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Monday, September 17, 2007
Ind. Courts - Lake County judges reject plan to convert East Chicago civil court to full-time probate court
From a story today in the Gary Post-Tribune:
Chief Judge John Pera introduced a measure that would have reconstituted the East Chicago civil court as a full-time probate court, to cover the heavy, increasing number of cases involving the administration of estates.The county could then do away with three probate commissioners and save about $150,000 per year, Pera said.
"I figured it was a good time to go ahead with the plan, because the new judge coming in to replace Judge Pete would understand the deal, that he or she would be handling probate cases," Pera said.
The judges of the civil court defeated the proposal in a vote, however.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on September 17, 2007 08:09 AM
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