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CATHERINE FARRIS–CARTER
CHANCERY COURT JUDGE
SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT |
Post Office Box 1787
Cleveland, MS 38732
Phone: 662-843-2111
Fax: 662-843-3382 |
Ta’Shia S. Gordon
Staff Attorney/Court Administrator
Delora V. Weaver
Court Reporter
The present Chancellor for Subdistrict 1 is the Honorable Catherine Farris-Carter of Shaw, MS. The two Chancellors for Subdistrict 2 are the Honorable Jon M. Barnwell and Honorable W. M. Sanders both of Greenwood, MS.
Each Chancellor is elected for a term of four years, with term of office beginning on January 1 following the year in which the election is held.
CHANCERY COURT DISTRICT
•Bolivar and Coahoma Counties are situated in Subdistrict 1 of the 7th Chancery Court District
•Leflore, Tallahatchie, Quitman and Tunica Counties comprise Subdistrict 2 of the 7th Chancery Court District.
•There are three Chancellors who serve the 7th District
* Coahoma and Bolivar County qualified voters elects the Chancellor for Subdistrict 1
* Leflore, Tallahatchie, Quitman and Tunica County qualified voters elects the Chancellor for Subdistrict 2
•Either Chancellor may hear matters in Chancery Court in any of the Counties located in the 7th District
JURISDICTIONS
•The Chancery Court has original jurisdiction in all matters of :
* equity
* divorce and alimony
* testamentary and administration
* minor’s business
* cases of idiocy, mental health cases
* cases in which said Court has jurisdiction under the laws in force when the Constitution was put in operation
* suits to try title and cancel deeds and other clouds upon title to real estate
* to also decree, possession, to displace possession, and to decree rents and compensation for improvements and taxes
•The Chancery Court also has jurisdiction concurrent with Circuit Court regarding:
* Suits of bonds of fiduciaries and public officers for failure to account for money or property received or wasted or lost by neglect or failure to collect
* Suits involving inquiry into matters of mutual accounts, but if the plaintiff brings his suit in the Circuit Court, that Court may on application of the defendant, transfer to the Chancery Court, if it appears that the accounts to be investigated are mutual and complicated
TERM OF COURT
Judge Farris-Carter’s terms of court in Coahoma County are held for 1 week each beginning
First Monday in April
Third Monday in June
Fourth Monday in September
Judge Farris-Carter’s terms of court in Bolivar County are held for 1 week each beginning:
In Rosedale - First District of Bolivar County
First Monday in March
In Cleveland, - Second District of Bolivar County
Second Monday in January
Third Monday in April
Second Monday in July
First Monday in October
PRESENTING CASES
•Judge Farris-Carter is available at any time to hear matter in her Court.
•Motion and Ex parte days are each Thursday in Cleveland and each Friday in Clarksdale.
•Motion and Ex Parte days beginning at 9:00 a.m. and continue until all business has been completed.
