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The Alexandria Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court is one of 32 Juvenile Courts around the Commonwealth of Virginia. All Juvenile Courts in Virginia process the cases described in this website in their own localities. For ease of our writing and your reading of the information on this website, we will be using the term "Juvenile Court" to mean the "Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court".

Since November, 1995, The Alexandria Juvenile Court has been a Model Court for the Victim's Act Model Court Project which is primarily funded by the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) through the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ). The concept of the Model Court is for the Courts involved in the project to be both advocates for change and models of change as they serve as national `laboratories' for meaningful systems change in how child abuse and neglect cases are processed through the court and child protection systems. In order to improve the processing of this caseload, court initiatives are undertaken periodically.

The Alexandria Juvenile Court hears cases involving families who live in the City of Alexandria. It also hears cases where certain family related crimes or delinquent acts by children under 18 years of age are alleged to have happened in the City. These cases are heard Monday - Friday, excluding holidays, based on the Docket Schedule established by the Clerk of Court and the Chief Judge.

Cases can start here or can be transferred here from other Juvenile or Circuit Courts around the Commonwealth of Virginia. In addition orders from courts in other states can be registered with the Juvenile Court at the Office of the Clerk of the Juvenile Court and under certain circumstances can be enforced by the Court.

The Alexandria Juvenile Court is staffed by two judges, the Clerk of Court, and six deputy clerks. The Court is assisted in the processing of its caseload by the Alexandria Court Service Unit, which handles the intake of all juvenile and some adult cases and also provides services to the Juvenile Court and families involved with the court including probation, counseling, family therapy, and parent education on custody/visitation matters.

 

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