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Appeals
Appeals prepares and monitors the records on appeal for county court to circuit court appeals. Appeals also tracks the mandates (opinions) from the courts acting in their appellate capacity, to coordinate case handling with all other court divisions.
Circuit Civil
Circuit Civil handles cases which involve monetary judgments in excess of $15,000, injunctions, declaratory judgments, mortgage foreclosures, negligence, professional malpractice, and other matters where a claimant may be made whole by receiving a money judgment.
Court Ordered Payments Court
As part of their judgments and sentences in criminal cases, defendants are ordered to pay court costs and fines. Defendants are required to pay these in full at the time of sentencing or enroll in a payment program.
Family Law / Juvenile Dependency
Family Law handles cases which involve dissolution of marriage, name change, domestic violence and repeat violence injunctions, adoptions, paternity issues, and support issues (child or spousal). Dependency handles cases involving children who have been abandoned, abused or neglected. Juvenile records are maintained as confidential.
Felony
Felony handles all types of criminal cases, primarily felony but also misdemeanor and traffic charges. A felony is any criminal offense that is punishable under laws, by death or imprisonment in a state penitentiary dependent on the state. Felony charges include Murder, Manslaughter, Burglary, Grand Theft, Kidnapping, Forgery and Uttering, Aggravated Battery, Aggravated Child Abuse, Sexual Battery and Worthless Checks. Felonies are classified for purposes of sentencing into the following categories: a) Capital felony; b) Life felony; c) Felony of the first degree; d) Felony of the second degree; and e) Felony of the third degree.
Guardianship
Juvenile Delinquency
Juvenile handles delinquency cases involving children under the age of 18, and works closely with the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Judiciary, State Attorneys, Public Defenders, and law enforcement agencies. The division dockets all cases, attends court hearings, and maintains all of the required court records.
Misdemeanor
Misdemeanors are violations of the law that are less serious than felony offenses. They are punishable by a fine, probation, and/or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, as opposed to a state prison sentence on a felony charge. Misdemeanor offenses include petit theft, worthless checks, prostitution-related charges, possession of marijuana and marijuana paraphernalia, resisting arrest without violence, battery (domestic violence), and assault. Ordinance violation cases are punishable by a fine or civil penalty.
Probate
Probate maintains the court records of the estates of deceased persons, the guardianships of certain minors and incapacitated persons and all persons committed to mental institutions or mental health facilities involving mental disorders, drugs, and alcohol abuse.
County Civil / Small Claims
Small Claims handles cases with claims up to $5,000.00. County Civil handles cases with claims from $5,000 to $15,000; replevin cases; landlord tenant cases; and other non-monetary civil matters such as declaratory judgment, injunctive relief, non-monetary equity matters, control of animals.
Traffic
Traffic is responsible for processing all traffic citations issued by the Police Department, Sheriff's Department, the Highway Patrol, and other state law enforcement agencies. There are four primary types of cases filed in Traffic: Criminal traffic violations; traffic infractions (cases involving a civil penalty/fine and not punishable by a term in the county jail); misdemeanors that occur in conjunction with a traffic violation (resisting arrest, etc.); and ordinance violations.
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