Hopewell General and Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Combined Courts
6th Judicial District of Virginia
General District Courts Informational Pamphlet
Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts Informational Pamphlet
CLERK OF COURT
Ellen Taylor Chiasson
Clerk's Office Hours
8:00AM - 4:00PM
PHONE
(999) 999-9999
FAX
(804) 541-2364
ADDRESS
100 East Broadway
Hopewell, VA 99999
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General District
- Hon. Elbert D. Mumphery, Presiding Judge, Chief Judge
- Hon. Peter D. Eliades, Presiding Judge
- Hon. Churchill Ridley Bain
- Hon. Lyndia P. Ramsey
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Juvenile & Domestic Relations
- Hon. Jacqueline R. Waymack, Presiding Judge, Chief Judge
- Hon. Christopher B. Ackerman, Presiding Judge
- Hon. Robert John Fierro Jr., Presiding Judge
- The Hopewell Combined District courtroom dress policy is:
- No shorts, halters, tank tops, strapless dresses, bare midriffs/stomachs/backs or plunging necklines;
- No clothing shall display vulgar, obscene or offensive language;
- No sleepwear, bodysuits or miniskirts; No exposed underwear;
- No hats
- No food, drinks or chewing gum
- No cell phones, I-watches or other electronic devices.
General District
- Monday: Criminal Docket
- 8:30 a.m., Bonded Arraignments/ Protective Orders
Mondays 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
- POLICE DEPARTMENT & TRAFFIC DOCKET
- 9:00 a.m., Video arraignments/bond hearings
- 8:30 a.m. Bonded Arraignments
- 9:30 a.m., Trials/non-attorney cases
- 9:00 a.m. Video Arraignments/Bond Hearings
- 10:00 a.m., Trials/attorney cases
- 9:30 a.m. Non-Attorney Trials
- 2nd Monday
- 10:00 a.m. Attorney Docket/Trials
- 1:00 p.m., City Code Enforcement Cases
- 11:30 a.m. Protective Orders
- 2:00 p.m., Animal Control Cases
- 2:00 p.m., Animal Control Cases
- Tuesday - Police Dept. Traffic Docket
- 8:30 a.m., Bonded arraignments
Tuesdays 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
- CRIMINAL DOCKET
- 9:00 a.m., Video Arraignments/ Bond Hearings / Non-Attorney Trial Docket
- 8:30 a.m. Bonded Arraignments/Protective Orders
- 10:00 a.m., Attorney Docket / Trials
- 9:00 a.m. Video Arraignments/Bond Hearings/Trials/Non-Attorney Cases
- 11:00 a.m., Protective Orders
- 10:00 a.m. Trials/Attorney Cases
- Wednesday - Civil Docket
- 11:30 a.m. Protective Orders
- 9:00 a.m., Attorney Cases
- 2nd Tuesday
- 10:00 a.m., Non-attorney cases
- 1:00 p.m. City Code Enforcement Cases/Animal Control
- 11:00 a.m., Contested cases
- Wednesdays 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
- 11:30 a.m., Protective Orders
- CIVIL DOCKET
- 8:30 a.m. Garnishments
- 8:30 a.m., Bonded arraignments
- 9:00 a.m. Attorney Cases
- 9:00 a.m., Video arraignments/bond hearings
- 10:00 a.m., Non-Attorney cases
- 9:30 a.m., Non-attorney public docket
- 11:00 a.m./1:00 p.m. Contested Cases
- 11:30 a.m., Protective Orders
- 11:30 a.m. Protective Orders
- 1:00 p.m., Attorney cases
Thursday - Sheriff's Docket
- Thursdays 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
- 10:00 a.m., Protracted civil cases
- 8:30 a.m. Bonded arraignments
- 9:00 a.m. Video Arraignments/Bond Hearings
Friday
SHERIFF'S DOCKET
- 9:30 a.m. Non-Attorney Public Docket
- 1st Monday of Month
- 11:30 a.m. Protective Orders
- 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., DSS/Foster care cases
- 1:00 p.m. Attorney cases
- 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., DSS/Foster care cases
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First continuance granted by Clerk; subsequently granted by Judge.