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Appointment of Justices From 1971 to the present a pool of candidates is selected by the Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission and one is appointed by the governor. Justices are subject to a retention election after two years of service and, if retained, they may continue for a full term of ten years.

In Indiana, there are three different kinds of trial courts: circuit courts, superior courts, and local city or town courts.

Indiana's form of government is closely modeled on the federal government with three branches: executive, legislative and judicial. The Governor, elected for a four-year term, heads the executive branch. The General Assembly, the legislative branch, consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

Circuit Courts The General Assembly divided Indiana into circuits, based on county lines. Each county in Indiana has at least one circuit court. Indiana has 92 counties, and 90 of these counties comprise their own circuit, with their own circuit court.

Indiana's highest level court is the Indiana Supreme Court. The Indiana Constitution does NOT allow its cities and towns to establish their own courts. There are 9 judges that serve on Indiana's Supreme Court, which are appointed by Indiana's governor and approved by the Judicial Nominating Commission.

Courts: The Court of Appeals divides Indiana into five districts. Judges: 15 judges (3 per district). All of the judges select a chief judge, and the judges of each district select a presiding judge.

Judges are reappointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. ... Judges on the Court of Appeals serve 14 years, while judges in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court serve five-year terms. Supreme Court and county court judges are elected in partisan elections.

Family court judges preside over family courts, where domestic cases such as divorce, child custody, abuse and neglect are heard. ... Additionally, most judges are elected or appointed to their positions, which means being able to run a political campaign and garner political support.

Like the Associate Justices, the Chief Justice is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. There is no requirement that the Chief Justice serve as an Associate Justice, but 5 of the 17 Chief Justices have served on the Court as Associate Justices prior to becoming Chief Justice.

The Chief Justice and the Associate Justices are elected to staggered six-year terms in statewide partisan elections. When a vacancy arises the Governor of Texas appoints a replacement, subject to Senate confirmation, to serve out the remainder of an unexpired term until the next general election.

Then the President, after consultation with the Chief Justice and the leaders of political parties represented in the National Assembly, chooses the judges from this selection. The judges ordinarily serve for a non-renewable term of between 12 and 15 years. The first judges were appointed in 1994.

There are four federal courts in Indiana: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana (in case citations, S.D. Ind.) is a federal district court in Indiana. It was created in 1928 by an act of Congress that split Indiana into two separate districts, northern and southern.

Judges are either appointed, selected through a merit process (with an election thereafter in some cases), or elected. The elections may be through partisan or nonpartisan elections. ... Gubernatorial appointments are typically subject to regular retention elections.

How long is the term of a Supreme Court Justice? The Constitution states that Justices "shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour." This means that the Justices hold office as long as they choose and can only be removed from office by impeachment.