 23-C — Uniform Average Time Standards for hearings
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AO 22-02 — Docket index numbers on notices + proposed orders
Every attorney-generated notice of hearing and every proposed order must list the docket index number / motion identifier of the motion at issue.