Legal actions are child-based in SACWIS and actions can be grouped with other actions or grouped independently. Legal actions are created, or recorded with the specific case participant of the case. A new legal action may be grouped to an existing legal action, to create series of legal actions that represents the flow of events on a court case. For example, if you file a complaint as the first initial court action for that case, you can group all legal actions subsequent to that complaint to show the progression of legal activities. See View Legal Histories by Case Participant if you want to view a series of grouped legal actions that involve a certain case participant.
Record a new legal action that is linked to an existing legal action as follows:
From the Home screen, click the Case tab.
Click the Workload tab. The Case Workload screen appears.
Click the Case ID number link for the case you want to update. The Case Overview screen appears.
Click the Legal Actions link in the navigation bar on the left. The Case Legal Actions / Delinquency Participants Filter Criteria screen appears. From this location, you can access and maintain all legal actions associated with this case.
In the Case Legal Actions / Delinquency Participants table; select Maintain Legal Action next to the case participant you want to add a complaint. The Participant Legal Action Filter Criteria screen appears.
Click the + next to the ruling you want to group rulings with. The field expands.
From the Participant Legal Action Information table; select the Legal Action you want to group independently. Click Add Action and Grouping. The system displays the screen associated with the Details or Information for the action you selected to group.
Complete the legal action details or information. The legal action record you create is grouped independently.
See one of the following tasks for more assistance:
Click Save. You are returned to the Participant Legal Action Filter Criteria screen.