Alabama Legal Overview: Dothan-Enterprise-Ozark The Dothan–Enterprise–Ozark metro area includes five counties in southeast Alabama. It is made up of the Dothan metro area, which covers the Geneva, Henry, and Houston counties, and the Enterprise–Ozark micropolitan area, which covers the Coffee and Dale counties. Each county is served by a judicial circuit, with circuit courts as the main trial courts with general jurisdiction and district courts with limited jurisdiction. Every city also has municipal courts. Listed below are the main cities in the Dothan–Enterprise–Ozark metro area.
Top Alabama cities for Legal Issues: Dothan
1. Dothan is the county seat for Houston County, served by the 20th judicial circuit housed in the Houston County Courthouse on Oates Street in Dothan. The city of Geneva is the county seat of Geneva County. Ozark is the county seat of Dale County. Dale and Geneva counties are served by the 33rd judicial district housed in the Dale County Courthouse in Ozark. The city of Enterprise spans across both Coffee and Dale counties. Coffee County is served by the 12th judicial circuit housed in the County Courthouse in Enterprise. 2. A man in Dothan is facing criminal charges after murdering his wife and baby. 3. A man in Abbeville has pressed charges against a local supermarket after a slip and fall incident.
Trending Dothan-Enterprise-Ozark Legal Topics: The 12th, 20th and 33rd circuit courts can hear appeals from their own district courts and municipal courts that fall within their judicial circuit. Appeals against the circuit courts have to be filed with one of the appellate courts. This means the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals or Court of Criminal Appeals, or the Alabama Supreme Court as the highest court in the state. All lawyers practicing in the Dothan–Enterprise–Ozark metro area have to be members of the Alabama State Bar licensed to practice law in Alabama. |