Welcome to the Tenth District Chancery Court of Mississippi

This website is designed to make information about the chancery court system easily accessible to the public. The Tenth Chancery District of Mississippi consists of five counties (Forrest, Lamar, Marion, Pearl River, and Perry) with Chancery courthouses in the five respective county seats (Hattiesburg, Purvis, Columbia, Poplarville, and New Augusta).

On this site, you will find the jurisdiction and duties of these courts, contact information for the judges and their staffs, contact information for each Clerk of court, information on filing procedures, local court rules, directions to each courthouse, case schedules, and each Chancellor’s individual docket. Information on each of this district’s four Chancellors is also available.

Tenth District Chancery Court for the State of Mississippi

Role of the Chancery Court

As stated in Section 159 of the Mississippi Constitution, "[t]he chancery court shall have full jurisdiction in the following matters and cases:

1. all matters in equity;
2. divorce and alimony;
3. matters testamentary and of administration;
4. minor’s business;
5. cases of idiocy, lunacy, and persons of unsound mind;
6. all cases of which the said court had jurisdiction under the laws in force when this Constitution is put in operation."

Chancery Court Cases

As allowed by the Mississippi Constitution, the cases heard by the Chancery Court include the following categories. If your matter does not fall within one of the following, please reference the Other Courts and Agencies contact page for more information.

• All matters in equity; (which includes cases of fraud or mistake, property rights, preservation of property, conveyances of property, mortgages and liens on property, trusts, accountings, injunctions, specific performance of contracts)
• Divorce and alimony; (including annulment, separate maintenance, child custody, child support, division of marital assets/property)
• Matters testamentary and of administration; (including probate of wills, handling of estates either with or without a will)
• Minors' business; (including emancipation of minors, approving settlement of claims of minors, appointment and removal of guardians)
• Cases of idiocy, lunacy, and persons of unsound minds; (including commitments to institutions); and
• All matters of which Chancery Court had jurisdiction when the state constitution came into existence