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Civil
1. Confessions of Judgment
2. Default Judgments
3. Docketing, Crediting, and Canceling Judgments
4. Entry of Judgment: Rule 58
5. Attachments
6. Claim and Delivery
7. Proceedings Supplemental to Execution
8. Setting Aside Exemptions
9. Writs of Execution
10. Writs of Possession for Real Property
11. Writs of Possession for Personal Property
12. Civil Domestic Violence Protective Orders
13. Child Support
14. Judicial Waiver of Parental Consent for Minor’s Abortion
15. Handling Small Claims
16. Motor Vehicle Liens
Courtroom Procedures
1. Courtroom Duties of the Clerk
2. Courtroom Oaths
3. Clerk’s Handling of Evidence
4. Clerk’s Responsibilities to the Jury Commission
5. Clerk’s Responsibilities for Petit Juries
6. Clerk’s Responsibilities for the Grand Jury
7. Duties and Responsibilities of a Bailiff and a Grand Jury Officer
Criminal
1. Initial Appearance and Setting Conditions of Pretrial Release
5. Duties of the Clerk in Extradition Cases
2. First Appearance When Judge Not Available
3. Criminal Appearance Bonds: Taking Secured Bonds
4. Bond Forfeiture
Decedents’ Estates, Trusts, and Powers of Attorney
1. Overview of Decedents’ Estate Administration
2. The Clerk’s Initial Estate Intake
3. Subject Matter Jurisdiction of the Clerk in Decedents’ Estates
4. Estate Proceedings
5. Probate of a Will
6. Living Probate
7. Appointment of the Personal Representative
8. Role, Resignation, and Revocation of Letters of the Personal Representative
9. Inventories and Accounts
10. Commissions and Attorney Fees of the Personal Representative
11. Proceedings to Discover Assets of an Estate
12. Personal Property of Estates
13. Sale and Management of Real Property
14. Year’s Allowance of a Surviving Spouse and Children
15. Spousal Election of a Life Estate
16. Right to an Elective Share
17. Distribution and Renunciation of Interests
18. Acts Barring Property Rights
19. Settlement and Reopening of an Estate
20. Alternatives to Formal Administration
21. Wills Deposited for Safekeeping
23. Assignment of an Additional Year’s Allowance by Special Proceeding
24. Special Proceeding Against Unknown Heirs of Decedent Before Distribution
25. Sale of Land to Create Assets
26. Overview of Trusts
27. Trust Proceedings
28. Overview of Powers of Attorney
29. Power of Attorney Proceedings
22. Clerk’s Administration of Funds Owed to Minors and Incapacitated Adults
Incompetency and Guardianship
1. Incompetency Determinations
2. Guardianship
3. Veterans’ Guardianship Act
4. Proceeding by Foreign Guardian to Remove Ward’s Property from State
5. Sale, Mortgage, Exchange or Lease of a Ward’s Estate
Special Proceedings: Family
1. Introduction to Special Proceedings
2. Adoptions
3. Legitimation Proceedings
4. Proceedings to Establish Facts of Birth
5. Name Changes
Special Proceedings: Real Property and Motor Vehicles
1. Introduction to Special Proceedings
2. Foreclosure under Power of Sale
3. Proceeding to Determine Ownership of Surplus Proceeds from Foreclosure Sale
4. Judicial Sales
5. Partition
6. Motor Vehicle Liens
7. Cartway Proceeding
8. Condemnation by Private Condemnors
9. Establishing and Monitoring a Drainage District
10. Proceeding to Establish Boundary When Deed and Registry Destroyed
11. Proceedings under the Torrens Act for Land Registration
12. Settlement of Boundaries
The Office of the Clerk
1. Office of the Clerk
2. Ethics for Clerks of Superior Court
3. Judicial Responsibilities of the Clerk
4. Liability of the Clerk
5. Oaths of Office
6. Public Records
