Vermont § 278 - Authorization of assistant judges
Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 278 — Authorization of assistant judges, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 278. Authorization of assistant judges
- (a) An assistant judge or a candidate for the office of assistant judge may also seek
election to the office of Probate judge and if otherwise qualified and elected to
both offices, may serve both as an assistant judge and as Probate judge. (b) In the event a probate matter arises in the Superior Court over which an assistant
judge is also the Probate judge who presides, or has presided, over the same or related
probate matter in the Probate Court, the assistant judge shall be disqualified from
hearing and deciding the probate matter in the Superior Court. (c) In the event a probate matter arises in the Probate Court over which a Probate judge
is also an assistant judge who presides, or has presided, over the same or related
probate matter in the Superior Court, the Probate judge shall be disqualified from
hearing and deciding the probate matter in the Probate Court. (Added 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 17a.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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