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4 ME Rev Stat § 25 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 1: SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT|Subchapter 1-D: COURT PERSONNEL AND FINANCES|4 §25. Reimbursement of counties for salaries and expenses of court and jury officers

 §25. Reimbursement of counties for salaries and expenses of court and jury officers The Judicial Department shall compensate each county for those reasonable costs related to salaries and expenses as agreed upon between the Judicial Department and the respective county. The compensation may be only for the number of court security officers requested to serve the court either in that county or another by the Judicial Department.   [PL 1991, c. 570, §2 (AMD).]The Judicial Department shall include sufficient funds for this compensation within its operating budget.   [PL 1991, c. 570, §2 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1977, c. 705, §1 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 722, §1 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 570, §2 (AMD).
4 ME Rev Stat § 26 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 1: SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT|Subchapter 1-D: COURT PERSONNEL AND FINANCES|4 §26. Use of Executive Department agencies

 §26. Use of Executive Department agencies Unless otherwise prohibited by law, the Judicial Department shall use the services of and be included in any systems established and maintained by the bureaus within the Department of Administrative and Financial Services and is subject to the same rules that apply to the Executive Department unless specifically exempted.   [PL 1997, c. 24, Pt. II, §3 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1985, c. 733, §1 (NEW). PL 1997, c. 24, §II3 (AMD).
4 ME Rev Stat § 27 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 1: SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT|Subchapter 1-D: COURT PERSONNEL AND FINANCES|4 §27. Funds collected by Bureau of Revenue Services

 §27. Funds collected by Bureau of Revenue Services 1.  Generally.  The State Court Administrator shall enter into an agreement with the State Tax Assessor by which the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Revenue Services may collect on the Judicial Department's behalf fees, fines, costs and penalties, the imposition of which is provided for by this Title. Any such agreement must specify which categories of fees, fines, forfeitures, costs and penalties are to be collected by the Bureau of Revenue Services.   [PL 1997, c. 24, Pt. II, §4 (NEW); PL 1997, c. 526, §14 (AMD).] 2.  Notice and demand; remedies provided by Title 36.  The State Tax Assessor shall provide notice substantially equivalent to that set forth in Title 36, section 171. Once notice and a demand for payment have been provided, the State Tax Assessor may proceed to collect the amount due by any collection method authorized by Title 36.   [PL 1997, c. 24, Pt. II, §4 (NEW).] 3.  Deposited in General Fund.  Funds collected on behalf of the Judicial Department by the State Tax Assessor must be deposited in the proper fund in State Government, except that, for the 1998-1999 biennium, the State Tax Assessor may retain sufficient funds to cover the administrative expenses incurred in collection. After the 1998-1999 biennium, the Judicial Department shall budget sufficient funds to pay the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Revenue Services, Bureau of Revenue Services Fund, Internal Services Fund account on a cost-reimbursement basis for services provided.   [PL 1997, c. 643, Pt. F, §1 (AMD).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1997, c. 24, §II4 (NEW). PL 1997, c. 526, §14 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 643, §F1 (AMD).
4 ME Rev Stat § 28 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 1: SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT|Subchapter 1-D: COURT PERSONNEL AND FINANCES|4 §28. Additional fee revenue dedicated

 §28. Additional fee revenue dedicated The judicial branch may credit 4%, up to a maximum of $300,000 per fiscal year, of fee revenue collected pursuant to administrative orders of the court to a nonlapsing Other Special Revenue Funds account to support the capital expenses of the judicial branch. If the fee revenue from the judicial branch is less than the amount budgeted as undedicated fee revenue for the General Fund, the amount credited to the Other Special Revenue Funds account during the fiscal year must be reduced by a percentage equal to the percentage by which General Fund undedicated fee revenue is under budget.   [PL 2011, c. 380, Pt. HHH, §1 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2009, c. 213, Pt. QQ, §2 (NEW). PL 2011, c. 380, Pt. HHH, §1 (AMD).
4 ME Rev Stat § 31 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 1: SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT|Subchapter 1-E: COLLECTIVE BARGAINING|4 §31. Purpose

 §31. Purpose It is declared to be the public policy of the State and it is the purpose of this subchapter to promote the continued improvement of the relationship between the Judicial Department and its employees by providing a uniform basis for recognizing the right of judicial employees to join labor organizations of their own choosing and to be represented by these organizations in matters concerning their employment relations with the Judicial Department.   [PL 1983, c. 412, §1 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1983, c. 412, §1 (NEW).
4 ME Rev Stat § 32 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 1: SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT|Subchapter 1-E: COLLECTIVE BARGAINING|4 §32. Procedures; advisory committee

 §32. Procedures; advisory committee 1.  Collective bargaining.  The Supreme Judicial Court may propose appropriate procedures for defining and implementing the collective bargaining rights of Judicial Department employees, including, without limitation, definition of employees and appropriate subjects of collective bargaining, determination of appropriate bargaining units, certification and election of a bargaining agent, appeals process, impasse resolution procedure and enforcement mechanisms.   [PL 1983, c. 412, §1 (NEW).] 2.  Advisory committee.  The Supreme Judicial Court shall designate an advisory committee to recommend procedures. The committee shall include representatives of public sector management and public sector bargaining agents. Opportunity shall be provided for the expression of views of Judicial Department employees.   [PL 1983, c. 412, §1 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1983, c. 412, §1 (NEW).
4 ME Rev Stat § 41 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 1: SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT|Subchapter 1-F: COURT UNIFICATION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE|4 §41. Court Unification Oversight Committee (REPEALED)

 §41. Court Unification Oversight Committee (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1999, c. 731, §ZZZ1 (NEW). PL 1999, c. 731, §ZZZ42 (AFF). PL 2007, c. 466, Pt. C, §1 (RP).
4 ME Rev Stat § 51 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 1: SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT|Subchapter 2: LAW COURT|4 §51. Constitution of court; concurrence required

 §51. Constitution of court; concurrence required When sitting as a Law Court to determine questions of law arising in any civil or criminal action or proceeding, the Supreme Judicial Court must be composed as provided by rules adopted by that court and shall hear and determine such questions by the concurrence of a majority of the justices sitting and qualified to act.   [PL 2007, c. 518, §1 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1969, c. 354 (RPR). PL 2007, c. 518, §1 (AMD).
4 ME Rev Stat § 52 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 1: SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT|Subchapter 2: LAW COURT|4 §52. Justice not to sit in review of case tried before that justice

 §52. Justice not to sit in review of case tried before that justice A justice may not sit in the law court upon the hearing of any cause tried before that justice or take any part in the decision of that cause.   [RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. B, §3 (COR).]SECTION HISTORY RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. B, §3 (COR).
4 ME Rev Stat § 53 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 1: SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT|Subchapter 2: LAW COURT|4 §53. Sessions

 §53. Sessions For the purpose of appellate review by the Supreme Judicial Court sitting as a law court, the State shall constitute one district. The number of sessions of the law court in each year and the method of determining the time and place thereof shall be in accordance with rules promulgated by the Supreme Judicial Court.   [PL 1969, c. 354 (RPR).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1969, c. 354 (RPR).
4 ME Rev Stat § 54 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 1: SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT|Subchapter 2: LAW COURT|4 §54. Clerks; duties; compensation; expenses of county

 §54. Clerks; duties; compensation; expenses of county The Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court shall appoint a clerk of the law court to serve at the Chief Justice's pleasure and shall, from time to time, designate one or more of the clerks of court or some competent person or persons to act as additional clerks of the law court. The clerk of the law court is entitled to receive such salary as the Chief Justice determines and shall devote full time to the clerk's duties. The clerk of the law court shall also act as reporter of decisions. The Chief Justice or in the Chief Justice's absence the senior justice present shall allow to the county in which any law term is held such expense as may be incurred on account of such law term, which must be paid by the State. The dockets of the law court must be made from time to time and kept as the court may direct.   [PL 2019, c. 475, §37 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 392, §1 (AMD). PL 1967, c. 220 (AMD). PL 1969, c. 467, §§2,3 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 408, §8 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 475, §37 (AMD).
4 ME Rev Stat § 55 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 1: SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT|Subchapter 2: LAW COURT|4 §55. Preservation of briefs

 §55. Preservation of briefs The clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court shall preserve 2 complete sets of briefs in all cases decided in the Supreme Judicial Court sitting as the Law Court. The clerk shall provide complete sets of the briefs to the law library of Cumberland County and to the Law and Legislative Reference Library, either by delivering a physical set to each library or by delivering or providing access to an electronic copy of the briefs. All expenses incurred in preparation and delivery of these briefs must be paid by the State from the appropriation for expenses of the Supreme Judicial Court.   [PL 2017, c. 223, §1 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1977, c. 114, §1 (RPR). PL 1979, c. 13, §§3-A,3-B (AMD). PL 1983, c. 164 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 223, §1 (AMD).
4 ME Rev Stat § 56 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 1: SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT|Subchapter 2: LAW COURT|4 §56. Messenger in Cumberland County (REPEALED)

 §56. Messenger in Cumberland County (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1969, c. 188 (RP).
4 ME Rev Stat § 58 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 1: SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT|Subchapter 2: LAW COURT|4 §58. Courthouse Security Fund

 §58. Courthouse Security Fund 1.  Creation of fund.  The Courthouse Security Fund, referred to in this section as "the fund," is created under the jurisdiction and control of the Supreme Judicial Court.   [PL 2005, c. 113, §1 (NEW).] 2.  Source of fund.  The fund consists of all money appropriated or allocated for inclusion in the fund, from whatever source, and any other resources available to the fund.   [PL 2005, c. 113, §1 (NEW).] 3.  Application of fund.  Money in the fund may be used to improve security and improve public safety at court facilities under the control of the State or a subdivision of the State. Money in the fund not needed to meet the requirements of this subsection may accrue interest and be invested in a manner permitted by law.   [PL 2005, c. 113, §1 (NEW).] 4.  Revolving fund.  The fund is a nonlapsing, revolving fund.   [PL 2005, c. 113, §1 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2005, c. 113, §1 (NEW).
4 ME Rev Stat § 201 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 7: PROBATE COURT|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|4 §201. Courts of record; seal; punishment for contempt

 §201. Courts of record; seal; punishment for contempt Courts of probate are courts of record. Each shall have an official seal, of which the register shall have the custody. They may issue any process necessary for the discharge of their official duties and punish for contempt of their authority.
4 ME Rev Stat § 202 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 7: PROBATE COURT|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|4 §202. Oaths and acknowledgments

 §202. Oaths and acknowledgments All oaths required to be taken by personal representatives, trustees, guardians, conservators, or of any other persons in relation to any proceeding in the probate court, or to perpetuate the evidence of the publication of any order of notice, may be administered by the judge or register of probate or any notary public. A certificate thereof, when taken out of court, shall be returned into the registry of probate and there filed. When any person of whom such oath is required, including any parent acknowledging consent to an adoption, resides temporarily or permanently without the State, the oath or acknowledgment may be taken before and be certified by a notary public without the State, a commissioner for the State of Maine or a United States Consul.   [PL 1981, c. 456, Pt. A, §5 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1979, c. 540, §6 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 456, §A5 (AMD).
4 ME Rev Stat § 203 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 7: PROBATE COURT|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|4 §203. Rights of claimants under heir

 §203. Rights of claimants under heir Any person claiming under an heir at law has the same rights as the heir in all proceedings in probate courts, including rights of appeal.
4 ME Rev Stat § 251 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 7: PROBATE COURT|Subchapter 2: JURISDICTION|4 §251. General jurisdiction

 §251. General jurisdiction Each judge may take the probate of wills and grant letters testamentary or of administration on the estates of all deceased persons who, at the time of their death, were inhabitants or residents of the judge's county or who, not being residents of the State, died leaving estate to be administered in the judge's county, or whose estate is afterwards found therein; and has jurisdiction of all matters relating to the settlement of such estates. A judge may grant leave to adopt children, change the names of persons, appoint guardians for minors and others according to law and has jurisdiction as to persons under guardianship, and as to whatever else is conferred by law, except in cases in which the District Court has jurisdiction over a child pursuant to section 152, subsection 5-A.   [RR 2015, c. 2, §1 (COR).]SECTION HISTORY RR 2015, c. 2, §1 (COR). PL 2015, c. 460, §3 (AMD).
4 ME Rev Stat § 251-A (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 7: PROBATE COURT|Subchapter 2: JURISDICTION|4 §251-A. Other proceedings involving parental rights; transfer to District Court

 §251-A. Other proceedings involving parental rights; transfer to District Court 1.  Disclosure of orders and proceedings.  The judge of probate presiding over any matter involving guardianship, adoption or change of name or another matter involving custody or other parental rights with respect to a minor child shall require all parties to disclose whether they have knowledge of:   A. Any interim or final order then in effect concerning custody or other parental rights with respect to the minor child;   [PL 2015, c. 460, §4 (NEW).]B. Any proceeding involving custody or other parental rights with respect to the minor child currently filed or pending before any court of this State or another state, including the District Court; or   [PL 2015, c. 460, §4 (NEW).]C. Any other related action currently filed or pending before any court of this State or another state, including the District Court.   [PL 2015, c. 460, §4 (NEW).][PL 2015, c. 460, §4 (NEW).] 2.  Transfer to District Court.  If in a matter before the Probate Court concerning a minor child a judge of probate becomes aware that a proceeding involving custody or other parental rights with respect to the minor child is pending in the District Court, the judge shall notify the District Court and take appropriate action to facilitate a transfer of the matter to the District Court.   [PL 2015, c. 460, §4 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2015, c. 460, §4 (NEW).
4 ME Rev Stat § 252 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 7: PROBATE COURT|Subchapter 2: JURISDICTION|4 §252. Equity jurisdiction

 §252. Equity jurisdiction The courts of probate shall have jurisdiction in equity, concurrent with the Superior Court, of all cases and matters relating to the administration of the estates of deceased persons, to wills and to trusts which are created by will or other written instrument. Such jurisdiction may be exercised upon complaint according to the usual course of proceedings in civil actions in which equitable relief is sought.
4 ME Rev Stat § 253 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 7: PROBATE COURT|Subchapter 2: JURISDICTION|4 §253. Jurisdiction in court where proceedings originate

 §253. Jurisdiction in court where proceedings originate Subject to Title 18-C, sections 1-303 and 3-201, and except as otherwise provided in Title 18-C, section 5-105, when a case is originally within the jurisdiction of the probate court in 2 or more counties, the one that first commences proceedings therein retains the same exclusively throughout. The jurisdiction assumed in any case, except in cases of fraud, so far as it depends on the residence of any person or the locality or amount of property, may not be contested in any proceeding whatever, except on an appeal or removal from the probate court in the original case or when the want of jurisdiction appears on the same record.   [PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. C, §4 (AMD); PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14 (AFF).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1979, c. 540, §7 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. C, §4 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. F, §1 (AFF). PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14 (AFF).
4 ME Rev Stat § 301 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 7: PROBATE COURT|Subchapter 3: JUDGES|4 §301. Terms; vacancies; salary

 §301. Terms; vacancies; salary Judges of probate are elected or appointed as provided in the Constitution of Maine. Only attorneys at law admitted to the general practice of law in this State and resident in this State may be elected or appointed as judges of probate. Their election is effected and determined as is provided respecting county commissioners; and they enter upon the discharge of their duties on the first day of January following their election; but, when appointed to fill vacancies, their terms commence on their appointment. Vacancies caused by death, resignation, removal from the county, permanent incapacity as defined in Title 30-A, section 1, subsection 2-A or any other reason must be filled as provided in the Constitution of Maine. In the case of a vacancy in the term of a judge of probate who was nominated by primary election before the general election, the judge of probate appointed by the Governor to fill the vacancy until a successor is chosen at election must be enrolled in the same political party as the judge of probate whose term is vacant. In making the appointment, the Governor shall choose from any recommendations submitted to the Governor by the county committee of the political party from which the appointment is to be made.   [PL 1995, c. 683, §1 (AMD).]Judges of probate in the several counties are entitled to receive annual salaries as set forth in Title 30-A, section 2.   [PL 1995, c. 245, §1 (AMD).]The fees to which judges of probate are entitled by law must be taxed and collected and paid over by the registers of probate to the county treasurers by the 15th day of every month following the month in which they were collected for the use of their counties with the exception of the fees provided in section 304, which must be retained by the judge who collects those fees in addition to the judge's salary.   [PL 1995, c. 245, §1 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 40, §1 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 737, §§C3,C106 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 104, §§C8,C10 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 245, §1 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 683, §1 (AMD).
4 ME Rev Stat § 302 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 7: PROBATE COURT|Subchapter 3: JUDGES|4 §302. Officers execute processes and attend courts

 §302. Officers execute processes and attend courts Sheriffs, their deputies and constables shall execute all legal processes directed to them by any such judge of probate, who may, when necessary, require such officer, when not in attendance upon any other court, to attend during the sitting of the probate court, for which that officer must be paid as in other courts for similar services.   [RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. B, §8 (COR).]SECTION HISTORY RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. B, §8 (COR).
4 ME Rev Stat § 303 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 7: PROBATE COURT|Subchapter 3: JUDGES|4 §303. Continuous session; return day for matters requiring public notice

 §303. Continuous session; return day for matters requiring public notice Probate court shall always be open in each county for all matters over which it has jurisdiction, except upon days on which by law no court is held, but it shall have certain fixed days and places to be made known by public notification thereof in their respective counties to which all matters requiring public notice shall be made returnable, except as otherwise ordered by the judge. In case of the absence of the judge or vacancy in the office at the time of holding any court, the register or acting register may adjourn the same until the judge can attend or some other probate judge can be notified and attend.   [PL 1965, c. 238 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 238 (AMD).
4 ME Rev Stat § 304 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 7: PROBATE COURT|Subchapter 3: JUDGES|4 §304. Equity and contested cases; time and place of hearing

 §304. Equity and contested cases; time and place of hearing Judges of probate may hold hearings for matters in equity and contested cases at such time and place in the county as the judge of probate may appoint and make all necessary orders and decrees relating thereto, and when hearings are held at other places than those fixed for holding the regular terms of court, the judge is allowed, in addition to that judge's regular salary, $5 per day and actual expenses, which must be paid by the State unless otherwise provided by law.   [RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. B, §9 (COR).]SECTION HISTORY RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. B, §9 (COR).
4 ME Rev Stat § 305 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 4: JUDICIARY|Chapter 7: PROBATE COURT|Subchapter 3: JUDGES|4 §305. Term of Fort Kent and Caribou probate court

 §305. Term of Fort Kent and Caribou probate court The judge of probate in and for the County of Aroostook shall hold a court of probate at least twice in each year at Fort Kent and at least 4 times each year at Caribou in the county. The time for holding the court shall be appointed by the judge and made known by public notification as provided in section 303.   [PL 1979, c. 41 (RPR).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1979, c. 41 (RPR).