§ 16-13-225. Juvenile cases — Information system
(a) The Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts shall develop for the circuit courts a case-based management information system, capable of capturing information at each stage of the process of juvenile cases, with the capacity to serve basic administration, operations, planning, evaluation, and monitoring needs. (b) A judge of the circuit court designated […]
§ 16-13-226. Installment payments by a criminal defendant in circuit court — Priority of payment
(a) An installment payment by a criminal defendant to a circuit court shall initially be deemed to be a collection of court costs until the court costs have been collected in full, with any remaining installment payments representing collections of restitution, and then any applicable fines. (b) If court costs, restitution, and fines are fully […]
§ 16-13-210. Circuit judge may hear and adjudicate causes pending in the circuit
(a) (1) Any circuit judge of this state, at any time while mentally and physically competent and physically present in the geographical area of the judicial circuit which he or she serves as judge, may hear, adjudicate, or render any appropriate order with respect to any cause or matter pending in any circuit court over […]
§ 16-13-211. Proceedings during vacation of court or in chambers
(a) The circuit judges of the circuit courts constituting the judicial districts over which they have jurisdiction and preside are empowered and authorized to deliver opinions and make and sign judgments in cases taken under advisement and submitted to that court at a term of court, or by consent and agreement of interested parties in […]
§ 16-13-214. Disqualification of judges
No judge of the circuit court shall sit on the determination of any case in which he or she is interested in the outcome, is related to any party within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity, has been of counsel in the case or presided over it in any inferior court, or is otherwise […]
§ 16-13-215. Entry of judge into armed services — Discharge — Vacancy
(a) The entry of a regular judge into the armed services of the United States shall not have the effect of vacating his or her office, but during the period of his or her service, he or she shall not be entitled to receive or enjoy the salary or emoluments of the office. (b) Upon […]
§ 16-13-216. Clerk and court reporter — Assistants — Salaries
(a) The circuit judge of any judicial district which had a total population between forty-two thousand (42,000) and forty-four thousand (44,000) according to the 1960 Federal Decennial Census may appoint for the district some person who is either a lawyer, or who has served as an official court reporter prior to February 27, 1968, to […]
§ 16-13-217. Law clerks — Service as court reporters and masters
(a) (1) A circuit judge of any judicial district, any county of which has a population of two hundred forty thousand (240,000) or more according to the most recent federal census, may appoint one (1) law clerk for the county who shall be a licensed attorney or a graduate of a law school approved by […]
§ 16-13-219. Court expenses — Payment
(a) The expenses accruing in the circuit courts shall be paid out of the county treasury in which each court is held in the same manner as other demands. (b) (1) These expenses shall include reasonable sums for the employment of secretaries by circuit judges and for reasonable office expenses and office supplies of the […]
§ 16-13-220. Counsel for incompetents
In addition to all other authority granted by law, every circuit court is authorized to appoint legal counsel to represent a person the court deems incompetent due to minority or mental incapacity in civil and criminal actions.