NCJ Number
154778
Date Published
1994
Length
65 pages
Annotation
The annual report for Georgia courts for fiscal year July 1, 1993 through June 30, 1994 characterizes court and judicial agency organization and describes court accomplishments and operations during the year.
Abstract
To meet the caseload demand, Georgia's Superior Court has absorbed all available senior judges and many magistrates, juvenile court judges, and probate court judges. Much of the Superior Court's family law caseload has been shifted to magistrates. Georgia's Court of Appeals is also overloaded and has adjusted resources and personnel accordingly. In addition, Georgia has juvenile, probate, magistrate, municipal, county recorder, civil and municipal courts. Highlights of court operations during fiscal year 1994 focus on the Revised Code of Judicial conduct, hearings of the Commission on Racial and Ethnic Bias, a report by the Commission on Family Violence, indigent defense, continuing education programs for judges and court personnel, the preparation of a Court Conduct Handbook by the Commission on Gender Equality, and the formation of a Commission on Family Courts. Data are provided on funding for Georgia's Judicial Branch during fiscal years 1993, 1994, and 1995 and on court caseloads. Judicial agencies in Georgia are described, including the Judicial Council, the Administrative Office of the Courts, the Board of Court Reporting, the Commission on Dispute Resolution, the Courts Automation Commission, the Indigent Defense Council, the Magistrate Courts Training Council, the Institute of Continuing Judicial Education, the Judicial Qualifications Commission, and the Supreme Court Committee for Gender Equality. Tables and figures