Marana to take part in Joint Warrant Resolution Court on Mar. 3

The Town of Marana Municipal Court is participating it the Pima County Joint Warrant Resolution Court Event. On Saturday March 3, 2018 between 8:00 am -12:00 pm, all of Tucson’s area courts will join together at 240 N. Stone Avenue to help individuals resolve their outstanding warrant(s) and/or pending traffic or criminal case(s). 

Judges and staff from the following courts will participate in the Joint Warrant Resolution Court Event:

• Pima County Consolidated Justice Court
• Green Valley Justice Court
• Marana Municipal Court
• Oro Valley Magistrate Court
• Sahaurita Municipal Court
• South Tucson City Court
• Tucson City Court

Many of the outstanding warrants issued by these courts are for failure to appear in court on prior charges or for non-compliance with court sentencing orders.  Outstanding warrants may result in the suspension of a person’s driver’s license. The Joint Saturday Warrant Resolution Court Event will provide an opportunity for the public to take care of pending court matters during nontraditional court hours.

Court staff will be available to assist those who owe court fees and fines, setup or re-establish payment plans and lift driver license suspensions.

Marana In The Media: Sklar Is Living The Dream And Making History

Marana Town Magistrate Laine Sklar was recently profiled by Chronicle of the Horse about her love of dressage (as well as adopting two miniature donkeys). 

“My mantra is I’m living the dream,” said Laine Sklar. “My horse in my backyard.”

In early October, Sklar moved her dressage horse, Paladin SF, or “PJ,” home and acquired two rescued miniature donkeys, Tanner and Amore, to keep the 10-year-old Arabian/Trakehner (Aul Magic—Padua Go) company. Not every upper level dressage horse can claim best friends of the long-eared persuasion, but PJ gets jealous when the donkeys pay more attention to her than they do him.

“What amazing little creatures,” Sklar said of the donkeys. “I had no experience with donkeys before I got them, you read about them and how they are such soulful animals, and you are like ‘whatever.’”

But she said, the billing is accurate, and they really are quite soulful.

Sklar’s animals and riding are respite from a fulfilling but stressful job as the town magistrate of Marana, Ariz. Sklar is the sole judge for the Marana Municipal Court, and she deals with issues such as criminal misdemeanors, civil traffic violations, injunctions against harassment and orders of protection.

People don’t think of misdemeanors as a big deal, but Sklar notes they have a big impact on their lives.

Injunctions against harassment and orders of protection are often a result of felonious criminal behaviors, such as stalking and assault. “You certainly hear some horrendous factual situations,” she said.

Sklar laughingly calls herself a “typical dressage person” in that she is a self-described perfectionist and control freak. She graduated college in only three years, then went to law school, graduating from the University of Arizona in 2003. By 2006 she was Marana’s assistant town attorney, then later senior assistant town attorney, supervising the Marana’s Prosecutor’s Office. In the fall of 2015, the Town Council appointed her magistrate, the first female to hold the position in Marana’s history.

Read the rest of the story at Chronicles of the Horse

Marana News: Marana reappoints town magistrate

This story appears in the September 27 edition of the Marana News.

Marana Town Council unanimously voted to reappoint Magistrate Laine Sklar to  another two-year term on Sept. 19.

At 35 years old, Sklar has already served two years as Marana’s only judge, after nine years as a town prosecutor. She saw the position as a “new intellectual challenge,” she said. As judge, it’s important to her that people leave her courtroom feeling they’ve been treated fairly.

“No matter how a case turns out, if the individual feels that somebody truly listened to their side of the story, they leave with a little bit more satisfaction,” she said.

To read the full story pick up a copy of the Marana News or visit their website. 

Marana participating in warrant resolution court

On Saturday August 26, 2017 between 8:00am -12:00pm, all Tucson area courts will be available at 240 N. Stone Avenue to assist people with the resolution of outstanding warrants and other pending court matters. Many people do not know which court their case is pending in and often end up going to the wrong court. To assist with this problem, Judges from all Tucson area courts will come together at the same location to provide assistance to those with pending court matters.

Judges and staff from the following courts will participate in the Joint Warrant Resolution Court Event:

• Pima County Justice Court
• Green Valley Justice Court
• Marana Municipal Court
• Oro Valley Magistrate Court
• Sahaurita Municipal Court
•  South Tucson City Court
• Tucson City Court

Many of the outstanding warrants issued by these courts are for failure to appear in court on prior charges or for non-compliance with court sentencing orders.  Outstanding warrants may result in the suspension of a person’s driver’s license. The Joint Saturday Warrant Resolution Court Event will provide an opportunity to citizens to take care of pending court matters during nontraditional court hours.

Customer service windows will be available to assist those who owe court fees and fines.  Assistance for setting up payment plans or re-establishing a payment plan already in place will also be available. 

In past Warrant Resolution Court Events, the Pima County Consolidated Justice Court has quashed over 1,000 warrants and lifted defaults on more than 650 driver’s licenses.

Marana Municipal Court will hold warrant resolution court on Saturday April 8 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Pima Consolidated Court

The Marana Municipal Court will participate in a warrant resolution court at the Pima County Consolidated Justice Court, located at 240 N. Stone Avenue on April 8 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.

At this event, judges from all Tucson area courts will be available to assist people with the resolution of outstanding warrants and other pending court matters.

Many of the outstanding warrants issued by these courts are for failure to appear in court on prior charges or for non-compliance with court sentencing orders.  Outstanding warrants often result in the suspension of a person’s driver’s license, and possible incarceration. Warrant Resolution Court will be an opportunity to quash these warrants and have driver’s licenses reinstated by the Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicles Division.

Assistance setting up payment plans or re-establishing a payment plan already in place will also be available. 

Past events have been attended by more than 3,775 persons where 729 warrants have been quashed and 545 driver’s license suspensions have been lifted.   

Although walk-ins are welcome, those with outstanding warrants are strongly encouraged to call the court in advance to ensure prompt resolution.  Individuals with warrants or driver’s license suspension issued from Marana Municipal Court should call (520) 382-2700.  Individuals with warrants or driver’s license suspensions issued from Pima County Justice Court should call (520) 724-3171. 

Please contact the Marana Municipal Court at court@maranaaz.gov or at (520) 382-2700 for information.

Marana's Judge Sklar to Participate in Warrant Resolution Court

The Marana Municipal Court, Pima County Consolidated Justice Court, Sahuarita City Court, and the South Tucson Municipal Court will be combining their collective resources on Saturday, February 11, 2017 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm at the Pima County Consolidated Justice Court located at 240 N. Stone Avenue in Tucson to hold another Warrant Resolution Court.  

Present for the event will be Judge Laine Sklar from the Marana Municipal Court, Judges Cornejo, Felix and Roberts from the Pima Consolidated Justice Court, Judge Avilez from the Sahuarita Municipal Court, and Judge Lassen from the South Tucson City Court.  These Judges will be holding court with an emphasis on assisting people with outstanding warrants and in the resolution of outstanding issues that have resulted in suspended driver’s licenses.   

To date, previous events have been attended by more than 2,900 persons where 557 warrants have been quashed, 490 driver’s license suspensions have been lifted, 663 courtroom hearings have been held, and 1,535 individuals obtained information and were assisted by court staff in resolving outstanding issues.    

Many participants have expressed a reluctance to attend court for fear of possible arrest due to an outstanding warrant.  “Since we started last year, no one has been arrested. Everyone with a warrant who was willing to actively work toward resolving their case, had their warrants quashed," said Pima County Consolidated Justice Court Administrator Douglas Kooi.

Many of the outstanding warrants issued by these courts are for failure to appear in court on prior charges or for non-compliance with court sentencing orders. Outstanding warrants result in the suspension of a person’s driver’s license and the Warrant Resolution Court will be an opportunity to quash these warrants, lift suspensions, and have driver’s licenses reinstated by the Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicles Division.

For those who owe court fees and fines, there will be service windows open to quickly and easily resolve these matters by setting up payment plans or re-establishing a payment plan already in place. 

The Saturday Warrant Resolution Court will be held at the Pima County Consolidated Justice Court located at 240 N. Stone Avenue.   During the event, six courtrooms will be open to resolve these matters.  The Pima County Attorney’s Office and Pima County Office of Court Appointed Counsel will have attorneys available to facilitate the resolution of these outstanding warrants.

Court officials hope the community sees this event as an opportunity for people who work, go to school, or have any other weekday issues to address their warrant status without interruption in their weekday schedule.  Although walk-ins are welcome, those who want to resolve outstanding warrants are encouraged to call the court in advance to ensure prompt resolution.  Individuals with warrants or driver’s license suspensions issued from Pima County Justice Court should call (520) 724-3171. 

Please contact Douglas Kooi at 724-3510 or at dkooi@jp.pima.gov for information.
 

Marana to Participate in Pima County Warrant Resolution Court

The Pima County Consolidated Justice Court will hold their first Warrant Resolution Court Saturday, June 11, 2016 in order to serve individuals who currently have outstanding warrants or need to reestablish payment plans.

The Pima County Consolidated Justice Court will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to handle cases from the Marana Municipal court as well as other courts in the Tucson-area. There will be up to six courtrooms available to hear cases and nine service windows for faster service. The court hopes the community sees this as an opportunity for people with weekday responsibilities to come in to resolve their warrants.

The goal of the Warrant Resolution Court is to settle some of the 20,000 active misdemeanor warrants issued from 31 different agencies while reducing the number of non-violent, misdemeanor offenders in jail. Those with Marana warrants are asked to call the Marana court at 520-382-2700 prior to June 11, to notify the court of their intent to attend Warrant Resolution Court on June 11, 2016.  This will guarantee the most efficient service upon arrival to the Pima County Consolidated Justice Court on June 11.