§1. Constitution of the court; administrative responsibilities of the court and the Chief Justice The Supreme Judicial Court, as heretofore established, consists of a Chief Justice and 6 associate justices and such Active Retired Justices as may be appointed and serving on said court, learned in the law and of sobriety of manners. [PL […]
§10-A. Annual training; domestic violence and child abuse issues The Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court shall establish annual training and education designed to inform Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court on domestic violence and child abuse, neglect and maltreatment issues. [PL 2021, c. 723, §1 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2021, c. 723, […]
§10. Facsimile signature of clerk A facsimile of the signature of the clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court imprinted by or at the clerk’s direction upon any writ, summons, subpoena, order or notice or order of attachment, except executions and criminal process, has the same validity as the clerk’s written signature. [RR 2021, c. […]
§2-A. Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court to sit in District Court The Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court may assign a Justice or Active Retired Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court to sit in the Superior Court or the District Court, and when so directed the justice has authority and jurisdiction in the […]
§2. Appointment of additional justices Whenever the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court or, in the event of the Chief Justice’s disability, any associate justice thereof has reason to believe that any Justice of the Supreme Judicial or Superior Court is totally and permanently disabled by reason of physical or mental incapacity and because […]
§3. When vacancies shall not be filled No vacancy in the Supreme Judicial or Superior Court caused by the death or expiration of the term of said incapacitated justice shall be filled, if thereby the number of justices qualified and capable of acting would be in excess of that otherwise provided by law as constituting […]
§4. Salary of justices; expenses 1. Chief justice; salary. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court is entitled to receive a salary, for fiscal year 1998-99 and thereafter, of $111,000, to be paid biweekly. [PL 1997, c. 643, Pt. M, §1 (AMD).] 2. Associate justice; salary. Each Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial […]
§5. Compensation of justices upon retirement (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 442, §1 (AMD). PL 1967, c. 494, §§1,29 (AMD). PL 1969, c. 466, §1 (AMD). PL 1969, c. 469, §§1,2 (AMD). PL 1971, c. 64, §1 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 701, §§1,2 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 488, §§1,2 (AMD). PL 1983, c. 167, […]
§6-A. Active Retired Justice of Supreme Judicial Court to sit in Superior Court An Active Retired Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court may be assigned by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court to sit in the Superior Court in any county, and when so directed the Active Retired Justice has authority and jurisdiction […]
§6-B. Per diem compensation for Active Retired Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court Any Active Retired Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court who performs judicial service at the direction and assignment of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court must be compensated for those services at the rate of $350 per day or $200 […]
§6. Active Retired Justices Any Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, who has retired from the court under this chapter in effect prior to December 1, 1984, or any Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court who retires or terminates service on the court in accordance with chapter 27, except for a disability retirement, is eligible […]
§7. General jurisdiction; control of records The Supreme Judicial Court may exercise its jurisdiction according to the common law not inconsistent with the Constitution or any statute, and may punish contempts against its authority by fine and imprisonment, or either, and administer oaths. It has general superintendence of all inferior courts for the prevention and […]
§8-A. Rules on courts records and unclaimed property The Supreme Judicial Court may prescribe, repeal, add to, amend or modify rules or orders: [PL 1981, c. 241 (NEW).] 1. Records. To establish retention and disposition schedules for the fiscal, managerial and court records of all the judicial courts of the State, and to authorize […]
§8-B. Rules governing nondisclosure of certain identifying information 1. Nondisclosure of certain identifying information. The Supreme Judicial Court may prescribe, repeal, add to, amend or modify rules or orders providing for a procedure in all courts through which a party is given the right to request that certain identifying information not be disclosed. [PL […]
§8-C. Rules concerning electronic records and filing 1. Rules and orders; processes and procedures. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Supreme Judicial Court may adopt rules and issue orders to permit or require the use of electronic forms, filings, records, e-mail and electronic signatures whenever paper forms, filings, records, written notice, postal mail and […]
§8. Power to prescribe general rules The Supreme Judicial Court has the power to prescribe, by general rules, for the Probate, District and Superior Courts of Maine, the forms of process, writs, pleadings and motions and the practice and procedure in civil actions at law. Said rules may neither abridge, enlarge nor modify the substantive […]
§9-A. Power to prescribe rules of evidence The Supreme Judicial Court shall have the power and authority to prescribe, repeal, add to, amend or modify rules of evidence with respect to any and all civil actions or other proceedings, and any and all proceedings in criminal cases before justices of the peace, District Courts, probate […]
§9-B. Committee on judicial responsibility and disability The Supreme Judicial Court has the power and authority to prescribe, repeal, add to, amend or modify rules relating to a committee to receive complaints, make investigations and make recommendations to the Supreme Judicial Court in regard to discipline, disability, retirement or removal of justices of the Supreme […]
§9-C. Court records accessible by the public only at the courthouse For civil cases brought pursuant to Title 14, section 6001 or 7481, the following court records are accessible by the public only at a courthouse: [PL 2021, c. 644, §1 (NEW).] 1. Resolution by agreement of the parties. Court records that are part […]
§9. Power to prescribe rules in criminal cases The Supreme Judicial Court shall have the power and authority to prescribe, repeal, add to, amend or modify rules of pleading, practice and procedure with respect to any and all proceedings through final judgment, review and post-conviction remedy in criminal cases before justices of the peace, District […]
