§ 33-23-3-3 — Service of senior judge

(a) A senior judge:
(1) exercises the jurisdiction granted to the court served by the
senior judge;
(2) may serve as a domestic relations mediator, subject to the
code of judicial conduct;
(3) serves at the pleasure of the supreme court; and
(4) serves in accordance with rules adopted by the supreme court
under IC 33-24-3-7.
A senior judge serving as a domestic relations mediator is not entitled
to reimbursement or a per diem under section 5 of this chapter. A
senior judge serving as a domestic relations mediator may receive
compensation from the alternative dispute resolution fund under IC 33-23-6 in accordance with the county domestic relations alternative
dispute resolution plan.
(b) A senior judge appointed to serve in a county that has:
(1) a probate court;
(2) a circuit court; or
(3) a superior court judge;
may, with the consent of the probate court judge, the circuit court
judge, or any judge of a superior court in the county, sit as the judge of
the consenting judge's court in any matter as if the senior judge were
the elected judge or appointed judge of the court.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-4-8-3.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.22-2016, SEC.1.