The Delaware State Courts will be closed on Tuesday, November 5th for Election Day. Justice of the Peace Court 11 (New Castle County) and Court 7 (Kent County) will remain open 24 hours and Justice of the Peace Court 3 (Sussex County) will be open from 6AM – 12PM (no new cases after 11:00PM).

Sussex County Courts including Justice of the Peace Court 2, 4, and 17 will be closing at noon on Thursday, November 7th for Return Day. JP Court 14 will be closed the entire day due to proximity to Return Day events.

About Us


The Honorable Meghan A. Adams, Judge

The Honorable Meghan A. Adams was appointed to the Superior Court of Delaware by Governor John Carney on July 11, 2019.

Judge Adams currently serves on the Court's Complex Commercial Litigation Division.

Judge Adams received her J.D., cum laude, in 2007 from Widener University School of Law. During law school, Judge Adams served as Articles Editor for The Delaware Journal of Corporate Law and as a Judicial Extern for the Honorable Myron T. Steele, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Delaware. She received her B.S. in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kenan Flagler Business School, in 2003. Judge Adams is a native Delawarean, graduating from Dover High School in 1999.

Prior to joining the bench, Judge Adams was an attorney at Morris James LLP and Proctor Heyman LLP (now Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel) where she practiced corporate and commercial litigation.

Judge Adams is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and the former President of the Richard S. Rodney Inn of Court. Judge Adams is currently the Treasurer of the American College of Business Court Judges. Judge Adams is also actively involved in the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association, where she currently serves as Chair of the Judge’s Initiative. Previously, Judge Adams served as a Business Court Representative and as Chair of the Partnerships and Alternative Business Entities Subcommittee.

Judge Adams’s present term ends July 11, 2031.