Court Opinion

ID: 9697038
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 19:04:23.16576+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:20:28.713071
License: Public Domain

Knutson, Chief Justice
(concurring specially).
I concur in the result. I cannot agree that when a judge of the pro*572bate court, or any other court, signs an order such as a final decree it is not a judicial determination of the matters contained within the decree. It is the obligation of the judge to know what he signs. To permit him to hide behind a claim that the decree or order was prepared by an assistant or clerk, and that he is not chargeable with knowledge of what is in it, will destroy the finality of all judicial decrees. It is my opinion that we should hold that the judge is chargeable with knowledge of what he signs and that when the probate court signs a final decree it is a judicial determination of the matters therein contained.