A. The Christian Circuit Court shall be composed of a Criminal Branch and a Civil Branch. The Criminal Branch shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all criminal cases, and the Civil Branch shall have jurisdiction of all other cases within the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court.

B. The Christian Circuit Court is a court of continuous session, and the Court shall consist of two numbered divisions, namely:

C. The Judges of each of the Divisions shall hear cases in both the Criminal Branch and the Civil Branch of the Court. The cases in the Criminal Branch and the cases in the Civil Branch of the Court shall be divided between the two divisions as nearly equally as possible as hereinafter provided by these Local Rules.

D. Each Judge of a Division may preside and hear and determine any case or questions in the other Division when the Judge of that Division is sick, or absent from the county, or is not available.

E. After a case has been assigned to a Division, the Judge thereof may for any reason transfer it to the other Division by written order. Upon such transfer being made, the Clerk will make a proper endorsement upon the Rule Docket and the record.

F. When two or more actions have been filed that may, as a matter of right or in the discretion of the Court, be consolidated and such actions are pending in different Divisions of the Court, any party to any of the actions may have any of the actions transferred to that Division of the Court in which the first of the actions was filed. The Judge of the Court may order such transfers to be made without a motion by any of the parties.