Chancellors

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.”