Rule 14.01 - Assignment of Judicial Personnel(a) Each presiding circuit judge is hereby authorized to assign any case or any class or classes of cases to any judge or division within the circuit, except that the presiding circuit judge is not authorized by this Court Operating Rule 14.01 to make the following assignments: (1) Assignment of a municipal judge to hear any case other than to initially hear a municipal ordinance violation case of the municipality that makes provision for such municipal judge; and (2) Assignment of a judge to hear the trial of a felony case when the judge has previously conducted the preliminary hearing in that case unless the defendant has: (A) Signed a written waiver permitting the same judge to hear both the preliminary hearing and the trial, or (B) Indicated on the record that the defendant is permitting the same judge to hear both the preliminary hearing and the trial. (b) Each presiding judge shall ensure that any case in the family court or juvenile court divisions in which a juvenile officer is a party is not heard by a judge who is the appointing authority for the juvenile officer and/or other necessary juvenile employees. Adopted February 25, 1992; amended October 31, 2014, effective 1/1/2015; amended March 3, 2016, effective 7/1/2016.