Williamson County Juvenile Court, Tennessee
Court
The Williamson County Juvenile Court is a court of limited jurisdiction that deals exclusively with cases involving minors in Williamson County, Tennessee.[1]
Judges
Former judges
See also
External links
- Williamson County, Tennessee, "Juvenile Court & Services"
- Tennessee State Courts, "About Juvenile & Family Courts"
Elections
- See also: Tennessee judicial elections
Tennessee is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in Tennessee, click here.
- Tennessee local trial court judicial elections, 2025
- Tennessee local trial court judicial elections, 2024
- Tennessee local trial court judicial elections, 2023
- Tennessee local trial court judicial elections, 2022
- Tennessee local trial court judicial elections, 2021
- Tennessee local trial court judicial elections, 2020
- Tennessee local trial court judicial elections, 2019
- Tennessee local trial court judicial elections, 2018
- Tennessee local trial court judicial elections, 2017
- Tennessee local trial court judicial elections, 2016
- Tennessee judicial elections, 2014
- Tennessee judicial elections, 2012
- Tennessee judicial elections, 2010
Selection method
- See also: Partisan election of judges
Judges of the juvenile court are elected in partisan elections to eight-year terms. Individual towns or cities may establish varying ordinances for the election of their municipal judges, such as allowing for some positions to be elected by popular vote, and some to be selected by other methods.[3][4][5][6]
Qualifications
To serve on the court, a judge must be:[7]
- authorized to practice law in state;
- a district resident for at least one year;
- a state resident five years; and
- at least 30 years old.
Election rules
Primary election
Primary elections may be held for trial court judges. The political parties in each county determine whether or not there will be a primary election in their respective counties.
County primary elections
Counties that are having a primary election will have them on a Tuesday in May. The candidate who wins the county primary election in May will then move on to the county general election in August and run against other party candidates that won their respective primaries.[8]
Primary elections in Tennessee serve to designate a party's nomination and narrow the field down to one candidate from that party for a specific office. A candidate who wins their primary nomination will move on to the general election.[8] It is not uncommon for a candidate to run unopposed in their party primary and then go on to run unopposed in the general election as well. Similarly, candidates may win their primary and go on to run unopposed in the general election.
Voters do not need to declare their party affiliation when they register to vote. However, primary voters must declare whether or not they will be voting in the Democratic or Republican primary.[8]
Footnotes
- ↑ Tennessee State Courts, "About Juvenile & Family Courts," accessed May 29, 2014"
- ↑ Tennessee State Courts, "Juvenile & Family Courts Judicial Officials," accessed February 3, 2015
- ↑ American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Tennessee; Limited Jurisdiction Courts," archived September 11, 2014
- ↑ Justia - Tennessee Code, "37-1-207 - Special juvenile courts Judges," accessed July 22, 2015
- ↑ Justia - Tennessee Code, "16-18-203 - Term of office," accessed July 22, 2015
- ↑ Justia - Tennessee Code, "16-15-202 - Election Term," accessed November 20, 2014
- ↑ American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Tennessee," archived September 11, 2014
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Hamilton County, Tennessee Election Commission: Differences Between Primary Elections & General Elections, accessed May 4, 2014
