§ 17-2-209. Interchange in Certain Divorce Actions
In counties with a population of over seven hundred thousand (700,000), according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census, the general sessions judges may sit by interchange as a circuit court judge or chancellor for the exclusive purpose of hearing and deciding uncontested and irreconcilable differences in divorce cases. When the circuit […]
§ 17-2-301. Short Title
This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Senior Judge Enabling Act of 1990.”
§ 17-2-302. Requests for Senior Designation
Any former supreme court justice, judge of an intermediate appellate court or judge of a state court of record who has at least eight (8) years of creditable service as a state justice or judge may request to be designated as a senior justice or judge. Requests for senior designation shall be filed with the […]
§ 17-2-122. Failure of Judge to Attend — Selection of Special Judge
Notwithstanding § 16-15-209 or § 17-2-109 or any other relevant provision to the contrary, a judge shall have the authority to appoint a special judge as provided in this section. Sections 16-15-209 and 17-2-109 and any other relevant provision shall not apply where a judge finds it necessary to be absent from holding court and […]
§ 17-2-123. Full-Time Master in Certain Counties
Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, in any county having a metropolitan form of government and having a population of more than five hundred thousand (500,000), according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census, the circuit court judges of such county may appoint a full-time master to serve as a judicial […]
§ 17-2-201. Purpose
The purpose of this part is to ensure that existing judicial resources are utilized to the fullest extent and that no additional judicial resources are created until uniform caseload statistics are developed that will establish a priority for the need for additional judges.
§ 17-2-202. Duty to Interchange
Each state trial court judge has an affirmative duty to interchange if: A judge has died or is unable to hold court; Two (2) or more judges have agreed to a mutually convenient interchange; or [Deleted by 2012 amendment.] The chief justice of the supreme court has assigned by order a judge to another court […]
§ 17-2-112. Transfers From Chancery to Circuit Court Because of Incompetency
When any chancellor is incompetent to try any cause in the court for which the chancellor is responsible, a circuit judge may hear and determine the cause as chancellor, for which purpose the clerk of the chancery court shall bring before the chancellor all the papers in the cause, and the necessary entries shall be […]
§ 17-2-113. Circuit Judge Acting as Chancellor
Any circuit judge may also during the sittings of a chancery court, upon notification of a cause in which the chancellor is incompetent, as provided in § 17-2-112, take the place of the chancellor on the bench and hear and determine the cause as chancellor, the necessary entry being made on the minutes of the […]
§ 17-2-115. Certification of Incompetency to Governor
When any judge of any circuit court, criminal court, or chancellor, or judge or chancellor of any special court of equal dignity with circuit or chancery court, certifies to the governor that the judge or chancellor is incompetent to hold the judge’s or chancellor’s court, or to try any cause or causes pending in the […]