Section 45-2-82.02 Authorization and limitation of nonjury court proceedings in branch courthouses.
Section 45-2-82.02
Authorization and limitation of nonjury court proceedings in branch courthouses.
The circuit and district court judges for the Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit are authorized to conduct nonjury court proceedings in branch courthouses within the Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit located in the Cities of Foley and Fairhope not to exceed a total of 175 days in each courthouse during any year. This section shall not limit the authority of district court judges to conduct nonjury court proceedings if authorized by general law or by rule of the Administrative Office of Courts.
(Act 88-384, p. 571, §1; Act 2000-351, p. 552, §1.)