Sullivan County Court Dockets
In Indiana, the docket for a case is commonly called the chronological case summary, or CCS. The CCS is the running event history kept in Odyssey and displayed through MyCase when public access is allowed. For Sullivan County court dockets, that means a user may see filings, scheduled hearings, court notices, orders, disposition events, payments, bond events, and other steps in the case. The docket is often the fastest way to learn whether a case is open, closed, set for hearing, or waiting for a deadline.
A docket is not the same as the full case record. The docket lists what happened and when. The full case record may include pleadings, exhibits, affidavits, orders, sentencing documents, certified decrees, wills, inventories, transcripts, or other filed papers. MyCase may link some public documents directly from a CCS entry, but a missing document link does not prove the document is closed. Many documents must be requested from the Sullivan County Clerk's Office, and transcripts must be requested through the court reporter or court contact.
- CCS
- Chronological case summary, the official Indiana docket event list.
- Event
- A filing, hearing, notice, order, payment, or other logged case action.
- Disposition
- The current or final outcome of a charge, claim, or case.
- Document Link
- A public online file attached to a docket event when access rules allow it.
Find Sullivan County Dockets Online
MyCase is the online docket path for Sullivan County. The Indiana Judicial Branch says MyCase uses case information from Odyssey courts, which includes most Indiana courts. Sullivan Circuit Court and Sullivan Superior Court appear in that statewide court structure, and the state Sullivan County page links users to search court cases. Because the system is statewide, a party-name search can return cases from more than one Indiana county. Narrow the court or county filter when possible.
Start with the most precise search term. Case number is best. Citation number works well for tickets and infractions. Party name is common for civil, criminal, family, probate, and small-claims matters, but common names may require date or county filters. Attorney-name searching can help when a lawyer is known but the party name is uncertain. Captcha may appear after repeated searches because the state system limits automated data mining.
- Open MyCase at the Indiana public case-search page.
- Select a search mode: case number, citation number, cross reference, party name, or attorney.
- Use Sullivan County, Sullivan Circuit Court, or Sullivan Superior Court as a filter when available.
- Open the matching result and review the case header before relying on a docket entry.
- Read the CCS from oldest to newest or newest to oldest, depending on the portal view.
- Confirm hearing dates with the court if a deadline, appearance, or warrant issue is urgent.
Sullivan County Docket Fields
A Sullivan County docket entry should be read with its case header. The header identifies the case number, court, case type, status, file date, and case style. The docket entries then show the sequence of events. Some entries are simple, such as a notice sent or hearing set. Others carry legal effect, such as a judgment entered, sentence imposed, bond posted, warrant issued, case dismissed, or payment recorded. If the docket entry references a document but no file is linked, call the Clerk's Office with the case number and the entry date.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Entry Date | The date the Sullivan County docket event was entered or filed. |
| Event Type | The action, such as hearing, order, filing, payment, warrant, judgment, or notice. |
| Party Filing | The party, attorney, clerk, court, or agency linked to the event if shown. |
| Hearing Date | The scheduled court appearance, motion hearing, trial setting, or review date. |
| Document Link | A downloadable public filing or order when MyCase makes the document available. |
| Financial Entry | Fees, costs, credits, balances, and payment activity when visible. |
| Status Text | Whether a charge, claim, bond, or case event is open, closed, dismissed, entered, or pending. |
Sullivan County Courts With Dockets
Sullivan County has both a Circuit Court and a Superior Court at the courthouse in Sullivan. Indiana trial courts include circuit courts, superior courts, and local city or town courts where established by local government. The research source set did not identify a separate Sullivan County city or town court page. It also did not identify separate probate, family, juvenile, or small-claims court websites for Sullivan County. Those matters are treated as case types within the Indiana trial-court system, subject to public-access rules.
The Indiana Judicial Branch places Sullivan County in Judicial District 19 with Clay, Putnam, and Vigo counties. The statewide system matters because a person may have public cases in nearby counties that also appear in MyCase search results. Local court rules for Sullivan County are linked from the state court page, while Supreme Court approval is required only for specific local-rule categories such as special judge selection, court reporter services, caseload allocation plans, and acting judge service.
- Sullivan Circuit Court handles Indiana trial-court matters assigned to the circuit court.
- Sullivan Superior Court handles trial-court matters assigned to the superior court.
- Sullivan County Clerk's Office is the records counter for case documents and certified copies.
- The Court of Appeals of Indiana receives most appeals from trial-court decisions after a final judgment or appealable order.
Docket vs. Full Record
Docket entries help track progress, but they are short summaries. A CCS entry might say that an order was issued, a motion was filed, a hearing was continued, or a sentence was entered. The full record may contain the text of the order, the motion, the notice, the judgment, the signed plea agreement, or the certified decree. Online users often need the docket first because it provides the case number and document date needed for a precise clerk request.
| Docket / CCS | Full Case Record | |
|---|---|---|
| Format | Chronological list of case events. | Filed papers, orders, exhibits, judgments, and certificates. |
| Best Use | Track status, hearings, deadlines, and outcomes. | Review the exact legal document or obtain proof. |
| Access | Often searchable online through MyCase if public. | May require MyCase document access, clerk request, certification, or court approval. |
| Limits | May summarize an event without showing the file. | May include restricted material, redactions, fees, or non-online documents. |
Read Sullivan County Dockets
Read the case header first. The same person can have multiple cases, and the same case type can appear in multiple counties. Confirm the Sullivan County court, case number, file date, case status, and parties before relying on any docket event. Then read the CCS entries around the event you care about. A single hearing entry may be followed by a continuance, order, failure-to-appear event, payment, or new date. The latest entry is not always the final legal outcome.
Common Indiana case codes can help identify the type of docket. CF is criminal felony, CM is criminal misdemeanor, IF is infraction, OV is ordinance violation, SC is small claims, EV is eviction, CC is civil collection, PL is civil plenary, ES is estate supervised, EU is estate unsupervised, TR is trust, and XP is an expungement petition. Juvenile, adoption, and mental-health codes may be excluded from public access. In criminal and traffic cases, an open charge, a dismissed charge, and a conviction are different outcomes.
Hearing entries need special care. A MyCase event may show that a hearing was set, vacated, continued, or reset. It may also show an appear-by date in some case types. A party should not treat an old docket entry as the current court date without checking later entries. If the docket shows a missed hearing, warrant event, bond change, default, judgment, or license-related traffic consequence, direct confirmation with the court is safer than relying on a stale printout.
Hearing dates deserve a direct check when the date affects liberty, bond, driving status, child support, or a filing deadline. MyCase is helpful, but the state says it is not the official court record. Circuit Court can be reached at (812) 268-4411, Superior Court at (812) 268-6939, and the Clerk's Office at (812) 268-4657. Court pages list weekday hours and a noon-to-1:00 p.m. lunch closure for the two court offices.
Note: For certified proof of a docket event, request the relevant order or certified case document from the clerk.
Sullivan County Docket Limits
Some Sullivan County docket gaps come from access rules rather than clerical error. Protection order cases are not searchable through ordinary MyCase results, and public protection order information has a separate state search. Juvenile CHINS, delinquency, juvenile status, adoption, termination of parental rights, and mental-health matters are not public online. Expunged cases may disappear from public search after relief is granted, while pending or denied expungement petitions may still appear depending on the record.
Older Sullivan County records can also be less complete online. Indiana warns that MyCase availability is not necessarily retroactive. Converted data may show a case header or limited CCS entries without every older document. For genealogy, old probate files, older civil judgments, old criminal cases, and historical dockets, the Clerk's Office remains the local fallback after online search. Bring the case number if known, plus names, date ranges, and document titles.