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Marion Superior Court outlines FY2026 budget, highlights Family & Youth Intervention Center and expansion of legal kiosks
Summary
Marion Superior Court presenters described a largely flat funding request for county support, explained a larger grant-driven increase tied to the new Family & Youth Intervention Center and discussed legal kiosks, community service work and impacts from grant cuts.
Marc Rothenberg, presiding judge of Marion Superior Court, told the committee on Aug. 13, 2025, that Superior Court is not requesting a general increase from the county but has seen grant-funded budget changes tied to new programs including the Family and Youth Intervention Center at 20 Fifth and Keystone.
"Since opening in June 2022, 34,000 visits have been clocked," Judge Rothenberg said of the court ffiliated Legal Resource Center, which offers self-represented litigants research assistance and navigators.
Rothenberg said the court's reported $698,000 increase in one budget character was largely driven by grant funding rather than a county request, and pointed to a $1,663,000 grant increase attached to…
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