Campbell County Juvenile Court is here to serve your family court needs. The Judge of the Campbell County Juvenile Court is the Hon. Amanda H. Sammons who has served in that position since 2014. Cases handled in the Juvenile Court include petitions for custody or for private guardianship of minor children, custody cases involving minor children whose parents are not married, cases where a minor child is accused of being unruly or delinquent, misdemeanor traffic offenses, tobacco, vaping, and truancy court, and civil cases involving alleged child neglect, child endangerment, or child abuse.

All Courts are under orders from the Tennessee Supreme Court to limit in-person hearings at this time due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, the Campbell County Juvenile Court has issued two (2) orders on how cases are to be handled through the month of April 2021. They are:

• Order of Procedure (this is an Order on how to appear in Court between now and the end of April 2021)
• Case Docketing Order (this is an Order amending the upcoming Docket to reset some cases and to put all others on a Time Docket)

If you have an upcoming Juvenile Court date, please read both of the above Orders before your scheduled court date and abide by them. Doing so will hopefully save you some time and frustration, and may even help to answer some of your questions before you ask them. These Orders have been put into effect pursuant to Supreme Court directives to protect the safety of all Juvenile Court participants during this critical time of heightened health risk. We appreciate your understanding and patience during this time.

If you are a party to a case in Juvenile Court and you think you have a court date between now and April 30, 2021, and no one has already contacted you giving a reset of your court date, then please do the following right away: Contact your attorney or, if you don't have one, the child's attorney (known as a Guardian ad litem) or the DCS Worker to see when your court date and time is. It is very likely that your court date has already been moved and you may not know it. Even if your case is still set between now and April 30, 2021, it is very likely that the TIME for when you're supposed to be in Court has changed. Please see the second Order, above, to see when your court time is. Also, keep in mind that all hearings will be held via video conferencing only except in extreme circumstances where no other alternative exists. That means it is preferred that you should not appear in Court in person at all; instead, you and your family and witnesses are safer at home or in your vehicles or in some other location where you can be in contact with the Court and/or with your attorney electronically. Talk to your attorney BEFORE your court date to arrange this, or else, if you do not have an attorney, calling the Clerk at (423) 562-2624 is an option. Otherwise, you may click on the "Contact" tab of this website and submit your information there. If you are unable, after doing all of these things, to avoid personally coming to Court on your Juvenile case on the date it is set, then please come. But keep in mind that your admittance into court will be subject to certain conditions and that you are likely be asked, after approaching the Justice Center, to return to your vehicle until your case is called. So please do not bring other unnecessary persons with you unless their presence is essential for proving your case and until the Court expressly authorizes their appearance.

WARNING: Failure of any parent, adoptive parent, or legal guardian of a child to appear in Juvenile Court either electronically or in-person on any scheduled court date can result in severe, adverse, constitutional, and permanent consequences. Although the COVID-19 pandemic is a concern for which precautions are being taken surrounding your appearance, you alone are responsible for keeping all court appearances. You should contact your lawyer immediately if you have any questions concerning this.