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6TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT,

MONTSERRADO COUNTY

REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA

His Honor Judge J. Kennedy Peabody

Resident Circuit Judge

6^th Judicial Circuit Temple of Justice, Monrovia

 

 

Clerk of Court	Contact Number	Email
Victor G. Gailor	231886556115 / 231777150285

 

Jurisdiction: The 6th Judicial Circuit Court of Montserrado County exercises original jurisdiction over all cases other than Criminal Cases. The 6th Judicial Circuit Court also has jurisdiction to hear appeals from cases other than Criminal Cases, in accordance with statutes that provide appeals and from decisions, not criminal in nature, of courts-not-of-record (magisterial) made within Montserrado County.

 

Appointment and tenure of Circuit Judges: The President shall nominate and by and with the consent of the Senate, appoint and commission the Circuit Judge of the 6th Judicial Circuit who shall be resident Judge. He/She shall hold office during good behavior.

 

Opening dates of the 6th Judicial Circuit Court: The 6th Judicial Circuit shall meet four times a year in quarterly sessions, opening their quarterly sessions on the third Monday in March, June, September, and December in each year. The quarterly sessions of this Circuit shall be entitled the March, June, September and December Terms of Court.

 

Duration of each Term: Ten days before the opening of each quarterly session, there shall be a pre-trial chamber session to be held by the circuit judge assigned to sit during the quarterly sessions which shall immediately be followed by a trial session beginning with the opening of each quarterly session and continuing for forty-two consecutive days not including Sundays and legal holidays unless sooner terminated because all business before the court is disposed of before the expiration of that period. Immediately following the close of the trial session there shall be a ten-day closing chamber session to be held by the judge assigned to sit for the quarterly session and any judge concurrently assigned to the circuit.

 

The 6th Judicial Circuit Court shall be considered always open for adjudication of matters over which it has jurisdiction and for the purpose of filing any pleading or other paper authorized by rule or statute, of issuing and returning mesne and final process and of making and directing all interlocutory motions, orders and rules. Wherever they are present within the circuit, the Circuit Judge assigned to a Circuit Court, during his assignment and the pre-trial chamber session prior thereto, concurrently with the resident judge thereof, shall have authority to act on all matters coming before the court; and if neither is available, then except for the trial of an action and any motions in connection therewith which may be made during and after such trial or any motion for an order that would dispose of the action, in whole or in part, in any manner other than the settlement of an action or claim involving an infant or judicially declared incompetent, all other matters may be heard by the presiding judge of the Circuit Court adjoining the circuit where the action is triable.

 

The 6th Judicial Circuit oversees the functions of ten (10) Magisterial Courts located across the county with regards to Civil Matters.