ANNOUNCEMENT: The Supreme Court recently approved an initiative whereby all Magistrate Courts in the State are to be consolidated with the District Court in each county. The District Courts will assume administrative oversight of the Magistrate Courts accordingly. There will be a tremendous amount of work involved in this transition and we look forward to forming a strong partnership with our Magistrate Courts. The Twelfth Judicial District will pilot this initiative with a tentative transition date of September 1, 2018. We are excited with all the possibilities this opens up and believe that this will make us a stronger, more effective, and more efficient judicial district.