Section 12-11-1 Circuit court in every county. (a) There is provided in every county in the state a circuit court with all the jurisdiction and powers that are conferred on the circuit court by the Constitution and laws of this state. (b) Persons elected to or appointed to a circuit court judgeship must have been […]
Section 12-11-10 Transfer of cases – Involuntary juvenile commitment proceedings. Except as provided in Chapter 15 of this title, involuntary commitment proceedings, primarily cognizable before the probate courts, may be transferred to the circuit court for adjudication on motion of a party to the proceeding in probate court, according to rules governing transfer of these […]
Section 12-11-11 Transfer of cases – Transfer to another court in same county. Whenever it shall appear to the court that any case filed therein should have been brought in another court in the same county, the court shall make an order transferring the case to the proper court, and the clerk or register shall […]
Section 12-11-2 State divided into judicial circuits; enumeration of circuits. The State of Alabama is divided into judicial circuits for the circuit courts, numbered and composed of counties as follows: (1) First circuit – Choctaw, Clarke and Washington. (2) Second circuit – Butler, Crenshaw and Lowndes. (3) Third circuit – Barbour and Bullock. (4) Fourth […]
Section 12-11-3 Circuit court to be held in each county at courthouse, etc. Except when otherwise provided by law, the circuit courts of the several counties shall be held at the courthouses thereof. (Acts 1947, No. 378, p. 270, §5.)
Section 12-11-4 When courts open. The circuit courts of the several counties of the state shall be open for the transaction of any and all business or judicial proceedings of every kind at all times. (Acts 1915, No. 641, p. 707; Code 1923, §6667; Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 56, p. 32; Code 1940, T. […]
Section 12-11-5 Provision for regular or special sessions of court. The presiding circuit judge of each circuit court shall provide, by written direction to the circuit clerk, for the holding of regular or special sessions of the court; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the transaction of business by the court […]
Section 12-11-6 Notice of special sessions. When the court or judge has ordered or directed that a special session of the court be held, the clerk of the court shall, as soon as practicable, notify either the parties or one of their attorneys of record of the date of holding such special session, which notice […]
Section 12-11-7 Witnesses and process for special sessions. The circuit clerk shall, immediately after an order for a special session is made, mail to each party and his attorney of record in any case subject to trial at such session a copy of such order, addressed to such party or attorney at the post office […]
Section 12-11-8 “Session of court” defined. The term “session of court,” when used in this code, means any period of time fixed by the presiding judge of the court for the trial of cases or the transaction of any other business, unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary. (Code 1923, §6675; Code 1940, T. […]
Section 12-11-9 Transfer of cases – Between circuit court and district court. If a case filed in the circuit court is within the exclusive jurisdiction of a district court or a case filed in the district court is within the exclusive jurisdiction of the circuit court, the circuit clerk or a judge of the court […]
