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State Family Courts


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.


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.


Florida
The Florida Family Court is a unified statewide 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.


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.

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


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.


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.


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


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.


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


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.

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