What is the purpose of the different courts in Virginia?
The two levels of trial courts are the district and circuit courts. The court that most people have contact with is general district court. The general district courts handle most traffic violations, minor criminal cases and civil cases in which the amount in dispute does not exceed $15,000. The juvenile and domestic relations district court handles most matters pertaining to juveniles, custody, support and visitation of children. The circuit court is the trial court with the broadest powers in Virginia. The other state courts in Virginia are the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals. The primary function of the Supreme Court of Virginia is to review decisions of lower courts, including the Court of Appeals, from which appeals have been allowed. The Court of Appeals of Virginia is an intermediate appellate court hearing appeals from the circuit courts in criminal, traffic and domestic relations matters. http://www.courts.state.va.us/faq/courts.html#circuit http://www.vlas.org/ http://
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