Circuit Court Records
The Circuit Court
Records office maintains the court records for all civil court
documents including:
Appeals from a
lower court
Business claims
Civil damage suits
Corporate receivership
Divorce without minor children
Employment discrimination
Cases that originated prior to 2001 involving divorce with minor
children, paternity and family support are also filed in this office.
This
office also maintains criminal court files for felony cases. Felony
cases are any offenses that are punishable by a year or more in jail.
Any fines or restitution imposed on the defendant are paid through this
office. Felony cases are available in the online criminal records database.
Family Court Records
The
Family Court Records office was established in 2001 to maintain all
domestic relations court cases including:
Divorce with minor children
Family support
Name changes
Paternity
Personal protection
orders
All of the listed family court cases are available in the
online civil records database.
In
addition, the Family Court Records office also maintains court files
for juvenile offenses, adoptions, neglect and abuse of children, and
personal protection orders against minors. Although theses files are
available for public access during regular business hours (with the
exception of adoption files), they are not available on the online civil
records database.