Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts of Virginia

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court of limited jurisdiction specialized trial court system

The Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts of Virginia are specialized trial courts that handle cases involving juveniles and family or domestic matters, such as custody, support, abuse, and delinquency.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Virginia Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court system	1
Virginia juvenile and domestic relations district courts	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of limited jurisdiction ⓘ specialized trial court system ⓘ
administeredBy	Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
appealsTo	Circuit Courts of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
courtLevel	district court ⓘ
governedBy	Code of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Title 16.1 of the Code of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
handlesCaseType	child abuse and neglect cases ⓘ child custody cases ⓘ child support cases ⓘ child visitation cases ⓘ domestic violence protective order cases ⓘ family or household member abuse cases ⓘ family or household member criminal offenses ⓘ foster care review cases ⓘ juvenile criminal misdemeanor cases ⓘ juvenile delinquency cases ⓘ juvenile status offense cases ⓘ juvenile traffic infraction cases ⓘ paternity cases ⓘ preliminary hearings in felony cases involving juveniles ⓘ spousal support cases ⓘ termination of parental rights cases ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	J&DR District Courts NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasConfidentialityRule	juvenile records generally confidential ⓘ
hasFeature	focus on rehabilitation of juveniles ⓘ informal and non-adversarial approach in many juvenile cases ⓘ no jury trials ⓘ proceedings generally closed to the public in juvenile matters ⓘ
hasJudgeType	district court judge ⓘ
judgeSelectionMethod	elected by the Virginia General Assembly ⓘ
judgeTermLength	six years ⓘ
jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfCourt	English ⓘ
partOf	Judicial System of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatterJurisdiction	adoptions in limited circumstances ⓘ children in need of services ⓘ children in need of supervision ⓘ children who are abused or neglected ⓘ criminal offenses by one family or household member against another ⓘ emergency protective orders ⓘ family or household member disputes ⓘ juveniles alleged to be delinquent ⓘ permanent protective orders ⓘ support and custody of children ⓘ

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Judicial System of Virginia → trialCourtOfLimitedJurisdiction → Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts of Virginia ⓘ

Court of Appeals of Virginia → reviewsDecisionsFrom → Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts of Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia juvenile and domestic relations district courts

Fairfax County Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court → partOf → Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts of Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court system