Print
The Vermont Statutes Online
Title
04
:
Judiciary
Chapter
003
:
SUPERIOR JUDGES AND SUPERIOR COURTS
Subchapter
001
:
SUPERIOR JUDGES
§
73. Assignment
(a) In
accordance with the direction of the supreme court, the administrative judge
shall assign the superior judges among the units and divisions of the superior
court. The administrative judge shall assign a presiding judge to each unit and
may assign a judge to preside in more than one unit. In a case where a superior
judge is disqualified or unable to attend any term of court or part thereof to
which he or she has been assigned, the administrative judge may assign another
superior judge to act as judge at that term or part thereof for that period
during which the assigned judge is disqualified or unable to attend. If during
a term of the superior court the court in a unit is unable to complete all or
part of the work before it in a reasonable time, the administrative judge, with
the approval of the supreme court, may modify judge assignments to reduce
delays in that unit. The court shall publish the judicial rotation schedule in
electronic format and distribute it electronically to attorneys licensed in
Vermont.
(b) Pursuant to
section 21a of this title, the administrative judge shall assign superior
judges to hear and determine family court matters. The administrative judge
shall insure that such hearings are held promptly. Any contested divorce case
which has been pending for more than one year shall be advanced for prompt
hearing upon the request of any party.
(c) As necessary
to ensure the efficient operation of the superior court, the presiding judge of
the unit may specially assign a superior judge assigned to a division in the
unit, including the presiding judge, to preside over one or more cases in a
different division. As the administrative judge determines necessary for the
operation of the superior court throughout the state, and with the approval of
the supreme court, the administrative judge may additionally assign for a
specified period of time a superior judge to preside over a particular type of
case, or over a particular type of motion or other judicial proceeding, in all
or part of the units in the state. (Amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 9,
eff. March 29, 1972; 1979, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 1981, No. 219 (Adj.
Sess.), § 1; 1985, No. 63, § 3; 1999, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 72, eff. May 24,
2000; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 11.)