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16-13-2104. Divisions of court.
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16-13-2104. Divisions of court.
(a) There shall be four (4) divisions of circuit court and five (5) divisions of chancery court in the Thirteenth Judicial District of Arkansas as established in § 16-13-2103.
(b) A judge shall be elected for each division of the circuit and chancery courts of the Thirteenth Judicial District, and candidates for the offices shall designate and qualify as candidates for the particular division of the court to which they seek election.
(c)(1) The judges of the circuit court may try cases, hear matters, make orders, and take action in any division of the court and may assign or reassign any case from one (1) division to another by administrative order of the judges of the Thirteenth Judicial District.
(2) The judges of the chancery court may try cases, hear matters, make orders, and take action in any division of the court and may assign or reassign any case from one (1) division to another by administrative order of the judges of the Thirteenth Judicial District.
(3) The clerks of the circuit and chancery courts shall assign cases to the divisions therein in accordance with administrative orders of the judges of the Thirteenth Judicial District.
(d) Each division may have separate petit juries, or the divisions by concurrence of the judges may share a single petit jury wheel or box, or a single list of petit jurors.
(e) If any additional judgeship is created, the divisions created in subsection (a) of this section shall increase in accordance with the number of additional judgeships created.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-13-2104
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16-13-2104. Divisions of court.
(a) There shall be four (4) divisions of circuit court and five (5) divisions of chancery court in the Thirteenth Judicial District of Arkansas as established in § 16-13-2103.
(b) A judge shall be elected for each division of the circuit and chancery courts of the Thirteenth Judicial District, and candidates for the offices shall designate and qualify as candidates for the particular division of the court to which they seek election.
(c)(1) The judges of the circuit court may try cases, hear matters, make orders, and take action in any division of the court and may assign or reassign any case from one (1) division to another by administrative order of the judges of the Thirteenth Judicial District.
(2) The judges of the chancery court may try cases, hear matters, make orders, and take action in any division of the court and may assign or reassign any case from one (1) division to another by administrative order of the judges of the Thirteenth Judicial District.
(3) The clerks of the circuit and chancery courts shall assign cases to the divisions therein in accordance with administrative orders of the judges of the Thirteenth Judicial District.
(d) Each division may have separate petit juries, or the divisions by concurrence of the judges may share a single petit jury wheel or box, or a single list of petit jurors.
(e) If any additional judgeship is created, the divisions created in subsection (a) of this section shall increase in accordance with the number of additional judgeships created.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
16-13-2103. Judges and chancellors.
(a) The qualified electors of the Thirteenth Judicial District shall elect:
(1) One (1) circuit judge;
(2) Two (2) chancellors;
(3) One (1) circuit-chancery judge, juvenile division; and
(4) Two (2) circuit-chancery judges.
(b)(1)(A) The judicial position of circuit judge created by Acts 1873, No. 53, and currently designated as Circuit Division 1, is converted to a circuit-chancery judge position and shall be designated as Circuit-Chancery Division 5.
(B) The judge of Circuit-Chancery Division 5 shall continue to be responsible for the duties formerly assigned to Circuit Division 1.
(2) The judicial position of circuit judge created by Acts 1925, No. 27, shall be designated as Circuit Division 2.
(c)(1) The judicial position of chancellor created by Acts 1903, No. 166, shall be designated as Chancery Division 1.
(2) The judicial position of chancellor created by Acts 1923, No. 372, shall be designated as Chancery Division 2.
(d)(1) The judicial position of circuit-chancery judge, juvenile division, created by Acts 1989, No. 949, shall be designated as Circuit-Chancery Division 3 for all jurisdictions.
(2) This judge shall devote such time as may be required to perform the duties of judge of the juvenile division, which duties shall be the primary obligation of the judge, and shall have jurisdiction in law, equity, and probate to hear other cases as time permits.
(e) The judicial position of circuit-chancery judge created by Acts 1995, No. 41, shall have jurisdiction in law, equity, and probate and shall be designated Circuit-Chancery Division 4 in all jurisdictions.
(f) If any additional judgeship is created, an additional division shall be established and the judge shall serve as the judge of the addition
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-13-2103
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 16-13-2103. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.