Waynesboro Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court

25th Judicial District of Virginia

Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts Informational Pamphlet

Clerk

Ms Christy Dawn Hostetter
email: chostetter@vacourts.gov

Phone/Fax

Phone: (540) 942-6633
Fax: (540) 942-6793

Clerk's Office Hours

8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Address

237 Market Avenue, Suite 202
Waynesboro, VA 22980-4625

Judges

Hon. Correy R. Smith, Presiding Judge
Hon. Linda Schorsch Jones, Chief Judge
Hon. Robert C. Hagan Jr.
Hon. Lethia C. Hammond
Hon. Susan B. Read

Court Schedule

Mondays
   9:00 a.m.-Noon, Adult criminal & juvenile delinquency
   1:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m., Adult criminal & juvenile delinquency
   (Grand Jury days only)

Tuesdays
   8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m., Civil cases (custody/visitation & non-DCSE 
   support cases)
   1:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m., Civil contested cases (custody/visitation & 
   non-DCSE support cases)
   3rd Tuesday at 8:45 a.m., Juvenile driver's license ceremony

Thursdays
   8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Civil cases (Custody and Visitation, Non 
   DCSE support cases)
   1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m., DSS cases
   2nd Thursday 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. CHINS cases

1st Fridays
   9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m., DCSE cases

Emergency DSS Cases & Protective Orders
   Scheduled as needed on any court day

Continuance Policy

Continuances granted by Clerk or Judge on written motion in accordance with Rules of Court and local continuance policy. The court will grant ONE CONTINUANCE on an initial hearing if the request is made 28 days or less from the date of service. All additional petitions and/or motions filed in a pending cause that has been scheduled for an initial hearing will be set for the same date and time as the initial pleading, however, this will not constitute an automatic continuance. Request must be made in writing with notice to counsel of record and/or unrepresented parties. All other continuance requests may be granted either by agreement between counsel and/or unrepresented parties or with leave of the court. Counsel or unrepresented parties shall be solely responsible for re-issuing witness or document supboenas (supboenas duces tecum). Counsel and parties shall recognize that if the matter is continued it will not be rescheduled on an expedited basis but shall be set on the next available docket.