Public & Media Relations

Press Releases

• PRESS RELEASE  from Danielle F. Forté, Clerk of Superior & State Courts (February 1, 2022)
  Former Muscogee County Deputy Clerk Willie Demps today pled guilty in Federal Court to multiple counts of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and tax evasion in connection with the theft of approximately $1.3 million between 2010 and 2019. Court documents filed in connection with Demps’ plea agreement indicate up to an additional $5.5 million may be missing from the Muscogee County Clerk’s office.
• PRESS RELEASE from Danielle F. Forté , Clerk of Superior & State Courts (March 16, 2020)
• COVID-19 Press Release from Mayor B.H. "Skip" Henderson, III. (April 3, 2020)

Court Orders

• SUPREME COURT ORDER REGARDING UNIFORM SUPERIOR COURT RULES (March 27, 2020)
• MEMO REGARDING GEORGIA SUPREME COURT ORDER DECLARING STATEWIDE JUDICIAL EMERGENCY Bemon G. McBride, III., Superior Court Chief Judge, Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit (March 15, 2020)
• SUPREME COURT ORDER GOVERNING LAYWER PARTICIPATION IN REAL ESTATE CLOSING TRANSACTIONS (March 27, 2020)

Orders

• ORDER DECLARING JUDICIAL EMERGENCY - AMENDED from Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold D. Melton (March 14, 2020)
• AMENDED ORDER DECLARING JUDICIAL EMERGENCY from Bemon G. McBride, III., Superior Court Chief Judge, Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit (March 16, 2020)
• EXECUTIVE ORDER TO ENSURE A SAFE & HEALTHY GEORGIA from Governor Brian P. Kemp (April 2, 2020)
• ORDER EXTENDING DECLARATION OF STATEWIDE JUDICIAL EMERGENCY from Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold D. Melton (April 6, 2020)
• SECOND ORDER EXTENDING DECLARATION OF STATEWIDE JUDICIAL EMERGENCY from Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold D. Melton (May 11, 2020)
• THIRD ORDER EXTENDING DECLARATION OF STATEWIDE JUDICIAL EMERGENCY from Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold D. Melton (June 12, 2020)
• ORDER REGARDING JURY TRIALS, VIDEO CONFERENCE TECHNOLOGY, ACCESS TO COURTS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING Bemon G. McBride, III., Superior Court Chief Judge, Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit (June 22, 2020)
• FOURTH ORDER EXTENDING DECLARATION OF STATEWIDE JUDICIAL EMERGENCY from Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold D. Melton (July 10, 2020)
• ORDER ON IN-PERSON PROCEEDINGS IN THE CHATTAHOOCHEE JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Bemon G. McBride, III., Superior Court Chief Judge, Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit (July 17, 2020)
• FIFTH ORDER EXTENDING DECLARATION OF STATEWIDE JUDICIAL EMERGENCY from Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold D. Melton (August 11, 2020)
• SIXTH ORDER EXTENDING DECLARATION OF STATEWIDE JUDICIAL EMERGENCY from Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold D. Melton (September 10, 2020)
• SEVENTH ORDER EXTENDING DECLARATION OF STATEWIDE JUDICIAL EMERGENCY from Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold D. Melton (October 10, 2020)
• EIGHTH ORDER EXTENDING DECLARATION OF STATEWIDE JUDICIAL EMERGENCY from Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold D. Melton (November 9, 2020)
• NINTH ORDER EXTENDING DECLARATION OF STATEWIDE JUDICIAL EMERGENCY from Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold D. Melton (December 9, 2020)
• ORDER MODIFYING NINTH ORDER EXTENDING DECLARATION OF STATEWIDE JUDICIAL EMERGENCY from Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold D. Melton (December 23, 2020)
• TENTH ORDER EXTENDING DECLARATION OF STATEWIDE JUDICIAL EMERGENCY from Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold D. Melton (January 8, 2021)
• ELEVENTH ORDER EXTENDING DECLARATION OF STATEWIDE JUDICIAL EMERGENCY from Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold D. Melton (FEBRURARY 7, 2021)
• ORDER ON RESUMPTION OF JURY TRIALS from the Superior Court Judges of the Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit (February 25, 2021)
• TWELFTH ORDER EXTENDING DECLARATION OF STATEWIDE JUDICIAL EMERGENCY from Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold D. Melton (March 9, 2021)
• THIRTEENTH ORDER EXTENDING DECLARATION OF STATEWIDE JUDICIAL EMERGENCY from Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold D. Melton (April 8, 2021)
• FOURTEENTH ORDER EXTENDING DECLARATION OF STATEWIDE JUDICIAL EMERGENCY from Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold D. Melton (MAY 8, 2021)
• FIFTEENTH ORDER EXTENDING DECLARATION OF STATEWIDE JUDICIAL EMERGENCY from Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold D. Melton (June 7, 2021)
• ORDER FOR IMPLEMENTING A PANDEMIC OPERATIONAL SAFETY PLAN FOR JURY TRIALS AND OTHER COURT PROCEEDINGS from Bemon G. McBride, III, Superior Court Chief Judge, Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit (June 30, 2021)
• ORDER GRANTING RELIEF FROM STATUTORY SPEEDY TRIAL REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO O.C.G.A. § 38-3-62(b) from Bemon G. McBride, III, Superior Court Chief Judge, Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit (July 30, 2021)

Memo's & Notices

• MEMO REGARDING MEDIATIONS from The Office of Dispute Resolutions Director, Ed Berry (March 16, 2020)
• NOTICE FOR TEMPORARY PROTECTIVE ORDERS (TPOs) (March 24, 2020)