§ 16-16-106. Practice of Law by Judge
The county judge is not precluded from practicing in the supreme, chancery, circuit, and criminal courts of this state, but shall not act as counsel in any case going up from the judge’s court. Subsection (a) shall only apply in counties having a population, according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census, […]
§ 16-16-107. Original Jurisdiction
The county court has original jurisdiction in the following cases: The probate of wills; The granting of letters testamentary and of administration, and the repeal and revocation of letters testamentary and of administration; All controversies in relation to the right of executorship or of administration; The settlement of accounts of executors and administrators; The partition […]
§ 16-16-108. Distribution, Partition, and Sale of Realty
The county court shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the chancery and circuit courts to sell real estate of decedents and for distribution or partition. The mode of procedure in those cases in the county courts shall conform in every respect to the rules and regulations laid down for the conduct of similar causes in the […]
§ 16-15-5013. Designation of Division of General Sessions Court as Mental Health Court
The county commission of any county having a population of eight hundred thousand (800,000) or more, according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census, may designate a division of the county’s general sessions court as the mental health court. The mental health court shall be staffed using existing general sessions court staff […]
§ 16-15-5014. Domestic Violence Court for Shelby County
In order to maximize and concentrate limited prosecutorial, counseling and other social resources to victims of domestic violence, the tenth division of the Shelby County general sessions court shall serve as the domestic violence court for Shelby County. Provided that the caseload of the domestic violence court does not exceed the capacity of the tenth […]
§ 16-16-101. Establishment
A court is established in each county for the dispatch of probate and other business entrusted to it, to be called the county court. Subsection (a) shall only apply in counties having a population, according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census, of: not less than not more than 12,800 12,900 27,100 […]
§ 16-16-102. Special Laws Continued
All the existing laws defining the local limits of the jurisdiction of the county courts, and fixing the times and places for holding the county courts, are continued in full force and effect, unless inconsistent with some positive provision of this code. Subsection (a) shall only apply in counties having a population, according to the […]
§ 16-16-103. Attendance at Court
The judge shall attend at the courthouse of the county in which the judge serves on the first Monday of every month; and shall, on first Mondays and subsequent days as may be necessary, attend to all matters and adjudicate and determine all questions and do all other acts and things required. Subsection (a) shall […]
§ 16-16-104. Terms of Court
The county court to be held by the county judge shall have its regular sessions on the first Monday of each month; and the court shall sit from day to day, so long as the business of the court may require. Subsection (a) shall only apply in counties having a population, according to the 2000 […]
§ 16-16-105. Court Always Open
The county court to be held by the county judge shall be deemed always open for the transaction of any business and the exercise of any jurisdiction conferred upon the county judge or upon the court held by the county judge. Subsection (a) shall only apply in counties having a population, according to the 2000 […]