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E-Filing Now Available
E-Filing for the Juvenile Court is now available through the Nashville efile Portal.
Please send questions about efiling and efile account request to juvenileefilesupport@jisnashville.gov.
Lonnell Matthews – Juvenile Court Clerk
We serve Davidson County with integrity, compassion, and professionalism—helping families, attorneys, and partners navigate the juvenile court system with dignity and care.
We envision a Juvenile Court Clerk’s Office that stands as a model of fairness, service, and innovation—where every child and family is met with dignity, every partner is supported with excellence, and every interaction helps build a stronger, safer, and more just Davidson County.
A court clerk’s office where every child and family is respected, every partner is supported, and justice is strengthened through service and innovation.
Services Provided
The Juvenile Court Clerk is a constitutional officer and is elected by the people for a term of four (4) years.
The duties and responsibilities include processing all legal documents filed in Juvenile Court, maintaining docket and minute books, acting as the keeper of the records, preparing hearing dockets, providing deputy clerks for all court hearings, maintaining financial records, collecting court costs, fines, child support, bonds and restitution, preparing Orders for the Juvenile Court, administering trust funds for minors (TCA 29-13-301 Part 3) and any other trust accounts as Ordered by the Court.