As Amended
SEC. 11-1-56. Responsive pleading to precede assignment to a judge.
Civil actions in circuit, chancery and county court shall not be assigned to a judge until at least one (1) defendant has filed a responsive pleading. However, any necessary preliminary matters may be decided by a judge on a separate rotating basis before assignment of the action to a particular judge.
SOURCES: Laws, 2002, 3rd Ex. Sess., ch. 4, § 8, HB 19, effective from and after January 1, 2003.