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 Lynchburg
 Code of Ordinances
 CHARTER
 Chapter 5. COURTS GENERALLY AND BAIL COMMISSIONERS

  § 26-a. Juvenile and domestic relations court and judge.  

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  • Notwithstanding any other provision of this Charter, the council shall appoint or elect a person who at the time of his election shall be an attorney at law, who shall have been licensed to practice law in this state for at least five years, who shall be known as the judge of the juvenile and domestic relations court of the city, whose term of office shall begin the first day of the month following his election and shall continue for six years thereafter; his salary shall be fixed by the city council and paid out of the city treasury in monthly, bi-weekly or weekly installments, and shall not be diminished during his term of office.

    The assistant judge of the municipal court, or, if he be unavailable, the substitute assistant judge of the municipal court, shall be authorized to act in all matters in the place, room and stead of the said judge of the juvenile and domestic relations court in case of absence from the city or inability to act on the part of the judge of the said juvenile and domestic relations court or during the annual vacation of said judge; and the compensation for so acting shall be fixed by the council and paid out of the city treasury. The assistant judge of the municipal court, or the substitute assistant judge of the municipal court, independently of whether either be acting for the judge of the juvenile and domestic relations court or not, shall, subject to the general supervision and control of the judge of the juvenile and domestic relations court, have at all times the same authority and power with respect to the admitting to bail and the issuing of warrants, summons, process, capias, and other proper papers as to matters within the jurisdiction of the juvenile and domestic relations court as such officers now possess with respect to bail and the issuance of such papers as to matters within the jurisdiction of the municipal court. The judge of the juvenile and domestic relations court shall hold court at such times as the council may by ordinance or resolution provide, and the city council shall further have the authority to provide by ordinance or resolution for the trail of juvenile cases coming before said court separate and apart from domestic relations cases.

    Any vacancy in the office of such judge shall be filled for the unexpired term in the manner prescribed herein for original appointments or election to such office.

    The judge of the juvenile and domestic relations court shall have the same powers, jurisdiction, duties, rights, privileges, and the same method of qualification as are now conferred and provided for by general state laws upon such courts in this state and the judges thereof.

    The present judge of the juvenile and domestic relations court shall continue in office until the expiration of the term for which he was appointed or elected, and upon the expiration of his term and of each successive term thereafter a successor shall be appointed or elected for the term and in the manner prescribed herein.

    (Acts 1947, Ex. Sess., ch. 5, p. 15; Acts 1958, ch. 156, p. 203)

    State Law reference— Juvenile and domestic relations courts, Code of Virginia, § 16.1-226 et seq.

(Acts 1947, Ex. Sess., ch. 5, p. 15; Acts 1958, ch. 156, p. 203)

State law reference

Juvenile and domestic relations courts, Code of Virginia, § 16.1-226 et seq.