Floyd juvenile cases to be heard in two courts

The Indiana Senate and House of Representatives have unanimously approved a bill that will allow the Floyd County Circuit Court to share its juvenile caseload with Floyd Superior Court No. 3. Floyd Circuit Court Judge Terrence Cody pushed local legislators Rep. Ed Clere and Sen. Connie Sipes to support the bill, and Sipes authored the Senate version. Juvenile cases are typically broken down into three categories: Paternity suits, CHINS -- which stands for Children In Need of Services -- and deliquency matters which are criminal affairs