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name: ga-gwinnett

description: >

- Use when drafting or filing in Gwinnett County Superior Court. Triggers include the court name, its case number format, and local-rule references. Layers on top of `ga-statewide-format`.

+ This skill should be used when drafting or filing documents in any

+ Gwinnett County trial court — the Superior Court of Gwinnett County

+ (Gwinnett Judicial Circuit), the State Court of Gwinnett County, the

+ Magistrate Court of Gwinnett County, or Gwinnett's Metro Atlanta

+ Business Case Division enrollment. Triggers include "file in

+ Gwinnett County", "Gwinnett County Superior Court", "Lawrenceville

+ court", "Gwinnett Judicial Circuit", "Gwinnett State Court",

+ "Gwinnett magistrate", "Odyssey eFileGA Gwinnett", and "75 Langley

+ Drive". Covers which Gwinnett court has jurisdiction, the Civil

+ Action File No. caption, the Odyssey eFileGA e-filing posture (NOT

+ PeachCourt), the mandatory ADR program, the Superior Court Transfer

+ Rules, and the domestic standing order. Layers on top of

+ `ga-statewide-format`.

version: 0.1.0

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- # Gwinnett County Superior Court

- > **TODO**: Author substantive content. This is a scaffolded

- > stub. Research the Georgia analog from authoritative sources

- > before writing — do not search-and-replace from another

- > state plugin.

+ # Gwinnett County Trial Courts (Gwinnett Judicial Circuit)

> **NOT LEGAL ADVICE.** These notes describe the venue's

> procedural mechanics as a drafting aid, not legal advice.

> Local rules and judge-specific practices change; verify

> with the clerk and the current local rules before relying

> on anything here.

- ## State context

+ Use this skill in addition to `ga-statewide-format` whenever the case

+ is in a Gwinnett County trial court. The **Gwinnett Judicial Circuit**

+ is a single-county circuit (Gwinnett County only), seated at **75

+ Langley Drive, Lawrenceville, Georgia** (*verify the current

+ address*). Pick the right court first — Georgia splits trial

+ jurisdiction by **subject matter**, not by dollar amount.

- - **State**: Georgia

- - **Format rule**: O.C.G.A. § 9-11-10 + Uniform Superior Court Rules

- - **Civil rules**: Georgia Civil Practice Act (O.C.G.A. Title 9, Ch. 11)

- - **Evidence rules**: Georgia Evidence Code (O.C.G.A. Title 24)

- - **Style manual**: Georgia appellate citation (Bluebook-based)

+ ## Which Gwinnett court

- ## What to author

+ - **Superior Court of Gwinnett County** — general-jurisdiction trial

+ court for the Gwinnett Judicial Circuit; reported at roughly 11

+ judges sitting in Divisions 1 through 11 (*verify judge count

+ against the current bench*). **Exclusive** over divorce, equity,

+ title to land, and felonies (O.C.G.A. §§ 15-6-1, 15-6-8). Court

+ **terms** convene the first Monday in March, June, and December and

+ the second Monday in September (O.C.G.A. § 15-6-3).

+ - **State Court of Gwinnett County** — reported at roughly 7 judges

+ (*verify against the current bench*). Civil jurisdiction of **any

+ amount** with no dollar ceiling (O.C.G.A. § 15-7-4), except the

+ superior-exclusive subjects. Most debt-collection and tort suits are

+ filed here.

+ - **Magistrate Court of Gwinnett County** — one of Georgia's busiest

+ magistrate courts, reported at roughly 21 judges (*verify against

+ the current bench*). Civil cap of **$15,000** (O.C.G.A. § 15-10-2),

+ with **no cap on dispossessory** money judgments. Note the

+ **enhanced post-judgment discovery** posture under O.C.G.A. § 9-11-69

+ where a dispossessory or distress judgment exceeds **$5,000**.

+ - **Business docket** — Gwinnett **opted into the Metro Atlanta

+ Business Case Division (MABCD)**, the first county outside Fulton to

+ do so and the **only county to enroll both its State and Superior

+ courts** in the division. MABCD has no fixed dollar threshold and

+ takes cases by transfer; it is distinct from the statewide Georgia

+ State-wide Business Court (O.C.G.A. § 15-5A).

- 1. Description: replace the placeholder with realistic trigger

- phrases for how a Georgia pro se filer would ask about this

- 2. Body: substantive content matching the role

- 3. Composition notes: which other ga- skills this layers

- with

- 4. References: the supporting `references/*.md` files

+ ## Caption

- ## Cross-references

+ Name the specific court and "STATE OF GEORGIA" in the caption, with

+ the county in the court line (O.C.G.A. § 9-11-10(a)).

- - `ga-statewide-format` for format baseline

- - `ga-fulton` / `ga-cobb` / `ga-county-courts` for venue

- - `ga-pro-se` for pro se conventions

+ ```

+ SUPERIOR COURT OF GWINNETT COUNTY

+ STATE OF GEORGIA

+ [PLAINTIFF NAME],

+ Plaintiff,

+ v. Civil Action File No. __________

+ [DEFENDANT NAME],

+ Defendant.

+ [TITLE OF PLEADING]

+ ```

+ For the State Court, substitute the court line with **"STATE COURT OF

+ GWINNETT COUNTY / STATE OF GEORGIA"**. The Georgia case-number

+ designation is **"Civil Action File No. ____"**; the number is

+ assigned by the clerk at filing — do not invent or guess it. Party

+ designations are Plaintiff/Defendant in civil actions and

+ Petitioner/Respondent in divorce and family matters.

+ ## E-filing — Odyssey eFileGA (NOT PeachCourt)

+ Gwinnett civil filings run through **Odyssey eFileGA** (the Tyler

+ Odyssey portal) — **not PeachCourt**. Flag this clearly: a filer who

+ defaults to the PeachCourt portal will be at the wrong gateway for

+ Gwinnett. E-filing is **mandatory** for all State and Superior civil

+ cases and **optional** in the Magistrate Court. Confirm the current

+ portal entry point and document codes with the Clerk of Superior Court

+ before filing.

+ ## Mandatory ADR + Superior Court Transfer Rules

+ - **Mandatory ADR program** — Gwinnett operates a court-annexed

+ alternative-dispute-resolution program; civil cases are routinely

+ ordered to ADR. Check the current ADR order and timing for the case.

+ - **Superior Court Transfer Rules** — Gwinnett publishes transfer

+ rules governing movement of cases **between the State and Superior

+ Courts** (e.g., when a State Court case implicates a

+ superior-exclusive subject). Consult these before assuming the

+ filing court can keep a matter.

+ - **Standing orders by document number** — Gwinnett publishes its

+ standing orders by document number; cite the operative document

+ number in filings that reference them.

+ ## Domestic standing order + child-support computation

+ When a domestic case is filed, a **domestic standing order**

+ auto-attaches and binds both parties on filing/service, and Gwinnett

+ separately issues a **Child Support Computation Procedures** order

+ governing the worksheet and supporting documentation. Read the

+ operative orders in the case and route domestic mechanics through

+ `ga-family-court`. Judge counts, division assignments, and the

+ courthouse address change; treat any specific count or address here as

+ **verify-against-current**.

+ ## Composition

+ - `ga-statewide-format` — format baseline (O.C.G.A. § 9-11-10 + USCR)

+ - `ga-state-court` — State Court of Gwinnett County practice

+ - `ga-magistrate` — Magistrate Court $15,000 / dispossessory mechanics

+ - `ga-family-court` — divorce, equity, and the domestic standing order

+ - `ga-consumer-debt` — debt-collection subject-matter bundle

+ - `ga-first-30-days` — answer, defenses, counterclaims

+ - `ga-file-packet` — assemble and preflight the filing packet

+ - `ga-schedule-hearing` — setting hearings and rule nisi

+ - `ga-deadlines` — time computation and Georgia holidays

+ ## References

+ - `references/gwinnett-courts-jurisdiction.md` — court-by-court

+ jurisdiction split, terms of court, and where to file

+ - `references/gwinnett-efiling.md` — Odyssey eFileGA workflows and

+ document codes (NOT PeachCourt)

+ - `references/gwinnett-transfer-and-adr.md` — Superior Court Transfer

+ Rules and the mandatory ADR program

+ - `references/gwinnett-standing-orders.md` — standing orders by

+ document number, the domestic standing order, and the Child Support

+ Computation Procedures order