The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
002
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SUPERIOR COURTS
(Cite as: 4 V.S.A. § 115)
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§ 115. Stated terms of Superior Court
The Superior Court shall operate continuously irrespective of the term in which events
occur. Terms are designated for purposes of determining the rotation schedule of Superior
judges and the responsibility of a Superior judge once a term has expired. When at
the expiration of a term a Superior judge is no longer assigned to a specified unit,
the judge shall complete any matters that have been heard or taken under advisement
for that unit. The Chief Superior Judge, pursuant to rules of the Supreme Court, may
specially assign a Superior judge to continue to preside over one or more cases even
though the judge is no longer assigned to the unit of origin of the case or cases.
In the absence of such a direction or of an assignment made pursuant to subsection 73(c) of this title, a judge who at the end of a term is no longer assigned to a unit shall have no further
responsibility for cases in that unit. (Amended 1963, No. 15, § 2; 1965, No. 51, §§ 1-3; 1973, No. 106, § 2, eff. May 25, 1973; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 2021, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 15, eff. May 31, 2022.)