Padgett sworn in as interim probate judge

Judge Alice Wheatley Padgett

Alice Wheatley Padgett

Padgett holds a bachelor's degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a law degree from the Georgia State University College of Law. She is married to her husband, Wade. 

Padgett served as an attorney and a public defender. 

Alice Wheatley Padgett is the Probate Court Judge in Columbia County. She was appointed as interim Probate Court Judge in Columbia County in 2011, and was re-elected in the general election in 2016. 

Specializes in family law, domestic relations, adoptions, and real estate matters as a practitioner for her own private practice. 

Has experience as a former Traffic Court public defender.

Received a Juris Doctor from Georgia State University College of Law in 1990.

- Specializes in family law, domestic relations, adoptions, and real estate matters as a practitioner for her own private practice. 
- Has experience as a former Traffic Court public defender.
- Received a Juris Doctor from Georgia State University College of Law in 1990.

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As of March 19, 2024, Alice Wheatley Padgett did not have a website or any information online.

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Said people should remember, "Everyone wasn't raised like you."

- Said people should remember, "Everyone wasn't raised like you."

Alice Wheatley Padgett is the Probate Court Judge in Columbia County. She was appointed as interim Probate Court Judge in Columbia County in 2011 and was re-election in the partisan general election in 2016. 

Padgett received a bachelor's degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a J.D. from the Georgia State University College of Law. She is married.

Padgett was a private attorney and public defender. 

Alice Wheatley Padgett is the Probate Court Judge in Columbia County. She was appointed as interim Probate Court Judge in Columbia County in 2011 and won re-election in the partisan general election in 2016. 

Padgett was a sole practitioner in her own private practice, specializing in family law, domestic relations, adoptions, and real estate matters.

She is a former Traffic Court public defender.

Judge Padgett met the necessary requirements for completing the statewide traffic certificate program for probate judges.

- Padgett was a sole practitioner in her own private practice, specializing in family law, domestic relations, adoptions, and real estate matters.
- She is a former Traffic Court public defender.
- Judge Padgett met the necessary requirements for completing the statewide traffic certificate program for probate judges.

Said, "Between the staff and I, we can keep this court running, serving the residents of Columbia County and just do the best we can."

- Said, "Between the staff and I, we can keep this court running, serving the residents of Columbia County and just do the best we can."

Believes people should remember, "Everyone wasn't raised like you."

- Believes people should remember, "Everyone wasn't raised like you."

Alice Wheatley Padgett was appointed as interim Probate Court Judge in Columbia County in 2011 and won re-election in the partisan general election in 2016. 

Probate court judges are a type of judge in Georgia who decides a type of civil court cases called a "probate" case. Probate cases can be many things, like cases about people's wills, appointing guardians to children or the elderly, and managing estates. Probate court judges also sometimes decide whether to give out marriage licenses and gun licenses, and they can also decide traffic cases. 