Lake AO L-2025-60-D: Circuit Judge Assignments (eff. June 22, 2026)
Summary
Allocates Lake circuit work in quarters: Baxley/Davis/Rada/Welke each take 1/4 criminal (incl. Ryce, excl. death penalty) + 1/4 death penalty + 1/4 non-jury civil (incl. foreclosure) + 1/4 probate; Mosley 1/2 civil jury; Nimeth and Takac 1/4 civil jury + 1/4 family each; Boylston and Toti 1/4 family each plus juvenile/DV/guardianship/mental-health splits; specialty courts assigned by name; child-support add-on to county Judge Jones eff. Feb. 2, 2026.
Requirement
Effective June 22, 2026 (hashed PDF). Quarter allocations per judge as enriched on each Lake judge profile; probate oversight on child-support cases heard by the CSHO; felony arraignments scheduled Mondays 8:30 a.m.; verbatim: "the following county court assignments shall be effective february 2, 2026. judge sarah jones child support not disposed by child support hearing officer." Specialty courts: Davis — Drug Court; Rada — Veterans Court; Baxley — child-support oversight + Administrative Judge.
Source of truth
Judge Sarah Jones — child support not disposed by Child Support Hearing Officer (effective February 2, 2026)
- Source health
- Healthy · checked July 21, 2026
- Effective date
- June 21, 2026
- Last verified
- July 19, 2026fable5-livefetch-2026-07-20
Reviewer note: Fetched + hashed + text-verified 2026-07-20 (sha256 ea545573…).
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AO 24-20 — Circuit Civil Active Case Management
Every circuit-civil case reviewed within 120 days of commencement and assigned a track (complex, streamlined, or general); case management orders required; firm continuance policy; sanctions for missed deadlines. Rescinds AO 21-09.
AM 23-C — Uniform Average Time Standards for hearings
Circuit-civil hearing-availability standards: motion calendars ~2 weeks from request; 15-30 min special sets within 45-60 days; longer special sets scale.
AO 22-02 — Docket index numbers on notices + proposed orders
Every attorney-generated notice of hearing and every proposed order must list the docket index number / motion identifier of the motion at issue.