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The Iowa Supreme Court is looking for individuals interested in serving on a Remote Proceedings Task Force that will be created in March 2023.

Today, the Iowa Juvenile Justice Task Force released its final report to the Iowa Supreme Court. The report includes 55 recommendations to improve the services provided to Iowa youth in both child welfare and juvenile delinquency proceedings.

The Iowa Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case Cory Burnett v. Phillip Smith and State of Iowa during a special evening session in Des Moines, Monday, February 20, at 7:00 p.m. in the Supreme Court Courtroom on the fourth floor of the Judicial Branch Building, 1111 East Court Avenue.

Iowans in Shelby, Sioux, Polk, Marshall, Dubuque, and Davis counties may participate in a pilot project to receive text message reminders of upcoming court dates or payment plan due dates.

The Iowa Court of Appeals has reselected Judge Thomas N. Bower, Cedar Falls, as chief judge. Chief Judge Bower has served on the court of appeals since 2012 and was first elected chief judge in 2019.

On Wednesday, January 11, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. in the House Chambers, Chief Justice Susan Larson Christensen of the Iowa Supreme Court will address a joint convention of the General Assembly on the Condition of the Judiciary.

The Iowa Supreme Court reselected Justice Susan Christensen, Harlan, as chief justice. Chief Justice Christensen’s previous term on the court expired December 31, 2022. Her new term begins January 1, 2023. A chief justice serves for two years.

The justices of the Iowa Supreme Court, former colleagues, and friends remember former Iowa Supreme Court Justice Charles Wolle. Justice Wolle served on the Iowa Supreme Court from 1983 until he was appointed United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa on August 6, 1987. A memorial page with statements from past and present Iowa Supreme Court Justices regarding the passing of Justice Charles Wolle is on the judicial branch website at https://www.iowacourts.gov/iowa-courts/supreme-court/justices/in-memoriam-justice-wolle/

Chief Justice Susan Christensen has appointed District Court Judge Adria Kester, Ogden, as chief judge of the Second Judicial District.  Judge Kester succeeds Chief Judge James M. Drew who will retire February 9, 2023. Judge Kester will begin the position of chief judge February 10, 2023.

Nominating petitions are now available for individuals who wish to have their name listed on the ballot to fill a vacancy on the District Judicial Nominating Commission in District 8A for the remainder of a term that will expire on January 31, 2026.