Individual Rules, Standing Orders & Policies
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Court-wideMotion, Complaint, Other Filings
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These 298 rules apply across Superior Court of Cobb County. Where this judge's own standing orders above address the same topic, the judge's requirement controls.
A completed Verification form must accompany the adult name-change petition.
Publication is required in every adult name-change case.
The final order on a motion for contempt must select only one of the alternatives provided in the form.
Immediately after electronically filing protective-order petitions, a TPO Office representative must notify the Clerk of Court or designee of the filing.
Parties must serve other parties with original petitions and original complaints by personal service or another means acceptable under the Civil Practice Act of Georgia.
Except where the Order provides otherwise, parties must electronically serve subsequent electronic documents on other parties through the EFSP, which delivers all electronically filed and electronically served documents to parties or designated counsel.
A court filing fee is required for an adult name-change action, with the exact amount available from the clerk’s office.
A separate publication fee is required and must be paid separately from the court filing fee by cash, check, or money order.
A low-income filer may request waiver of the court filing fee by filing the Poverty Affidavit and approval-order forms, but the publication fee remains payable and the case filing cannot be completed until a judge approves the request.
The clerk cannot complete the case filing until a judge signs the order approving the Poverty Affidavit.
Electronic filing does not change applicable filing deadlines.
The Clerk must complete all processing needed to update and publicly display case information within five business days after receiving a change-of-address form or notice, regardless of its title.
- **Appointed:** Vic Reynolds was appointed by Governor Brian Kemp as a Superior Court Judge in the Cobb Judicial Circuit on August 15, 2022 - **Prior position:** former Director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, serving from 2019 until his appointment to the bench - **Prior position:** former District Attorney of Cobb County, having been elected twice in 2012 and 2016 - **Prior position:** partner in the law firm of Berry and Reynolds before serving as District Attorney - **Prior position:** previously served as the Cobb Chief Magistrate Judge - **Career start:** Vic began his career as a police office in his hometown of Rome, Ga. - **Publication:** He is the co-author of Georgia Objections at Trial.
- **Courtroom:** 6200 - **Administrative Assistant:** Kathy Powell, (770) 528-8130, (770) 528-8128 (Fax) - **Staff Attorney:** Ryan Browne, (770) 528-8131 - **Court Reporter:** Deborah Fedorchak, (770) 528-1971 - **Judicial Calendar Coordinator, Civil Matters ONLY:** Shea Cooper, (770) 528-1453
Parties must contact the civil calendar clerk in the Clerk’s Office to schedule a domestic or civil hearing.
Parties must contact the civil calendar clerk in the Clerk’s Office to schedule a domestic or civil hearing.
Kathleen Powell must be contacted by email to schedule a special-set hearing when the expected hearing duration is four hours or more.
