Delaware
The Delaware Family Court is a unified statewide Court with branches in New Castle County at Wilmington, Kent County at Dover, and Sussex County at Georgetown.

• Delaware Family Court

District of Columbia
The Family Court is a division of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. It is a trial court with general jurisdiction over domestic matters.

• Family Court page (District of Columbia Courts)
• Family Court Self-Help Center (D.C. Bar Association)

Florida
The Florida Family Court is a unified statewide Court.

• Florida State Family Court (Florida State Courts)
  • Unified Family Court Brochure [PDF] (Florida State Courts Administrator)
  • Family Law Rules [PDF] (Florida Bar Association)
• Florida State Courts Self-Help Centers (Florida State Courts)
• Family Law Division, Pinellas County (6th Judicial Circuit)
• See also: A Family Guide to Delinquency Court

Georgia
The superior court is Georgia's general jurisdiction trial court, with jurisdiction over divorce cases among others. Superior courts are organized into 10 Judicial Districts, comprised of 49 judicial circuits.

• Georgia Courts (Judicial Branch of Georgia)
  • Fulton County Family Division (Fulton County Superior Court)
  • (DeKalb County Superior Court)

Hawaii
Hawai'i state courts operate within a totally integrated system with court rules, procedures and forms consistent throughout all jurisdictions. The Family Court in each circuit hears legal matters involving children and families.

• Family Courts (Hawaii State Judiciary)

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Idaho
Idaho district courts can hear domestic relations cases, but in most counties they are heard in Magistrate Courts.

• Family Court Services (Idaho State Judiciary)
  • Children and Families in the Courts 2004 [PDF]
• The Idaho State Court System: Family Law [MS DOC] (Idaho State Judiciary)
• Public Page (Monroe County Circuit Court)

Illinois
The Unified Trial Court in Illinois is the Circuit Court, the court of "original jurisdiction". There are twenty-two circuits in the state, three of which are single county circuits (Cook, Will, and Du Page). The remaining nineteen circuits contain two to twelve counties per circuit.

• Illinois Circuit Courts on the Web
  • Family Court (19th Judicial Circuit Court, Lake and McHenry Counties)
  • Domestic Relations Division (Cook County)

Indiana
In Indiana, there are no separate family courts, so the superior courts have divisions within them that handle family law cases. The majority of Indiana trial courts are superior courts and almost all Indiana counties have superior courts.

• Indiana Trial Courts and Clerks (Indiana Judiciary)
• Family Court Project (Indiana Supreme Court)

Iowa
The district court has general jurisdiction of domestic relations cases. Iowa is divided into eight judicial districts.

• Families and Children (Iowa Judicial Branch)
• Iowa's Judicial Districts (Iowa Judicial Branch)

Kansas
District courts are the trial courts of Kansas, with general original jurisdiction over domestic relations cases. Kansas is divided into judicial districts, but there is a district court in each county.

• Kansas District Courts (Kansas Judicial Branch)
• Family Law Guidelines - 2003 Version [PDF] (Shawnee County District Court)
• Families and the Law: Issues and Impacts [PDF] (Kansas State University Research & Extension)

Kentucky
Family Court is a division of the Circuit Court, Kentucky's highest trial court level.

• Mediation and Family Court Services (Kentucky Court of Justice)

Louisiana
Family matters are typically handled in district court. However, East Baton Rouge Parish does have a family court that is separate from their district court.

• Louisiana District Courts (Louisiana Supreme Court)
• Family Court (E. Baton Rouge)

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