Jennings County Courts, Indiana Filing Fees and Waivers

CRITICAL

A felon must pay a $100 administration fee and a misdemeanant a $50 administration fee upon entering the program and signing the participant agreement.

$100.00 felon/$50.00 misdemeanant administration fee, due at the time of entrance into the program (at the signing of the participant agreement);

CRITICAL

A monthly user fee of no more than $50 begins in the participant’s second month and continues each month for the duration of participation.

A monthly user fee not to exceed $50, commencing in the second month of participation and for each month thereafter for the duration of participation in the problem-solving court.

CRITICAL

Participants must pay all user fees before successful discharge unless the case plan or Court specifies otherwise.

Participants must pay all user fees in full prior to successful discharge from the program unless otherwise specified in the case plan or by the Court.

WARNING

Fee

25

A non-indigent defendant who owes court costs, a fine, or a civil penalty and does not pay in full by the later applicable deadline must pay an additional $25 late-payment fee, collected by the Clerk.

(1) Any defendant found to have: (a) been convicted of a crime; (b) found liable for an infraction; (c) found liable for violation of an ordinance of a municipal corporation; or (d) adjudicated for a delinquent act; and (2) The defendant is required to pay: (a) court costs, including fees; (b) a fine; or (c) a civil penalty; and (3) The defendant is not determined by the Court imposing the court costs, fine or civil penalty to be indigent; and (4) The defendant fails to pay to the Clerk the costs, fine, or civil penalty in full before the later of the following: (a) The end of the business day on which the Court enters the conviction or judgment or designates as the day for payment; or (b) The end of the period specified in a payment schedule set for the payment of court costs, fines, and civil penalties under the rules adopted for the operation of the Court; then The defendant shall pay an additional $25.00 fee pursuant to IC 33-37-5-22, and the Clerk of the Court shall collect the late payment fee.

INFO

Judges of Jennings County Problem-Solving Courts may impose fees for necessary and appropriate intervention services, including the listed services.

Pursuant to the Judicial Conference of Indiana Problem-Solving Court Rules, Section 16, adopted June 16, 2011, and amended with an effective date of April 1, 2018, the Judges of Jennings County Problem-Solving Courts may impose a range of fees for necessary and appropriate intervention services, including but not limited to the following: 1.) Screening for treatment eligibility and other appropriate services; 2.) Assessment; 3.) Education; 4.) Referral to services; and Service coordination and case management.