Section 490-F:17 – Existing Procedure Applicable.
490-F:17 Existing Procedure Applicable. – All provisions of law, not inconsistent herewith, relating to procedure in civil or criminal matters and practice in the former probate and district courts and the former judicial branch family division shall remain in full force and apply to the circuit courts hereby established. Source. 2011, 88:1, eff. July […]
Section 490-F:18 – Statutory References.
490-F:18 Statutory References. – During the implementation of the circuit court, references in statutes involving the jurisdiction of the circuit court to the probate or district courts or to the judicial branch family division shall be deemed to include the circuit court. Following the full implementation of the circuit court, those references shall be […]
Section 490-F:19 – Implementation Plan.
490-F:19 Implementation Plan. – On the effective date of this chapter, the New Hampshire circuit court shall be operational based upon a plan of implementation developed by the administrative judge of the circuit court in consultation with and approved by the supreme court. Source. 2011, 88:1, eff. July 1, 2011.
Section 490-F:13 – Circuit Court Clerks; Appointment.
490-F:13 Circuit Court Clerks; Appointment. – The administrative judge of the circuit court shall appoint a clerk with responsibility for each circuit court site. In the interest of the effective administration of justice, any such clerk may have responsibility for one or more circuit court locations. Circuit court clerks shall have the same duties […]
Section 490-F:14 – Staff.
490-F:14 Staff. – The administrative judge of the circuit court shall identify a mechanism by which to assign and transfer existing staff in the probate and district courts and in the judicial branch family division to operate the circuit court. The number of circuit court staff shall be based upon a review of anticipated […]
Section 490-F:15 – Referees.
490-F:15 Referees. – The circuit court, with the consent of the parties shall, and without the consent of the parties may, commit to one or more referees any cause at law or in equity, or the determination of any question of fact pending in the court wherein the parties are not, as matter of […]
Section 490-F:16 – Alternative Dispute Resolution.
490-F:16 Alternative Dispute Resolution. – Alternative dispute resolution shall be utilized in the circuit court when practicable to reduce the adversarial nature of proceedings. Source. 2011, 88:1, eff. July 1, 2011.
Section 490-F:7 – Circuit Court Judges; Number.
490-F:7 Circuit Court Judges; Number. – I. Except as provided in paragraph II, the number of judges and masters in the circuit court shall not be less than the number of authorized judicial and master positions in the former district court, probate court, and judicial branch family division, as well as any superior court […]
Section 490-F:8 – Circuit Court Judges; Retired Judges.
490-F:8 Circuit Court Judges; Retired Judges. – I. Nothing in this chapter shall limit the ability of retired judges under 70 years of age of the former district and probate courts or of the circuit court to elect senior active status or of such retired judges 70 years of age and older to serve […]
Section 490-F:9 – Disqualifications of Judges.
490-F:9 Disqualifications of Judges. – No judge or clerk of any division of the circuit court shall be retained or employed as an attorney in any action, complaint, or proceeding pending in a division of the circuit court or circuit court site in which that judge or clerk has been certified or assigned. No […]