How the Franklin County Court Calendar Works
Franklin County posts no separate daily-calendar page of its own. The working online calendar sits inside Odyssey Public Access/MyCase. That hearings block covers public case data for Franklin Circuit Court 1 and Franklin Circuit Court 2. Those are the courts coded 24C01 and 24C02. Open the right case summary and read its settings next to the later Chronological Case Summary entries.
Indiana Administrative Rule 9 does require every court to keep a daily calendar or docket. It can be in electronic or some other form. Nothing in the rule forces a standalone web page, though. The local version may be posted at the courthouse or handed over on request. Check MyCase first. The court office coordinates hearings, and the unified clerk keeps the CCS docket.
Franklin MyCase Hearing Blocks
Open a MyCase hearing block and read all of it. You may see an event code, a session date and time, the assigned court, and the judicial officer. Fields for any reschedule or cancellation may appear too. One caution: an original setting can stay on screen. A later entry may move it. Restricted cases and older converted events often show less.
Indiana's public document access page explains why online and courthouse access differ. It is the source for this image.
A two-part check works best here. Scan the public docket summary first, then call the Franklin County clerk or court about any hearing that seems missing or unclear on the schedule.
Franklin County Court Date Lookups
The access rules point to a two-part habit. Read the public summary first. Then ask the Franklin clerk or court directly when a setting is missing or unclear.
- Open MyCase and search by Franklin County case number or party name.
- Filter to Franklin County and select the correct case.
- Read the hearing block and newest CCS entries.
- Call the clerk at 765-647-5111 for docket questions or the court at 765-647-4186 for hearing coordination.
- Check the courthouse’s current daily-docket format, and confirm through counsel when represented.
Find the clerk's counter in Room 104 at 459 Main Street, Brookville. Courtrooms and court offices share the second floor. Clerk hours run weekdays, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., closed noon to 1:00. Call ahead before traveling.
Two Franklin Courts, One Courthouse
The official Odyssey list shows both 24C01 and 24C02. Both went live on Odyssey on December 9, 2013. A result can point to the same courthouse but a different division and judge. Brookville lists no separate municipal court. Batesville City Court is the cross-county exception. It is listed under Ripley County, so check its settings separately.
Never guess the court from a town name alone. Trust the court code printed on the case.
Court Settings: What Each Field Means
A setting marks a scheduled event. It is not always a trial. Match every field against the newest CCS entry.
| Date | The session date, which may differ from an appear-by deadline. |
|---|---|
| Time | A docket-call or individual time; confirm which applies. |
| Courtroom | The room or division assignment. |
| Judge | The listed judicial officer, subject to reassignment. |
| Setting Type | The purpose, such as initial hearing, pretrial, motion, or trial. |
Some appear-by dates set a deadline to act rather than a live session. Quote the exact screen label when asking staff for help.
When a Court Date Moves
A continuance moves an event, and the reset is the replacement date. A cancellation wipes out the active event. Sometimes a dismissal, judgment, or other order made it unnecessary. The old date can linger in the CCS as history. That leaves two dates on screen. A motion asking for more time does not move a hearing by itself. The judge must act, and the order or new setting should show in the case history.
Check for a later order, reschedule field, or updated hearing line. The newest valid court action controls. Compare the time too, not just the day. An entry may say an event was cancelled due to dismissal or judgment. Read the public order when one is available. A blank document link does not erase the docket event. It may mean the order requires an in-person request or is restricted.
The Franklin County docket search explains how to narrow a case by court and filing window. When two dates stay plausible, give staff both and ask which is active. That beats trusting an old notice or a saved screen.
Franklin Schedule Terms
Short labels keep a busy court schedule compact. Learn these terms to read the Franklin County calendar with confidence.
- Setting
- A date reserved for a court event.
- Continuance
- An order moving the event later.
- Reset
- The replacement date.
- Cancelled
- An event removed from the active calendar.
- CCS
- The ordered docket history kept by the clerk.
E-filing is not the public calendar. It serves authorized users who file and exchange documents. For public viewing, MyCase is the read layer.
Franklin Calendar Access Rules
Indiana court-access rules control what calendars and records the public can see. Sensitive cases may be excluded from remote view. That includes sealed or expunged material, much juvenile information, and protected medical or problem-solving records. A missing online setting does not prove no hearing exists.
Public, party, and attorney access open different doors. An access code may let an eligible party see more of that party's case. Yet it never makes confidential material public. Staff may also limit phone details when identity or authority is in question. Ask which public setting can be confirmed, then follow the court's process for protected information. Remember, a calendar entry gives notice of an event. It does not grant access to every filing or hearing record behind it.
Indiana Code Title 5 provides the statutory authority behind public records access.
The judicial rules carry the more detailed framework for court case access. Use the posted docket or a phone call when remote data falls short.
Missed Settings and What Comes Next
Miss a date in Franklin County? Move fast. Read the newest entries on the court docket first. MyCase may already show a failure-to-appear event. Then call the right office. The clerk can pull the case record and explain what the public entries mean, while the court coordinates hearings. If you have a lawyer, reach out to counsel too. Neither office gives legal advice, so ask a lawyer about anything with real stakes. Waiting for a letter in the mail is a mistake. The docket already shows an urgent order.
Missed a setting? A failure to appear can lead to a warrant or other court action, depending on the case.
Contact the Franklin clerk, court, and your attorney promptly; never assume the absence of a new online date ends the matter.
Before you call about a missed court date in Franklin County, gather the basics. That means the case number, division, party name, and the date you missed. Tell the clerk where that date came from. It might be MyCase, a paper notice, or your attorney. Then ask if a new setting or order has been entered on the docket. If serious consequences could follow, get legal advice before you walk back into court. One more thing. A missed appearance or unpaid traffic ticket can send the case into a court-to-BMV process. So fix the court case first and the license issue second.
Confirm Franklin Courtroom Details
Judge Clay M. Kellerman is one. Judge Alex J. Dudley is the other. Both are listed on the official court page, which is a starting point rather than a guarantee. A Franklin County hearing can shift its judge, its room, or how you appear. Check all three before you head out. Local rules set out how a presiding judge gets chosen. The county page leaves the current holder unnamed. So do not try to guess from seniority or a case prefix.
Oldenburg's official government page is the source of the assigned image.
Oldenburg cases on county matters run through the Franklin Circuit Court docket. A town meeting calendar will not show any court dates. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals posts the federal appellate calendar for appeals that reach it.
A federal appellate calendar will not show your Franklin Circuit Court hearing. Those are two separate worlds. Federal cases in Franklin go through the Southern District of Indiana. Appeals from there land in the Seventh Circuit. Each system runs on its own track. MyCase handles Indiana state e-filing, while CM/ECF and PACER cover the federal side. Before you trust any calendar entry, check that the court name, case number, and jurisdiction all match your case.