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Ind. Code § 33-28-1-2 (2025)

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     Sec. 2. (a) All circuit courts have:

(1) original and concurrent jurisdiction in all civil cases and in all criminal cases;

(2) original and concurrent jurisdiction with the superior courts in all user fee cases;

(3) de novo appellate jurisdiction of appeals from city and town courts; and

(4) in Marion County, de novo appellate jurisdiction of appeals from township small claims courts established under IC 33-34.

     (b) The circuit court also has the appellate jurisdiction that may be conferred by law upon it.

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-4-4-3.]

As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.201-2011, SEC.22; P.L.195-2019, SEC.3.

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 32 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 2005–2025 · leading case: In Re the Custody of M.B. B/N/F S.C. & D.C. v. S.B. & S.W., 51 N.E.3d 230 (Ind. 2016).
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In Re the Custody of M.B. B/N/F S.C. & D.C. v. S.B. & S.W., 51 N.E.3d 230 (Ind. 2016). · cites it 4× “Under Indiana Code § 33-28-1-2, the Po-sey Circuit Court has original jurisdiction in all civil cases.”
Fackler v. Powell, 839 N.E.2d 165 (Ind. 2005). · cites it 2× “" There is no dispute as to which note was to be assigned to Fackler, and the day after the Settlement Agreement was signed Powell executed an assignment of the note and mortgage with the note and mortgage attached as exhibits.”
State v. Aisin USA Mfg., Inc., 946 N.E.2d 1148 (Ind. 2011). · cites it 2× “Code § 33-33-36-4 (2008) (providing that the Jackson Superior Court has the same jurisdiction as the Jackson Circuit Court); see also I.C. § 33-28-1-2(a) (defining the jurisdiction of the circuit courts).”
Brogan v. State, 925 N.E.2d 1285 (Ind. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 4× “More specifically, the Noble Superior Court, by Indiana statute, has the same jurisdiction as the Noble Circuit Court. Ind.Code § 33-33-57-4.”
In Re The Paternity of B.J.N. by Next Friend, E.M. v. K.N. & On Consol. Appeal, In Re the Guardianship of B.J.N., E.M. v. P.C., 19 N.E.3d 765 (Ind. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “Ind.Code § 33-28-1-2. Indiana Code section 29—3—2—1 (a)(1) provides that Indiana courts that have probate jurisdiction also have jurisdiction over “[t]he business affairs, physical person, and property of every incapacitated person and minor residing in Indiana.”
Baird v. Lake Santee Reg'l Waste & Water Dist., 945 N.E.2d 711 (Ind. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “” Ind.Code § 33-28-1-2. Our legislature clearly designated the trial court to be a default forum for all cases, unless, a litigant can show, or the trial court discovers itself, that some other court exercises exclusive jurisdiction over the case.”
Todd Alan Currie, Jr. v. State of Indiana, 82 N.E.3d 285 (Ind. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “Circuit courts have original and concurrent jurisdiction in all civil and criminal cases, Ind. Code § 33-28-1-2 (a)(1), and Post-Conviction Rule 1(12) simply imposes a pre-condition to invoking that jurisdiction in certain cases.”
In the Matter of the Paternity of B.C., M.B. & N.S. v. J.C., 9 N.E.3d 745 (Ind. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “” Ind.Code § 33-28-1-2. Ind.Code § 31-30-1-1(3) governs juvenile court jurisdiction and provides: “A juvenile court has exclusive original jurisdiction, except as provided in sections 9, 10, 12, and 13 of this chapter, in the following: .”
HRC Hotels, LLC v. Metro. Bd. of Zoning Appeals Div. II of Marion Cnty., Indiana, Jeffrey R. Baumgarth & The Myers Y. Cooper Co., 8 N.E.3d 203 (Ind. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “See Ind.Code § 33-28-1-2 (“All circuit courts have original and concurrent jurisdiction in all civil cases and in all criminal cases”).”
Michael R. Pilkington v. Karen A. Pilkington, 71 N.E.3d 865 (Ind. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “Indiana Code section 33-28-1-2 (2011) provides that all circuit courts have original and concurrent jurisdiction in all civil cases and in all criminal cases.”
West v. Wadlington, 908 N.E.2d 1157 (Ind. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 2× “"); Ind.Code § 33-28-1-2 (2004) (providing generally that cireuit courts have original jurisdiction in "all civil cases and all criminal cases[.”
In the Matter of the Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of E.P. III & E.P. Jr. (Father) v. Indiana Dept. of Child Servs., 20 N.E.3d 915 (Ind. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “See Ind. Code § 33-28-1-2 (“All circuit courts have .”
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Ind. Code § 33-28-1-2(a): 3 cases
State v. Aisin USA Mfg., Inc., 946 N.E.2d 1148 (Ind. 2011). “Code § 33-33-36-4 (2008) (providing that the Jackson Superior Court has the same jurisdiction as the Jackson Circuit Court); see also I.C. § 33-28-1-2(a) (defining the jurisdiction of the circuit courts).”
Wayne Twp. v. Indiana Dep't of Local Gov't Fin., 865 N.E.2d 625 (Ind. Ct. App. 2007).
Wayne Tp. v. Ind. Dept. of Local Gov. Fin., 865 N.E.2d 625 (Ind. Ct. App. 2007).
Ind. Code § 33-28-1-2(a)(1): 1 case
Mark Suesz v. Med-1 Solutions, LLC, 734 F.3d 684 (7th Cir. 2013).
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