Child support services are available to anyone with legal custody of a minor child or children, regardless of socioeconomic level. The Child Support Division can establish paternity for children born out of wedlock, establish a support order and health insurance order for children whose parents are separated where a child support order does not exist, and enforce and modify existing support orders.
The Criminal Trial Division is the backbone of the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney. The prosecuting attorney represents the State of Indiana in all criminal prosecutions. Whether the case involves a juvenile alleged to have engaged in delinquent acts, an adult alleged to have engaged in criminal acts, or a parent who is alleged to have refused to comply with child support responsibilities, only the prosecuting attorney may bring an action in a court of law and obtain a criminal conviction and sentence.
The Elkhart County Prosecutor’s Office Alternative Justice Program was created to allow citizens who have been charged with certain misdemeanor offenses or have been cited with certain types of infractions to resolve their misdemeanors and infractions outside of the formal criminal justice system.
The Criminal Justice Citizens Academy provides participants with an overview of the criminal justice process and identifies the roles and challenges of law enforcement, the prosecuting attorney, and the judiciary. While prime-time television shows like “Law & Order” capture ratings and audiences, they often fail to show the day-to-day work of prosecuting attorneys.
Prosecuting Attorney Vicki Elaine Becker is joining prosecutors, the Indiana Department of Child Services/Child Support Bureau, and child support services agencies throughout the country to recognize August as Child Support Awareness Month
The evidence now received by the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney establishes that the two (2) cats that were destroyed by the individuals originally accused of animal abuse in Elkhart Superior Court were feral cats that had not only damaged a ceiling structure of the business property where they were captured, but also an item with established and documented value to the business.
The formal charges against three individuals filed earlier this week, arising from an allegation of animal cruelty at a local business, have been dismissed due to the need for further investigation and clarification of facts and circumstances alleged and documented during that investigation.
