Change for the better is always a good thing, except when it upsets the apple cart.
Go with the flow sounds good, as long as it's someone else that has to do it.
And there's a big change under way at the courthouse.
On the positive side, it's a change that the majority of the public will love.
People who don't want everyone to know about their past criminal record -- might not love it so much.
They are switching some of the court records into a new computer system and much of the information will be available online.
When a case is filed, instead of being recorded by handwriting in a big, heavy red book, it will be entered into the system.
This is going to make it a lot easier to follow up on a case.
Instead of making phone calls or asking (over and over) what's happening with all you'll have to do too, is navigate to the online database, type in a name, and the cases that have been filed against them will pop up.
You'll have access to this information for both criminal cases and civil cases including divorces, small claims collections, etc., and even infractions. Y
The process of switching to this system has begun and will be ongoing for some unknown time.
This transition is happening statewide, one county at a time. Monroe County made the jump quite a while ago and so did Owen County. There are 92 counties in the state and Greene County is number 27 to get onboard. The others will follow.