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Contest for Juvenile Court Clerk
County
general - Partisan - Juvenile Court Clerk
About this office
The juvenile court clerk keeps the records of the juvenile court, which involve minors and are frequently confidential — managing sensitive case files and serving families under the court's rules.
Term length: 4 years.
This role calls for
- Maintains records of the Juvenile Court — which handles delinquency, dependency-and-neglect, and child-custody/support matters. Records are partially confidential under state law.
- Records management for the court served by this clerk's office, in conformity with Tennessee Rules of Civil/Criminal Procedure and the orders of the assigned judges.
- Working knowledge of the relevant court's docket, fee schedule, and pleading requirements.
- Financial controls for collecting and disbursing court costs, fines, restitution, bonds, and trust funds — with public accountability.
- Supervision of a clerical staff handling high case volume and frequent statutory deadlines.
- Administrative reliability — the office's filings are legally binding and its records are evidence.
Derived from the office's statutory duties and operational reality. Candidate summaries below map each candidate's documented experience to these requirements.
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