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4 V.S.A. § 32
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 1 - Supreme Court|§ 32. Jurisdiction; Criminal Division

§ 32. Jurisdiction; Criminal Division|(a) The Criminal Division shall have jurisdiction to try, render judgment, and pass sentence in prosecutions for felonies and misdemeanors.(b) The Criminal Division shall have jurisdiction to try and finally determine prosecutions for violations of bylaws or ordinances of a village, town, or city, except as otherwise provided.(c) The Criminal Division shall have jurisdiction of the following civil actions:  (1) appeals of final decisions of the Judicial Bureau; (2) DUI license suspension hearings filed pursuant to 23 V.S.A. chapter 24; (3) extradition proceedings filed pursuant to 13 V.S.A. chapter 159; (4) drug forfeiture proceedings under 18 V.S.A. chapter 84, subchapter 2; (5) fish and wildlife forfeiture proceedings under 10 V.S.A. chapter 109; (6) liquor forfeiture proceedings under 7 V.S.A. chapter 19; (7) hearings relating to refusal to provide a DNA sample pursuant to 20 V.S.A. § 1935; (8) automobile forfeiture and immobilization proceedings under 23 V.S.A. chapters 9 and 13; (9) sex offender proceedings pursuant to 13 V.S.A. §§ 5411(e) and 5411d(f); (10) restitution modification proceedings pursuant to 13 V.S.A. § 7043(k); (11) municipal parking violation proceedings pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 1974a(e), if the municipality has established an administrative procedure enabling a person to contest the violation, and the person has exhausted the administrative procedure; (12) proceedings to enforce 9 V.S.A. chapter 74, relating to energy efficiency standards for appliances and equipment; (13) proceedings to enforce 30 V.S.A. § 53, relating to commercial building energy standards. (Added 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 7c.)
4 V.S.A. § 34
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 1 - Supreme Court|§ 34. Jurisdiction; Environmental Division

§ 34. Jurisdiction; Environmental Division|The Environmental Division shall have:  (1) jurisdiction of matters arising under 10 V.S.A. chapters 201 and 220; (2) jurisdiction of matters arising under 24 V.S.A. chapter 61, subchapter 12 and chapter 117; and (3) original jurisdiction to revoke permits under 10 V.S.A. chapter 151. (Added 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 7e.)
4 V.S.A. § 35
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 1 - Supreme Court|§ 35. Jurisdiction; Probate Division

§ 35. Jurisdiction; Probate Division|The Probate Division shall have jurisdiction of:  (1) the probate of wills; (2) the settlement of estates; (3) the administration of trusts pursuant to Title 14A; (4) trusts of absent persons' estates; (5) charitable, cemetery, and philanthropic trusts; (6) the appointment of guardians, and of the powers, duties, and rights of guardians and wards; (7) proceedings concerning 18 V.S.A. chapter 231; (8) accountings of attorneys-in-fact where no guardian has been appointed and the agent has reason to believe the principal is incompetent; (9) adoptions and relinquishment for adoption; (10) uniform gifts to minors; (11) changes of name; (12) issuance of new birth certificates and amendment of birth certificates; (13) correction or amendment of civil marriage certificates and death certificates; (14) emergency waiver of premarital medical certificates; (15) proceedings relating to cemetery lots; (16) trusts relating to community mausoleums or columbaria; (17) civil actions brought under 18 V.S.A. chapter 107, subchapter 3, relating to disposition of remains; (18) proceedings relating to the conveyance of a homestead interest of a spouse under a legal disability; (19) the issuance of declaratory judgments; (20) issuance of certificates of public good authorizing the civil marriage of persons under 16 years of age; (21) appointment of administrators to discharge mortgages held by deceased mortgagees; (22) appointment of trustees for persons confined under sentences of imprisonment; (23) fixation of compensation and expenses of boards of arbitrators of death taxes of Vermont domiciliaries; (24) emancipation of minors proceedings filed pursuant to 12 V.S.A. chapter 217; (25) grandparent visitation proceedings under 15 V.S.A. chapter 18; (26) other matters as provided by law; and (27) concurrent with the Family Division, special immigration judicial determinations regarding the custody and care of children within the meaning of the federal Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(27)(J) and 8 C.F.R. § 204.11) issued pursuant to 14 V.S.A. chapter 111, subchapter 14. (Added 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 7f, eff. Feb. 1, 2011; amended 2019, No. 167 (Adj. Sess.), § 28, eff. Oct. 7, 2020.)
4 V.S.A. § 37
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 1 - Supreme Court|§ 37. Venue

§ 37. Venue|(a) The venue for all actions filed in the Superior Court, whether heard in the Civil, Criminal, Family, Environmental, or Probate Division, shall be as provided in law.(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Supreme Court may promulgate venue rules, subject to review by the Legislative Committee on Judicial Rules under 12 V.S.A. chapter 1, which are consistent with the following policies:  (1) Proceedings involving a case shall be heard in the unit in which the case was brought, subject to the following exceptions:  (A) when the parties have agreed otherwise; (B) status conferences, minor hearings, or other nonevidentiary proceedings; or (C) when a change in venue is necessary to ensure access to justice for the parties or required for the fair and efficient administration of justice.  (2) The electronic filing of cases on a statewide basis should be facilitated, and the court is authorized to promulgate rules establishing an electronic case-filing system. (3) The use of technology to ease travel burdens on citizens and the courts should be promoted. For example, venue requirements should be deemed satisfied for some court proceedings when a person, including a judge, makes an appearance via video technology, even if the judge is not physically present in the same location as the person making the appearance. (4)(A) Subject to subdivision (B) of this subdivision (4), in proceedings involving the termination of parental rights, the Supreme Court is authorized to designate a region of no more than four counties in which the venue for specified types of cases in the region shall be the region as a whole, irrespective of the county in which the venue would lie for the case under the governing statute. A designation under this subdivision shall be made by rule and shall be reviewed by the Legislative Committee on Judicial Rules pursuant to 12 V.S.A. § 1.  (B) A region designated pursuant to subdivision (A) of this subdivision (4) shall not include Grand Isle or Essex County for purposes of permitting termination of parental rights proceedings originating in Grand Isle or Essex County to be heard in other counties or regions unless all parties consent. This subdivision shall not preclude termination of parental rights proceedings originating in other counties from being heard in Grand Isle or Essex County. (Added 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 9; amended 2015, No. 167 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. June 6, 2016.)
4 V.S.A. § 38
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 1 - Supreme Court|§ 38. Judicial Masters

§ 38. Judicial Masters|(a) The Administrative Judge may appoint a licensed Vermont lawyer who has been engaged in the practice of law in Vermont for at least the last five years to serve as a Judicial Master. The Judicial Master shall be an employee of the Judiciary and be subject to the Code of Judicial Conduct. A Judicial Master shall not engage in the active practice of law for remuneration while serving in this position. In making this appointment, the Administrative Judge shall apply the criteria and standards for judicial appointments contained in section 601 of this title. The Judicial Master may hear and decide the following matters as designated by the Administrative Judge:  (1) In the Criminal Division of the Superior Court, proceedings in treatment court dockets, as approved by the presiding judge, to assure compliance with court orders, including attendance and participation with a treatment plan, imposition of sanctions and incentives, including incarceration in the course of the program and dismissal from the program due to noncompliance; the Master shall not have authority to accept pleas or to impose sentences, to hear motions to suppress, or to dismiss for lack of a prima facie case. (2) In the Family Division of the Superior Court, in juvenile proceedings, as approved by the presiding judge, to assure compliance with existing court orders, including attendance and participation in substance abuse, mental health, and other court-ordered counseling; compliance with and modification of parent-child contact; to act as the administrative body to conduct permanency hearings pursuant to 33 V.S.A. § 5321(g) unless a contested permanency hearing becomes necessary; and to provide case management of juvenile proceedings; the Master shall not have the authority to hear temporary care hearings, requests for juvenile protective orders, or hearings on the merits, or to conduct disposition hearings. (3) In the Family Division of the Superior Court, proceedings, with the approval of the presiding judge, to assure compliance with existing court orders relating to parent-child contact; to act as a Master pursuant to Rule 53 of the Vermont Rules of Civil Procedure where no order has been made pursuant to 32 V.S.A. § 1758(b); and to provide case management of proceedings with 15 V.S.A. chapters 5, 11, 15, and 18; the Master shall not have authority to determine divorce or parentage actions, parental rights and responsibilities, or spousal maintenance or modifications of such orders.   (b) The Judicial Master may be appointed to serve as an acting judge pursuant to subsection 22(b) of this title in any matter in which he or she has not previously acted as a Judicial Master.(c) The decision of a Judicial Master under this section shall have the same effect as a decision of a Superior judge, except when acting as a Master pursuant to subdivision (a)(3) of this section. (Added 2015, No. 167 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. June 6, 2016; repealed on July 1, 2025 by 2019, No. 77, § 25.)
4 V.S.A. § 39
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 1 - Supreme Court|§ 39. Capital budget requests; county courthouses

§ 39. Capital budget requests; county courthouses|(a) On or before October 1 each year, any county requesting capital funds for its courthouse, or court operations, shall submit a request to the Court Administrator.(b) The Court Administrator shall evaluate requests based on the following criteria:  (1) whether the funding request relates to an emergency that will affect the court operations and the administration of justice; (2) whether there is a State-owned courthouse in the county that could absorb court activities in lieu of this capital investment; (3) whether the county consistently has invested in major maintenance in the courthouse; (4) whether the request relates to a State-mandated function; (5) whether the request diverts resources of other current Judiciary capital priorities; (6) whether the request is consistent with the long-term capital needs of the Judiciary, including providing court services adapted to modern needs and requirements; and (7) any other criteria as deemed appropriate by the Court Administrator.   (c) Based on the criteria described in subsection (b) of this section, the Court Administrator shall make a recommendation to the Commissioner of Buildings and General Services regarding whether the county's request should be included as part of the Judiciary's request for capital funding in the Governor's annual proposed capital budget request.(d) On or before January 15 of each year, the Court Administrator shall advise the House Committee on Corrections and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Institutions of all county requests received and the Court Administrator's recommendations for the proposed capital budget request. (Added 2015, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 31.)
4 V.S.A. § 40
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 1 - Supreme Court|§ 40. Report on temporary employees

§ 40. Report on temporary employees|Annually, on or before January 15, the State Court Administrator shall submit a report to the House Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs and the House and Senate Committees on Government Operations identifying for each of the two prior calendar years:  (1) the total number of individuals employed by the Judiciary Department on a temporary basis who have worked in excess of 1,280 hours in the prior calendar year, excluding employees identified in 3 V.S.A. § 1011(7), (8)(A)-(D), (8)(F)-(G), and (8)(I)-(K); (2) the total number of temporary positions in which one or more individuals have been employed for a combined total of more than 1,280 hours, excluding positions filled by employees identified in 3 V.S.A. § 1011(7), (8)(A)-(D), (8)(F)-(G), and (8)(I)-(K); (3) the total number of hours worked by each temporary employee identified pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection; and (4) the total number of years during which each temporary employee identified pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection has worked for the Judiciary Department. (Added 2019, No. 58, § 6.)
4 V.S.A. § 71
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 3 - Superior Judges and Superior Courts|§ 71. Appointment and term of Superior judges

§ 71. Appointment and term of Superior judges|(a) There shall be 34 Superior judges, whose term of office shall, except in the case of an appointment to fill a vacancy or unexpired term, begin on April 1 in the year of their appointment or retention, and continue for six years.(b) A Superior judge may file in the Office of the Secretary of State, on or before September 1 of the year preceding the expiration of the term for which he or she was appointed or retained, a declaration that he or she will be a candidate for retention. However, a Superior judge appointed and having taken the oath of office after September 1 of the year preceding the expiration of the term of office shall automatically be a candidate for retention without filing notice. When a judge files such a declaration his or her name shall be submitted to the General Assembly for a vote on retention. The General Assembly shall vote upon one ballot on the question "Shall the following Superior judges be retained in office?" The names of the judges shall be listed followed by "Yes __ No __ ." If a majority of those voting on the question vote against retention, upon expiration of the term of office a vacancy shall exist which shall be filled by appointment in accordance with the Constitution and chapter 15 of this title; if the majority vote is in favor of retention, the judge shall, unless removed for cause, remain in office for another term and, at its end, shall be eligible for retention in office in the manner herein prescribed.(c) The Court Administrator shall notify the Secretary of State whenever a Superior judge is appointed and takes the oath of office after September 1 of the year preceding the expiration of the term of office to which the judge has succeeded, thereby resulting in automatic notification of an intention to continue in office. Whenever a Superior judge files a declaration under subsection (b) of this section or notification occurs automatically, the Secretary of State shall notify the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, the Office of Legislative Counsel, and the Office of Legislative Operations forthwith.(d) A Superior judge shall remain in office until a successor is appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed for cause or unless he or she resigns.(e) The Supreme Court shall designate one of the Superior judges to serve as Administrative Judge. The Administrative Judge shall serve at the pleasure of the Supreme Court. (Amended 1966, No. 64 (Sp. Sess.), § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1967; 1969, No. 125, § 9; 1973, No. 106, § 1, eff. May 25, 1973; 1973, No. 159 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 1, eff. March 15, 1974; 1975, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1975, No. 206 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1979, No. 182 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 1, 3; 1981, No. 3, § 2; 1985, No. 98, § 3; 1989, No. 221 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 1999, No. 152 (Adj. Sess.), § 91; 2001, No. 63, § 91; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 10; 2015, No. 68 (Adj. Sess.), § 60b, eff. March 8, 2016; 2019, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 22.)
4 V.S.A. § 72
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 3 - Superior Judges and Superior Courts|§ 72. Disqualification

§ 72. Disqualification|A Superior judge shall not be an officer in a railroad, banking, or insurance corporation in this State.
4 V.S.A. § 73
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 3 - Superior Judges and Superior Courts|§ 73. Assignment

§ 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 ensure 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.)
4 V.S.A. § 75
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 3 - Superior Judges and Superior Courts|§ 75. Powers of Justice or Superior judge after expiration of term or vacation of office

§ 75. Powers of Justice or Superior judge after expiration of term or vacation of office|Whenever the term of office of a Justice, Superior judge, Environmental judge, magistrate, or hearing officer expires or he or she otherwise vacates the office, the Justice, judge, magistrate, or hearing officer shall have the same authority to conclude causes he or she has partly or fully heard that he or she would have had if remaining in that office. The Justice, judge, magistrate, or hearing officer may make and sign findings and orders for judgments or decrees in causes pending before him or her, may make interlocutory orders and decrees, and shall be paid compensation commensurate with that paid specially assigned judicial officers as provided by section 23 of this title. (Amended 1977, No. 235 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 12.)
4 V.S.A. § 111
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 3 - Superior Judges and Superior Courts|§ 111. Superior Court sessions

§ 111. Superior Court sessions|(a) When the business of a Superior Court cannot otherwise be disposed of with reasonable dispatch, by direction of the Administrative Judge, there may be held additional sessions of that Superior Court simultaneously with the regular session consisting of a presiding judge and one or more assistant judges, if available.(b) A Superior Court may be temporarily recessed or adjourned from the place designated for holding a regular term or session to another place having adequate facilities, when the regular facilities at the designated courthouse are not adequate.(c) The Administrative Judge may assign assistant judges, with their consent, to a special assignment in a court where they have jurisdiction in another county when assistant judges of that county are unavailable or the business of the courts so requires. (Amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 11, eff. March 29, 1972; 1979, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 1981, No. 60; 1983, No. 201 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 27, 1984; 1999, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 73, eff. May 24, 2000; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 13.)
4 V.S.A. § 115
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 3 - Superior Judges and Superior Courts|§ 115. Stated terms of Superior Court

§ 115. Stated terms of Superior Court|The Superior Court shall operate continuously irrespective of the term in which events occur. Terms are designated for purposes of determining the rotation schedule of Superior judges and the responsibility of a Superior judge once a term has expired. When at the expiration of a term a Superior judge is no longer assigned to a specified unit, the judge shall complete any matters that have been heard or taken under advisement for that unit. The Administrative Judge, pursuant to rules of the Supreme Court, may specially assign a Superior judge to continue to preside over one or more cases even though the judge is no longer assigned to the unit of origin of the case or cases. In the absence of such a direction or of an assignment made pursuant to subsection 73(c) of this title, a judge who at the end of a term is no longer assigned to a unit shall have no further responsibility for cases in that unit. (Amended 1963, No. 15, § 2; 1965, No. 51, §§ 1-3; 1973, No. 106, § 2, eff. May 25, 1973; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 15.)
4 V.S.A. § 219
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 5 - Court of Chancery|§ 219. Powers of chancellor

§ 219. Powers of chancellor|The powers and jurisdiction of the courts that were heretofore vested in the courts of chancery are vested in the Superior Court. Superior, Environmental, and Probate judges have the powers of a chancellor in passing upon all civil matters which may come before them. (1969, No. 129, § 1, eff. date, see note set out below; amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 14, eff. March 29, 1972; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 1983, No. 201 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 27, 1984; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 16.)
4 V.S.A. § 272
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 7 - Probate Courts|§ 272. Probate districts; Probate judges

§ 272. Probate districts; Probate judges|(a) There shall be one Probate district in each county, which shall be designated by the name of the county. Each Probate district shall elect one Probate judge.(b) To hold the position of Probate judge, a person shall be admitted by the Supreme Court to practice law. This subsection shall not apply to any person who holds the office of Probate judge on July 1, 2010.(c) The Administrative Judge may specially assign a Probate judge to hear a case in a geographical district other than the district for which the Probate judge was elected. (Added 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 17.)