Population and Caseload Boom Birth New West Georgia Judicial Circuit
December 13, 2024

Population and Caseload Boom Birth New West Georgia Judicial Circuit

Effective Jan. 1, 2025, operations will rev up in the new West Georgia Judicial Circuit enacted in May by legislators to cover superior court matters in Carroll and Heard counties. While existing Coweta, Meriwether and Troup county superior court matters will continue to be serviced by the Coweta Judicial Circuit, only half of its eight-jurist bench will remain with the circuit.

By Cedra Mayfield
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