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2021 Vermont Statutes
Title 4 - Judiciary
Chapter 7 - Probate Courts
§ 355. Disqualification or disability of judge
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§ 355. Disqualification or disability of judge
When a Probate judge is incapacitated for the duties of office by absence, removal from the district, resignation, sickness, death, or otherwise or if the judge or the judge's spouse or child is heir or legatee under a will filed in the judge's district, or if the judge is executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased person in his or her district, or is interested as a creditor or otherwise in a question to be decided by the court, he or she shall not act as judge. The judge's duties shall be performed by a Superior judge assigned by the presiding judge of the unit. (Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 20, eff. Feb. 1, 2011.)
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