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Circuit and juvenile courts present budgets; judges cite pretrial services, detention impacts and staff needs
Summary
Judges and court administrators told the Budget & Public Employees Committee on May 13 that Circuit Court and Juvenile Court FY26 requests rise to cover staffing, expanded pretrial services, electronic monitoring and higher contract costs for medical and detention services.
Judges and court administrators told the Budget & Public Employees Committee on May 13 that proposed FY26 budgets for the Circuit Court and Juvenile Court reflect personnel increases, rising contract costs and expanded pretrial services required by new court rules and changes in juvenile jurisdiction.
Judge Chris McGraw, presiding judge of the 22nd Judicial Circuit, described the court system’s structure and said department 311 (Circuit Court) is proposed at $16,096,320 — a 9% increase from FY25 — while department 320 (Juvenile Court) is proposed at $23,601,256, a 2.4% increase. Department 321 (treatment court) remained at about $494,000, and the public administrator’s proposed budget rose about 6% from FY25, officials said.
Pretrial services and electronic monitoring: Judges and the court administrator emphasized pretrial services as a key driver of costs. Judge McGraw and Amanda…
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