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Juvenile Court Clerk

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3/31/20 COVID19 Update to Procedures

Magistrate Jeff McCullough
Magistrate Ray White

Juvenile Court deals with matters concerning juveniles, any individual who is under the chronological age of eighteen (18) years and who has not been previously transferred to adult court. Such matters include, but are not limited to, cases involving children that are dependent and neglected, abused, status/unruly or delinquent; determination of custody/visitation and support, parentage for children of unwed parents and trust accounts.

Contact Information

Hours: 8:00am to 4:15pm
Phone: (615) 898-7972
Fax: (615) 713-3382
Email

Mailing Address:

Rutherford County
Juvenile Court Clerk
1710 S. Church Street; Suite 2
Murfreesboro, TN 37130

Physical Address:

Rutherford County
Juvenile Court Clerk
1710 S. Church Street; Suite 2
Murfreesboro, TN 37130

Fees

Category One (Petitions)*	$107.00
Modification of Child support Child Support office only, does not apply to private petition	$75.00
Delinquent, Unruly, Felony & Misdemeanor	$73.00
Juvenile Traffic	$49.00
Consent Orders, Diversion	$42.00
Voluntary motions to grant custody	$42.00
Marriage Waivers	$47.00
Issue Capias, Attachment, Show Cause, etc.	$42.00
Restricted Driver License	$25.00
Civil service fees for sheriff’s department	$28.00
Arrest fees for sheriff’s department	$42.00
Juvenile citations and traffic citations	$27.00

Miscellaneous Charges & Fees
Post Judgment Request**	$25.00
Issue Subpoenas	$6.00
Continuances (taxed at end of case)	$7.00
Copies per page	$0.50
Mailing (certified)	$7.75 (reg.) $8.75 (9x12)
Certification and Seal	$5.00
Request to reinstate Driver License	$75.00
Expungements If a Felony	$100.00 + $50.00
Preparing a record on appeal to appellate court	$300.00
Third party complaints	Same fee as original complaint

* Requests to establish support, parentage, paternity, legitimization and cases not otherwise specified, cross complaints and counter complaints and name change, establish trust funds. Note: This does not include the sheriff’s fees, $28.00 for service.

** Applies to each requested garnishment, execution, levy, post judgment interrogatory, publication request (order), motions to set installment payments, and post judgment orders and pleas, taking an appeal bond, motions to alter or amend, motions to set aside or motions to rehear referee’s decision (entering an order to rehear).

Note: Data Processing is figured into the total cost. Therefore, when charging the $107.00 dollar fee, this would be $98.00 to clerk and $4.00 to Data Processing and $5.00 Archive fee; Traffic citation fees $40.00 clerk and $4.00 D.P. plus $5.00 Archive fee; Juvenile $60.00 to clerk and $4.00 D.P. and $5.00 for Archive fee and $4.00 for Judicial Commissioners.

The Archive fee is a one time fee like the Data Processing fee. This is only charged when a new case is started, not on a second or third petition.

Code of Conduct

All persons appearing before the Court shall be appropriately dressed and are required to show deference to the Court in both appearance and demeanor.

Appropriate dress includes but is not limited to the following:
All shirts shall be tucked in and worn with long pants and a belt
No shorts
Pants shall be pulled up to the waist, with the belt clearly visible
No sagging pants
No underwear shall be visible
No see-through clothing; no mesh shirts
No bare midriffs; no skin shall be visible between the shirt and the pants or skirt
No low-cut tops; no tube tops; no tank tops; no halter tops; no open backs
No sundresses; no spaghetti straps
No Spandex
No slogans on the seat of the pants
No flip-flops
No head coverings
No offensive clothing
No piercings except in ears
No tattoos shall be visible
No gang-related or gang-inspired clothing, coloring, accessories, or hairstyles