DEPARTMENTS:
Forrest County Courts
Forrest County Chancery Court
Forrest County Chancery Court is located in the Paul B. Johnson Chancery Building in downtown Hattiesburg and is one of the five counties which make up the tenth Judicial District.
Questions concerning services provided by the Forrest County Chancery Court should be forwarded to the Forrest County Chancery Clerk, Lance Reid.
Chancery Court Services include:
- Divorce
- Estate
- Agreed Modification (when all parties sign)
- Partition Suit Any Cross-
Complaint - Adoption
- Involuntary Mental
- Commitment (including
Sheriff’s Clerk’s Attorneys’, and Doctors’ fees) - Land Dispute
- Injunction
- Paternity
- Writ of garnishment
- Notice of Delinquency
- Settlement of Small Claim
- Contempt of Modification
- Alteration of Birth Certificate
- Involuntary Drug and Alcohol Answer (Court Reporter’s Fee)
- Removal of a Minority
- Guardianship or Conservatorship
Forrest County/Youth Courts
Forrest County Justice Court
Justice court judges have jurisdiction over criminal violations in the county in the same manner as the circuit court. However, criminal proceedings only occur in the justice court where the punishment does not extend beyond a fine and imprisonment in the county jail.
Forrest County Circuit Court
The Forrest County Circuit Clerk, Gwen Wilks, is responsible for overseeing the docket of the court. This includes the names and parties in each case, pleas, indictments, any records from lower courts on appeal, and other papers that are entered and referenced to the minute book. The circuit clerk also serves as administrator of all county elections.
- HANDLES TRIALS INVOLVING STATE FELONIES
- HANDLES TRIALS INVOLVING CIVIL LAWSUITS
