Kings County Superior Court
Kings County Superior Court | |
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36°20′00″N 119°40′17″W / 36.33329°N 119.67143°W | |
Established | 1893 |
Jurisdiction | Kings County, California |
Location | Hanford |
Coordinates | 36°20′00″N 119°40′17″W / 36.33329°N 119.67143°W |
Appeals to | California Court of Appeal for the Fifth District |
Website | kings |
Presiding Judge | |
Currently | Hon. Michael Reinhart[1] |
Assistant Presiding Judge | |
Currently | Hon. Jennifer Giuliani[1] |
Court Executive Officer | |
Currently | Nocona Soboleski[1] |
The Superior Court of California, County of Kings, also known as the Kings County Superior Court or Kings Superior Court, is the branch of the
History
Kings County was partitioned from Tulare County in 1893; the county seat was established at Hanford.[2]
Court was initially held in a space leased in the local
A new county courthouse was authorized in 1896; the construction contract was awarded to John Haggerty on May 13, 1896, for $26,364. The architect responsible was William H. Wilcox.[4] An addition completed in 1914 was built by Trewhitt-Shields to a design by J. Carl Thayer & Henri Dorlot.[5]
Venues
The
Court operations were consolidated in a single new building on February 16, 2016; the new building consolidates operations from five separate buildings, including the family law court, which was held in Lemoore. The 2016 courthouse has a gross floor area of 144,460 sq ft (13,421 m2) and 12 courtrooms.[10]
References
- ^ a b c "About the Court". Superior Court of California, County of Kings. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ California State Assembly. "An Act to create the county of Kings, to define the boundaries thereof, to fix the county seat thereof, and to provide for its organization and election ofofficers, and to classify said county". Thirtieth Session of the Legislature. Statutes of California. State of California. Ch. CL p. 176. direct URL
- ^ a b c d Menefee, Eugene L.; Dodge, Fred A. (1913). "XXII: Early County Politics". History of Tulare and Kings Counties, California. Los Angeles, California: Historic Record Company. pp. 179–191. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System – Kings County Courthouse (#78003063)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "Kings County, California". Courthouse History. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ "Court Locations". Superior Court of California, County of Kings. Archived from the original on April 30, 2009.
- ^ "Location & Contact Info". Superior Court of California, County of Kings. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ Deacon, John (2015). "Kings County". American Courthouses. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ "Kings County". California Supreme Court Historical Society. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ "Kings County, New Hanford Courthouse". California Courts. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
External links
- Official website
- California Courthouses (PDF). Judicial Council of California. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 21, 2019.