Special Notices/Docket Changes
Special Master Dockets
Special Master Nichols’s Case Management Conference Docket is no longer published daily.
For information about your case management conference, please refer to the last Case Management Order.
NEW CASE COURT APPROVED AND MINOR SETTLEMENT FILING PROCESS
RE: Joint Order 10/16/23 and 8th Circuit Order 6/21/24
Please see the following instructions and procedures for Court Approved Settlements.
Download Instructions (Updated 04/07/25)
Calendar / Schedule
Rules/eFile/Caselink
Circuit Court Judiciary
JUDGE DAVID BRILEY, 1st Circuit Court
BIO | CHAMBER RULES & MORE
JUDGE AMANDA MCCLENDON, 2nd Circuit Court
BIO | CHAMBER RULES & MORE
JUDGE PHILLIP ROBINSON, 3rd Circuit Court
BIO | CHAMBER RULES & MORE
JUDGE STEPHANIE WILLIAMS, 4th Circuit Court
BIO | CHAMBER RULES & MORE
JUDGE JOE BINKLEY, JR., 5th Circuit Court
BIO | CHAMBER RULES & MORE
JUDGE THOMAS BROTHERS, 6th Circuit Court
BIO | CHAMBER RULES & MORE
JUDGE ANDRA HEDRICK, 7th Circuit Court
BIO | CHAMBER RULES & MORE
JUDGE LYNNE INGRAM, 8th Circuit Court
BIO | CHAMBER RULES & MORE ~UPDATED~
SPECIAL MASTER MARY ASHLEY NICHOLS
BIO | CHAMBER RULES & MORE
Chamber Rules Appendix
APPENDIX I: Alternative Dispute Resolution Questionnaire
APPENDIX II: Mediation Order
APPENDIX III: Probate Scheduling Letter
APPENDIX IV: Sample Deposit “Freeze Agreement”
APPENDIX V: Amendment to Local Rule 39.03
Civil Orders
Please see the links below for signed orders pertaining to Civil or Domestic courts:
Order re: In-person Oaths of Guardians and Conservators (Effective 07/01/2024)
Order re: Affidavit of Indigency Hearings and Filings
Order re: Circuit Court Special Masters Authorized to Determine Indigency
Order re: Electronic Signatures
Order re: Emergency Conservatorships/Expedited Limited Healthcare Fiduciary Cases
Order re: Extending Orders of Protection by Operation of Law
Order re: Parenting Seminar (Issued 09/06/2024)
Order re: Second Circuit Domestic Violence Pretrial Orders
Order re: Qualified Protective Orders in Healthcare Liability Actions
Order re: Weekly Settlement Approvals (Issued 06/21/2024)