Alabama's Court of General jurisdiction encompasses various Circuit Courts that have 41 courts, 142 judges. Circuit courts in Alabama …show more content…
The types of cases work completed by probate courts are cases related to mental illness, marriage licenses, distribution after a person's death, and adoption of a minor.
Intermediate Appeals Courts includes the Court of Civil Appeals that has five judges that sit in panels consisting of three judges that sit and decide a case. This court has jurisdiction in appealed civil cases under $50,000. The Alabama courts of criminal appeals consist of five judges that sit en banc with all five judges sit and decide the case. The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals handles hearing all appeals of felonies and misdemeanors crime cases in the state of Alabama.
The highest court in the state is the supreme court of Alabama. It consists of a chief justice presiding over eight associate justices that sit in two panels of four or en banc for the quicker resolution of cases; with the Court resolving more than 1,700 instances in any given year. The Alabama Supreme Court has jurisdiction over appeals where the amount in question exceeds $50,000. The full Court must review cases involving the capital punishment or the constitutionality of laws it also makes rules for the governing of administration and procedure in all courts in