Superior Court

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY-IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR CASE

Change is coming to Houston County. We are excited to announce, effective November 12, 2025 Superior Court and State Court will launch our new efiling system, the companion to our consolidated case management system. As of November 12, 2025 Pioneer Technology's Benchmark system will be live for you to establish your account and begin using Benchmark to efile new cases or efile into existing cases. There will be a twelve business day period for transition. Peachcourt will NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE for efiling in Houston Superior or State Court after November 28, 2025. Please make sure you have set up your new account in Benchmark as outlined below during this time. Failure to do so will mean you WILL NOT receive court notices or copies of pleadings filed in your case.

Superior Court & State Court
Effective November 12, 2025, ALL CRIMINAL (INCLUDING STATE COURT TRAFFIC ) AND CIVIL DOCUMENTS SHALL BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY through the Benchmark Efiling system. Incarcerated defendants and pro se defendants may file with paper documents if they lack access to a computer. One account will give you access to both courts.

Efile written instructions are on the left side of the homepage. Proceed to this web address to begin: https://court.houstoncountyga.org/BenchmarkWeb/Home.aspx/Search.

Establishing an Account for Pro Se/ Self-Represented Litigants
If you represent yourself in this case you must register for a new account in Benchmark and notify the clerk. YOU MUST DO BOTH IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE NOTICES OF COURT DATES AND FILINGS IN YOUR CASE.
1. Go to the website - Register for an account by following the prompts on the left side of the screen.
2. Send an email to the appropriate clerk with your name, case number and request to be added as a Pro Se/Self Represented Litigant on your case. By 5pm the following business day you should be able to access your case in Benchmark. Please login and confirm it is working properly 48 hours after submitting your email. Each clerk's office has a public access terminal if needed.
          Superior Court - [email protected]
          State Court - [email protected]

Establishing an Account for Lawyers and their staff
Lawyers with pending cases in Houston Superior or Houston State Court will receive an email with their initial login and password. You should login and change your password, set up your service email and add necessary staff. Once you have done this, the instructions for efiling add available on the left side of the home page. DO NOT REGISTER A NEW ACCOUNT USE THE LOGIN AND PASSWORD PROVIDED. Establishing a new account will mean you are not the attorney of record in your pending cases. Only one account is necessary to file in both courts. If you do not see all your cases after registration, please contact the appropriate clerk.

Houston County Magistrate Court is not participating in efile and cases there will see no change in filing procedures.

 

201 North Perry Parkway,
Perry, Georgia 31069

  • Office of Chief Judge Edward D. Lukemire
    • Lisa Hudson
    • Phone: (478) 218-4850
    • Fax: (478) 218-4855
    • Wendy Nelson, Court Reporter: (478) 218-4847
  • Office of Judge Katherine K. Lumsden
  • Office of  Judge G.E. "Bo" Adams
    • Tammie Latimore
    • Phone: (478) 218-4840 
    • Fax: (478) 218-4845
    • Joy Malone, Court Reporter: (478) 218-4843
  • Office of Judge Amy E. Smith
    • Emery Sims
    • Phone: (478) 218-4890
    • Fax: (478) 218-4895
    • Courtney Bridges, Court Reporter: (478) 218-4858
  • Selena English, Criminal Case Manager (478) 218-4849
  • Savannah Camp, Indigent Defense Coordinator (478) 218-4846
  • Katie Barrs, Accountability Court (478) 218-4864

Click here to view the Pro Se Self Help Section.

About

The Superior Court of Houston County is a trial court of general jurisdiction.  Its powers and authority are established by the Georgia Constitution and enumerated by specific statutes:

GA CONST. Art. 6, §4, ¶ 1:

The superior courts shall have jurisdiction in all cases, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. They shall have exclusive jurisdiction over trials in felony cases, except in the case of juvenile offenders as provided by law; in cases respecting title to land; in divorce cases; and in equity cases. The superior courts shall have such appellate jurisdiction, either alone or by circuit or district, as may be provided by law.

GA Code Annot. § 15-6-8:

The superior courts have authority:

  1. To exercise original, exclusive, or concurrent jurisdiction, as the case may be, of all causes, both civil and criminal, granted to them by the Constitution and laws;
  2. To exercise the powers of a court of equity;
  3. To exercise appellate jurisdiction from judgments of the probate or magistrate courts as provided by law;
  4. To exercise a general supervision over all inferior tribunals and to review and correct, in the manner prescribed by law, the judgments of:
    • Magistrates;
    • Municipal courts or councils;
    • Any inferior judicature;
    • Any person exercising judicial powers; and
    • Judges of the probate courts, except in cases touching the probate of wills and the granting of letters of administration, in which a jury must be impaneled;
  5. To punish contempt by fines not exceeding $1,000.00, by imprisonment not exceeding 20 days, or both; and
  6. To exercise such other powers, not contrary to the Constitution, as are or may be given to such courts by law.

 

Calendar and Scheduling

Click here to view the Houston County Superior Court Calendar.

  

Calendar Key

    

L - Judge Lukemire

K - Judge Lumsden

A - Judge Adams

 

 

 

Note: This Calendar is subject to change. Please contact the assigned judge's assistant to confirm dates.

To schedule a hearing in Superior Court, please call the appropriate contact.

For Criminal Cases, contact Selena English at (478) 218-4849.
For Domestic Rules, contact the Clerks Office, Civil Division at (478) 218-4740.
For all other matters, contact the assigned judges assistant (refer to the calendar key for each specific judge).

  • Judge Lukemire, Lisa Hudson at (478) 218-4850.
  • Judge Lumsden, Angela Anderson at (478) 218-4860.
  • Judge Adams, Tammie Latimore at (478) 218-4840.
  • Judge Smith, Emery Sims at (478) 218-4890