Buchanan General and Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Combined Courts

29th Judicial District of Virginia

General District Courts Informational Pamphlet
Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts Informational Pamphlet

General District Judges

• Hon. Henry A. Barringer, Chief Judge
• Hon. George Robert Brittain II

Juvenile and Domestic Relations Judges

• Hon. Martha P. Ketron, Chief Judge
• Hon. Michael J. Bush
• Hon. Laura F. Robinson

Court Schedule

Civil
   1:00 p.m., 2nd & 4th Mon.
Traffic (State Police)
   8:30 a.m., Mon.,  Arraignments
   9:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m., Mon.
Misdemeanors & Felonies (State Police)
   11:00 a.m., Mon., Preliminary Hearings
   1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., & 3:00 p.m., Mon., Contested Hearings
Traffic
   Town of Grundy PD Cases, 2nd & 4th Thurs.
   Sheriff's Dept. Cases, 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Thurs.
   8:30 a.m., Arraignments
   9:00 a.m., Misdemeanors
   11:00 a.m., Felony, Preliminary Hearings
   1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., & 3:00 p.m., Contested Cases
   Bad Check Cases
   10:30 a.m., 2nd Thurs.

Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court

   Every Tuesday
     8:30 a.m., Arraignments
     9:00 a.m. Traffic, Delinquency, Adult Criminal
     1:00 p.m. DSS cases
   2nd Tuesday
     8:30 a.m., Juvenile Driver's License Presentation

   1st, 3rd, 4th & 5th Wednesdays
     9:00 a.m., Custody, Support
     1:00 p.m., Custody, Support, and (DSS Cases as needed)
   2nd Wednesday
     9:00 a.m., Division of Child Support Enforcement cases
     1:00 p.m., CHINS (truancy)

   2nd Friday
     9:00 a.m., Custody, Support
     1:00 p.m., Custody, Support

Continuance Policy

First continuance granted by Clerk, subsequent by Judge on motion.