Judge Tom Webb Bufford Jr.: Court & Assignment | KnowJudges

# Tom Webb Bufford Jr.
Senior Judge · [Wilkes County Magistrate Court](/kyj/court/ga/wilkes-county-magistrate-court)

## Judicial assignments
[Toombs Judicial Circuit](/kyj/court/ga/toombs-judicial-circuit)Senior Judge — circuit affiliation; court class unconfirmedThe official Senior Judges directory lists this circuit affiliation. A specific current assignment is not established. Senior judge available for assignment; this does not establish a current primary assignment.
Source checked October 15, 2026. [Roster source 1](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#home/directory-entries/596d1189cc440355d3a53020/) · [Roster source 2](https://us-api.knack.com/v1/pages/scene_1/views/view_5/records?rows_per_page=1000&page=1&filters=%7B%22match%22%3A+%22and%22%2C+%22rules%22%3A+%5B%7B%22field%22%3A+%22field_19%22%2C+%22operator%22%3A+%22is%22%2C+%22value%22%3A+%22Senior+Judges%22%7D%5D%7D)
These published assignments do not certify a complete bench.

## Tom Webb Bufford Jr. at a glance
Current roleSenior Judge
Court[Wilkes County Magistrate Court](/kyj/court/ga/wilkes-county-magistrate-court)
Current assignment[Wilkes County Magistrate Court](/kyj/court/ga/wilkes-county-magistrate-court)
JurisdictionGeorgia · State
Judicial serviceActive

## Biography

### Professional career


### Education


### Additional information

- Bufford is a well‐cited Georgia family law case, it does not indicate that Tom Webb Bufford was a judge
- The case was decided by the Georgia Supreme Court, with Justice Nichols writing the opinion
- The name “Tom Webb Bufford” appears only as a party in the litigation, not as a judicial officer
- Bufford, Tom Webb Bufford was the plaintiff husband who filed for divorce against Eva Rorie Bufford in Wilkes County, Georgia
- The wife left her husband in Wilkes County, took their son to Fulton County, and obtained employment there
- The husband’s account was described as “vague, equivocal and contradictory
- The Georgia Supreme Court addressed the domicile of a married woman, holding that it is generally that of her husband, except in cases of voluntary separation or a pending divorce application

## Sources

Identity source checked August 25, 2026.
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### Georgia Courts Directory
Identity source · HTML · Source checked August 25, 2026
[View Georgia Courts Directory ↗](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/596d1189cc440355d3a53020/)

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### case-law.vlex.com — biography evidence
Biography evidence collected 2026-10-08
[View source ↗](https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/bufford-v-bufford-no-893789069)
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### law.justia.com — biography evidence
Biography evidence collected 2026-10-08
[View source ↗](https://law.justia.com/cases/georgia/supreme-court/1967/23907-1.html)

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## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Georgia Magistrate Court Rule 15 — virtual proceedings](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-92c085addd8bb83007e0ba04) — Georgia Magistrate Courts only. Virtual proceedings; consent, exceptions and judicial orders control. Dated 2023 source, later amendments not exhaustively certified. [Official source](https://www.gasupreme.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Order-approving-Magistrate-videoconferencing-rules_entered.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.