Opinion ID: 1702660
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 14

Heading: Recommendation Nine:

Text: Annual guidelines from the chief justice regarding the assignments of senior judges should be consistent with the recommendations in this report. The Court asked the committee to consider the question of whether a senior judge should be limited to service at the level of court that he or she had been elected or appointed. For example, can a retired county judge serve as a senior judge in circuit court, or a retired circuit judge serve in a district court of appeal? The committee recognized that many active county judges are extensively assigned to preside over circuit court dockets, and many circuit judges are assigned to sit on district court panels. [13] The committee considers that such experience can qualify a judge to serve in a court superior to that which the judge was appointed or elected. The committee therefore concluded that a senior judge should be permitted to serve in a court superior to the court in which the judge had been elected or appointed.