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President Judge's Annual Messages
Each year the Superior Court's President Judge issues a State of the Court or Annual Message. The current President Judge is Jan R. Jurden.
Read the President Judge's Fiscal Year 2014 Annual Message.
Superior Court First Facts
- In 2013, Superior Court rated #1 overall for the ninth consecutive year in the State Liability Systems Study of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce/Harris Poll. View Report
- On October 6, 2003, Superior Court was the first state court in the nation to require statewide electronic filing of certain categories of civil cases.
- On July 28, 2000, Superior Court was the first state court to adopt a rule allowing briefs and appendices to be filed on CD-ROM.
- In 1999, Superior Court began to use its Wilmington, Delaware eCourtroom, purported to be the nation's first actively used eCourtroom.
- In 1999, Superior Court began to use its Automated Sentencing Order Program. The application issues sentence orders almost simultaneously with judge's pronouncement.
- Begun in 1994, Superior Court had the first statewide Drug Court in the nation.
- In 1991, Superior Court created CLAD the first electronic docketing & filing system for civil cases in the U.S.
Previous Reports
Annual Message, Fiscal Year 2014
Annual Message, Fiscal Year 2013
Annual Message, Fiscal Year 2012
Annual Message, Fiscal Year 2011
Annual Message, Fiscal Year 2010
Annual Message, Fiscal Year 2009
Annual Message, Fiscal Year 2008
Annual Message, Fiscal Year 2007