Sentences with phrase «probate judge»

Candidates for the position of probate judge must have served as a judge or lawyer in the state for at last five of the last ten years.

In addition to his litigation practice, Richard has also served as the Executive Director and counsel to the Council on Probate Judicial Conduct, which investigates and adjudicates formal complaints of ethical misconduct against the elected Probate Judges in Connecticut.

I mean all he did was tell probate judges not to marry same - sex couples... [Wonkette]

Elmore County Probate Judge John Enslen, for example, expressed his joy over the Alabama Supreme Court's new ruling and said he was «saddened for my nation that the word «marriage» has been hijacked by couples who can not procreate.»

In Alabama, a local probate judge is responsible for collecting the Alabama Secretary of State's corporate filing fee.

Getting the ailing 92 - year - old billionaire in front of probate judge David Cowan, O'Donnell believed, was pretty much all he needed to show that Redstone was mentally incompetent when he gave his live - in companion the boot from his Beverly Hills mansion, then removed her as his health care agent, and erased his $ 70 million bequest to her in his will.

But the Alabama Supreme Court's ruling directly contradicts a previous ruling from the U.S. District Court that said the gay marriage ban was unconstitutional and ordered probate judges to start issuing marriage licenses to same - sex couples.

Specifically, Moore wrote that a prior order of the Alabama Supreme Court that barred probate judges from issuing marriage licenses to same - sex couples remains in effect.

Beginning in February 2019, this will also apply to continuing part - time judges, which includes probate judges and assistant judges.

As previously noted, no other state imposes term limits on judges, aside from New Mexico Probate judges.

Repeals law giving probate judges 5 cents per name for preparation of voter lists.

Then, last week, the Alabama Supreme Court snubbed its nose at the federal court and ordered the state's probate judges -LSB-...]

HB 1080 Expands existing statute restricting release of home addresses and similar information found on driver's licenses of judges to include that of associate judges and statutory probate judges.

30 states allow for at least some of their judges to serve without benefit of a law degree (a 31st, Connecticut, allows non-attorney Probate Judges in office on January 4, 2011 to remain and be reelected.)

A Miami probate judge was apparently concerned that the parents / guardians of a minor ward were using guardianship funds to pay for the child's private school tuition.

These stat's may be appropriate for uncontested proceedings, which represent the vast majority of the matters handled by a typical probate judge, but when it comes to that small % of estates that are litigated, these same case - load numbers (confirmed by personal experience) make two points glaringly clear to me:

A Massachusetts probate judge, the late Sheila McGovern, recommended I join the law firm of Healy and Lund.

Probate Judge Edward M. Ginsburg believed in the process and sent cases to me.

No sooner had U.S. District Judge Callie Granade ruled that the Alabama Marriage Protection Act, along with the added protection of the Sanctity of Marriage Amendment, was unconstitutional and Alabama had to allow gays to wed, than ol' reliable Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore threw a grenade on Granade's ruling by telling the state's probate judges not to carry it out, under threat of penalty.

In the meantime, Alabama probate judges are apparently still not sure what they are supposed to be doing.

It includes the Secretary of State's filing fee and a minimum fee charged by the local probate judge.

Any ordained or licensed clergymen who have presented their ordination credentials to the county probate judge, and justices of the peace.

Yesterday, antigay chief justice of Alabama, Roy Moore, sent out an order for the state's probate judges to stop issuing marriage licenses for same - sex couples.

Alabama marriage officials find themselves in a very confusing position right now, because a federal court declared the state's marriage ban unconstitutional, but then the Alabama Supreme Court declared that the gay marriage ban was still just great and legal, and now all the probate judges are like, «Wait, who do we listen to?»

I had done made up my mind we were going to issue the licenses and I thought that was it,» said Judge Leon Archer, a probate judge in a rural county that has stopped issuing the same - sex licenses but is still issuing licenses to heterosexual couples.

County humane agent appointments are on file with the Probate Judge in each of the 88 counties, but the list may be outdated.

In most places I imagine the issue would go before a probate judge who would attempt to determine the validity of each presented will, and if both were valid, then they would attempt to reconcile the disparities to the best of their ability.

They choose a will to go off of (these steps could be reversed if the wills named different administrators, in which case each administrator would file for the grant of representation and consequently involve the probate judge earlier)

This includes Supreme Court justices, superior judges, assistant judges, and probate judges.

Then, last week, the Alabama Supreme Court snubbed its nose at the federal court and ordered the state's probate judges to stop issuing marriage licenses to same sex couples.

Send them and your filing fee to the probate judge in the county where the corporation's registered office is located.

Probate judges and assistant judges are elected by the citizens of Vermont.

Estate attorneys, probate judges and bank trust officials charged with locating heirs to estates now have a powerful new resource at their disposal.

This was a joint meeting of the Judicial Assembly and CBA, and nearly all of the state's probate judges and many private practitioners were in attendance.

Eliminates the requirements and procedure for filing an affidavit of disqualification for a judge of municipal or county court and instead includes the disqualification of a judge of a municipal or county court or a judge of the Court of Claims within the requirements and procedure for filing an affidavit of disqualification for a judge of the court of common pleas, a probate judge, or a judge of the court of appeals.

Salaries of justices of the supreme court, of the judges of the court of appeals, of the circuit judges within a circuit, and of the probate judges within a county or district, shall be uniform, and may be increased but shall not be decreased during a term of office except and only to the extent of a general salary reduction in all other branches of government.

While a probate judge in Connecticut, Richard J. Guliani also did some moonlighting.

denied, 541 U.S. 960 (2004): A probate judge who ran for state senate was charged with violating canons prohibiting sitting judges from accepting campaign contributions and requiring judges to resign from the bench before running for political office.

The court found that an assistant judge violated the clause by failing to resign from his post before becoming a candidate for a probate judge position.

As we're recording this, the Alabama Supreme Court just yesterday issued orders to probate judges to stop issuing marriage licenses to same sex couples.

Such electronic wills can serve the evidentiary function by providing a record of the testator's intent that can be reliably preserved and authenticated by a probate judge through a standard evidentiary investigation.

In Miami - Dade — on average — each probate judge took on 3,070 NEW cases in FY 2015 - 16, in Broward the figure was slightly lower at 2,866 / judge, with Palm Beach scoring the lowest at 2,108 / judge (almost 1,000 fewer cases per judge than Miami - Dade!).

Also, we operate within an underfunded and overworked court system (in Miami - Dade — on average — each probate judge took on 3,122 NEW cases in FY 2014 - 15).

Any probate judge who has been on the job for...

Any probate judge who has been on the job for more than 6 months will know the law governing these cases cold.

In other words, the property - division fight continues before your family - court judge, it doesn't transfer over to your probate judge.

The state's constitution provides the governor is to nominate Supreme Court and other judges (other than Probate judges) from a list provided by a judicial nominating body to be created by the legislature.

Which means if you're a probate lawyer, you should assume you're probably stuck with whatever your probate judge rules.