Waycross Municipal Court

Waycross Municipal Court cases in Ware County, Waycross, GA

Ware County Juvenile Court in Waycross, Georgia is a county-level Juvenile Court- a specialized trial court of limited jurisdiction within the state's trial court system. It handles matters involving minors, including delinquency (criminal offenses by children), Children in Need of Services/unruly and other status offenses (such as truancy), dependency/abuse and neglect cases, foster care and permanency reviews, termination of parental rights, and guardianship or custody orders related to dependency. It also hears most juvenile traffic offenses. Adult criminal cases, general civil disputes, divorces, and standard traffic citations fall outside its jurisdiction and are handled by other Ware County courts.

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Services and Case Types Handled in Waycross Municipal Court

Ware County Juvenile Court serves children and families by handling:
- Delinquency, dependency (abuse/neglect), CHINS/status offenses (truancy, runaway, curfew), juvenile traffic, termination of parental rights, and emancipation matters.
Core services:
- Intake and filings: petitions/complaints, motions, summons, and case records; certified copies and record-restriction requests.
- Protective measures: emergency removal/shelter-care orders, protective supervision, no-contact and placement orders.
- Hearings: detention/initial appearance, adjudication, disposition, review and permanency, probation-revocation, and termination-of-parental-rights hearings; compliance and progress reviews.
- Supervision and referrals: probation oversight, diversion, and linkage to treatment and support services; appointment of counsel, guardians ad litem, and CASA.
- Payments and compliance: fines/fees for eligible juvenile matters and monitoring of court-ordered conditions.
Jury services: not applicable-juvenile cases are heard by a judge.