The system provides for a docket, fee and fine collection and disbursement, and for electronic reporting of citations to the Department of Public Safety. This software system can reduce the time required to post new information on driver records from several months to a matter of days. Probate Court Online System Thanks to a GCAC-sponsored project contracted with the Georgia Tech Research Institute, the public may now download to their personal computers all Georgia Probate Court Standard Forms in Word Perfect, Microsoft Word or PDF format. Users can enter data into a web-based form, print the completed form, and save it. County clerks may then retrieve the data, collect fees, assign an estate number and permanently file the form.
Staff continues to update and enhance the clerks' user's manual and probate court web site.
This service will save citizens at least one trip to the courthouse since they can perform these tasks at home via the World Wide Web. GCAC is in the process of connecting all probate court judges throughout the state to the Internet to further implement this system. The Georgia Courts Automation Commission is serving as technical support for the Georgia Commission on Family Violence to create a state registry of protective orders. By contract with GTRI the commission developed a system for the entry, processing, and online display of the orders. Software has been created to authenticate and create records for submission to the GCIC for subsequent updating of the National Crime Information Center records required by federal law.