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Section 63-3-10. Family courts created. - There hereby are created courts of limited jurisdiction to be...
Section 63-3-20. Family court judges. - (A) Each family court shall have one or more family...
Section 63-3-30. Judges' qualifications and terms. - (A)(1) No person shall be eligible to the office of...
Section 63-3-40. Initial election. - (A) The General Assembly shall elect a number of family...
Section 63-3-50. Compensation of judges. - Family court judges shall receive such compensation as shall be...
Section 63-3-60. Retirement for abolished officers. - A judge or master whose judicial office is eliminated by...
Section 63-3-310. Administration of family court system. - The Supreme Court by rule shall provide for the administration...
Section 63-3-320. Rotation of judges. - All family court judges in a circuit, including the chief...
Section 63-3-330. Assignment of cases. - If two or more family court judges are presiding in...
Section 63-3-340. Temporary assignment of judges. - The Chief Justice, in his discretion and based upon caseload...
Section 63-3-350. Physical facilities. - Each county shall provide sufficient physical facilities for the operation...
Section 63-3-360. Expenses of family courts. - The General Assembly shall in the annual general appropriations act...
Section 63-3-370. Fees and costs. - (A) In delinquency and neglect actions no court fee may...
Section 63-3-510. Exclusive original jurisdiction. - See Editor's Note for contingency. (A) Except as otherwise provided...
Section 63-3-520. Traffic and wildlife jurisdiction. - (A) The magistrate courts and municipal courts of this State...
Section 63-3-530. Jurisdiction in domestic matters. - (A) The family court has exclusive jurisdiction: (1) to hear...
Section 63-3-540. Cooperation of agencies, government entities, and institutions. - The court is authorized to seek the cooperation of all...
Section 63-3-545. Clerk of family court shall report the issuance, rescission, or termination of any permanent restraining orders and orders of protection. - (A) The clerk of the family court shall report to...
Section 63-3-550. Standing to institute a proceeding regarding neglected or delinquent child. - The parent or custodian of any child, an official of...
Section 63-3-560. Venue. - Venue of actions in the family courts shall be in...
Section 63-3-570. Service of summons. - Service of summons and any process of the court shall...
Section 63-3-580. Failure to obey summons. - If any person summoned as herein provided shall, without reasonable...
Section 63-3-590. Conduct of hearings. - All cases of children must be dealt with as separate...
Section 63-3-600. Rules for conduct of hearings. - Hearings shall be conducted in accordance with the rules of...
Section 63-3-610. Prosecutorial functions. - All prosecutorial functions and duties in the family courts shall...
Section 63-3-620. Penalties for adult violating title. - An adult who wilfully violates, neglects, or refuses to obey...
Section 63-3-630. Appeals. - (A) Any appeal from an order, judgment, or decree of...
Section 63-3-640. Post conviction proceedings. - Post conviction proceedings, including habeas corpus actions, shall be instituted...
Section 63-3-650. Power to issue writ of habeas corpus. - Any judge shall have the power to issue a writ...
Section 63-3-810. Appointment. - (A) In a private action before the family court in...
Section 63-3-820. Qualifications. - (A) A guardian ad litem may be either an attorney...
Section 63-3-830. Responsibilities. - (A) The responsibilities and duties of a guardian ad litem...
Section 63-3-840. Mediation prohibition. - A guardian ad litem must not mediate, attempt to mediate,...
Section 63-3-850. Compensation. - (A) At the time of appointment of a guardian ad...
Section 63-3-860. Disclosure. - A guardian ad litem appointed by the family court in...
Section 63-3-870. Removal. - A guardian ad litem may be removed from a case...