First and foremost, the judicial officers of Delaware Circuit Court shall make thoughtful, timely, reasoned and just decisions. The allocation of caseload must reflect this purpose.

The Board of Judges annually shall:

1. Review and analyze the statistics on current workload and case flow within the Delaware Circuit Court.
2. Give due weight to the expertise of each judge, the stress associated with certain caseloads, and the goal of keeping each judge competent in all areas of the law.
3. Analyze whether the current allocation is providing excellent public service. There shall be a presumption in favor of the current allocation in order to preserve public confidence in the system, promote stability for the employees of the court system, and avoid inefficient use of personnel, time and resources to effectuate change.

Nothing in this Rule shall preclude the transfer of an individual case from one division of the Circuit Court to another division to promote efficiency and provide for timely resolution of cases. The transferring judge shall direct the Clerk to resubmit the case for transfer to a specific division as designated in the Local Rules of Criminal, Civil, and Small Claims Procedures. In all Orders of Transfer, provisions shall be made to ensure all applicable costs and fees be allocated to the proper cause of action.

To allow for streamlined processing of documents and hearing evidence.

1. Any named party may file a petition and a proposed order with the court requesting that like case types with the same named parties be consolidated pursuant to Indiana Trial Rule 81.1. Consolidation for administrative rule purposes means that the cases will be related in Odyssey and all events be entered and enforced on the primary case. The courts cannot consolidate non-like case types. Example: JP and DC cannot be consolidated.