A Circuit Court Judge handles a wide range of the kinds of cases you hear about on a daily basis. Some examples of typical cases would be: landlord-tenant disputes, divorce and custody hearings, misdemeanor and felony cases, estates, guardianship hearings, and juvenile court cases like delinquency or termination of parental rights. From these, judges may be assigned an area of specialty by the Presiding Judge, but they may hear other types of cases as they are available and there is a need.
Judges also can help with settlement hearings and mediation (where the two parties try to sort things out on their own before going to trial).
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