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Chris Purdum, local attorney, qualified Friday to seek the position of Chancery Judge. Currently, David Shoemake holds this position. The election is scheduled for November 6, 2018.
Mississippi Chancery courts are trial courts with jurisdiction over disputes regarding equity, domestic matters (including adoptions, custody disputes and divorces), guardianship, juvenile cases, sanity hearings, wills, and challenges to the constitutionality of state laws. Land records are also filed in chancery court. Chancellors are elected to four-year-terms. Chancery court trials are typically held without a jury.
