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Judiciary outlines statewide court structure, electronic filing and new judges to House committee
Summary
Chief superior judge and court administrators briefed the House Judiciary Committee on Jan. 10 about the unified superior court structure, retention and nominating processes, electronic case management, remote hearings and the operational effect of recently funded judges.
Chief Superior Judge Tom Zoney and court administrators appeared before the House Judiciary Committee on Jan. 10 to review how Vermont’s court system is structured and to describe recent operational changes the judiciary says affect capacity and case disposition.
Zoney said the superior court is statewide and organized into 14 units that roughly correspond to counties; each unit typically has four divisions — criminal, family (including juvenile), civil and probate. He described the judicial nominating board process for appointing trial judges and the…
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