Assignment

The assignment office schedules all cases onto the Franklin County Justice System and maintains an Electronic Filing system. Their duties include distributing dockets and reports, researching and reporting statistics to the Supreme Court, transferring cases between judicial officers and maintaining the judges' and magistrates' yearly calendars. The assignment office also assists the public, agencies, attorneys and Court staff.

For the judges:

Schedules hearing dates for the following cases: Uncontested or drop list on new divorces and dissolutions; pretrials; contested divorces; petitions for civil protection orders; objections; and motions as well as any juvenile matters that require a date in front of the judge. The assignment office also maintains docket schedules for all visiting judges.

For the juvenile magistrates:

Schedules hearing dates for the following cases: delinquencies; unruly cases; abuse/neglect/dependency cases; and all pre- and post-decree motions on those case types. Assignment also schedules the preliminary hearings on abuse/neglect/dependency cases and delinquency cases and the non-lockup docket. The assignment office also schedules for all specialty dockets.

For the domestic and juvenile custody magistrates: 

Schedules hearing dates for the following cases; motions on divorces both pre- and post-decree (including temporary orders); all juvenile custody cases of non-married parents that are not a result of an abuse/neglect/dependency issue; objections to administrative orders filed through the CSEA Liaison’s office; CSEA domestic cases; and various motions for the Child Support Enforcement Agency (CSEA).

The Domestic Assignment Office is currently located on the third floor directly across from courtroom 32.

The Juvenile Assignment Office is currently located on the fourth floor directly across from the elevators.

 

Amelia Frick, Assignment Commissioner

DRJ_Court_Assignment@fccourts.org

614-525-2620