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Vol. 14, No. 6 June 2018
eFiling
to expand to juvenile delinquency cases
On June 11, attorneys and self-represented parties
involved in juvenile delinquency cases will be able to electronically file case
documents after the case has been initiated with the Clerk’s office. Juvenile
eFiling will be through the Clerk’s eFiling Online website and in this first
phase will be for delinquency cases only. Attorneys and individuals who already
have an eFiling Online account will use their existing username and password.
For those new to the system, review the eFiling Guidelines online at http://www.clerkofcourt.maricopa.gov/efiling/default.asp before selecting the link under
“Maricopa County eFiling Online” to start eFiling. The eFiling Guidelines are
updated online and include directives for what can and cannot be electronically
filed. From the eFiling Online website, view the training manuals for
step-by-step instructions on registering and filing with the Clerk’s system.
Clerk’s
office recognized for victim restitution efforts
Pictured left-to-right: Victim Locate Coordinator
Doris Anthony, Clerk of the Superior Court Chris DeRose, Chief Deputy Chris
Kelly, Criminal Financial Obligations Manager Oni Boston.
The Clerk’s office received
the prestigious 2018 Distinguished Service Award for Innovation from Arizona
Attorney General Mark Brnovich. The Clerk’s office maintains an internal victim
locate program to find victims who are owed restitution and who have fallen out
of contact with the court. The Clerk’s website formerly maintained an online
search feature that was intended for victims to check for money owed to them
and to contact the Clerk’s office. Unfortunately, for-profit businesses and
individuals used the site to locate funds and charge victims a
finding fee for what would otherwise be a free service of putting the victim in
contact with the Clerk’s office. Since bringing the locate program in-house, the
Clerk’s office has been more effective locating victims than the website was
alone, and the office has been more effective getting victims the money they
are owed – without unnecessary third-party fees. From 2015 through today, the program has generated
more than 1.2 million dollars of restitution checks cashed by victims or their
estates.
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