Cortland County Courts
Supreme Court
Court Description | Filing | Motion Terms | Forms | Supreme Court - IDV Part
46 Greenbush Street, Suite 301
Cortland, NY 13045-2772
Phone: 607-753-5013
Kjordan@nycourts.gov
Regular Business Hours:
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday
Judges' Chambers
Justice
Hon. Phillip R. Rumsey
Principal Law Clerk
Mark G. Masler, Esq.
Secretary to the Judge
Sheryl Holbrook
Phone: 607-756-3480
Fax: 212-520-6830
All visitors must pass through a magnetometer
upon entering the courthouse.
Court Clerk's Office
Chief Clerk
Karen Jordan
Phone: 607-753-5013
Fax: 646-963-6452
Court Assistant
Diana Albro
Phone: 607-753-5010
Senior Court Office Assistant
Cindy Spafford
Phone: 607-753-5020
Supreme Court generally handles civil matters seeking monetary damages exceeding the amount of $25,000.00. It is also the only court with authority to address matrimonial matters, including separation, annulment, and divorce. While Supreme Court does have the authority to hear criminal matters involving felonies, outside of New York City area these matters are usually heard at the County Court level.
All Supreme Court papers are filed in the Cortland County Clerk's Office and forwarded to the Court Clerk for submission to the Judge. The Cortland County Clerk's address is:
46 Greenbush Street, Suite 105
Cortland, NY 13045-3702
Phone: 607-753-5021.
Justice Rumsey's Motion Terms - 2013
All Motion Terms are held at the Cortland County Courthouse at 9:30 a.m.
January 18, March 22, June 7, August 16, September 20, and December 6, 2013.
Cortland motions may, in some instances, be brought in Tompkins County. Please contact the Chief Clerk in Cortland.
Tompkins Motion Terms: February 15, April 26, July 12, September 28, and November 1, 2013.
Forms
RJI Forms
Uncontested Divorce Packets
Name Change
Supreme Court - IDV Part
(Integrated Domestic Violence)
The Cortland County integrated Domestic Violence (IDV) Court is a court designed to handle
multiple related cases pertaining to a single family where the underlying issue is domestic
violence. It operates under the "one family - one judge" concept allowing a single judge to hear
a family's related cases. IDV Court can handle criminal matters (violations, misdemeanors, and
felonies), family court matters, and matrimonial matters involving the same family where there is
a domestic violence component involved. The interrelated cases are transferred by court order to
IDV Court from local Town Courts, Family Court, County Court and Supreme Court.
