Thursday, June 4, 2009

Cutting Judges to Save Money

Bennington County has already gone from two probate judges to one and Rutland, Windham and Windsor counties will also each be losing a probate judge in less than two years.

Sen. Richard Sears said other legislators wanted to shut down a probate court and a probate judge in each of the counties in order to save money.

Sears: "It's purely over budget issues, over the ability of the court to deal with the financial crisis we have and making the positions sustainable."

Sears said he worked out a compromise with his colleagues and the court administrators which could preserve the two court locations in each county.

Full Article and Source:
Southern counties to lose probate judges

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is a good idea.

Of course, the excuse for injustice will now be that the remaining judges are overworked...

Anonymous said...

This is a good opportunity to make changes and carry out the law as it was intended.