The text
1201. - Selection and term.#
There shall be a judge of probate who shall exercise and perform the powers and duties of a probate court for the town [and] who shall be appointed by the town council to serve at the pleasure of the council. Editor's note— This section was amended by Question 1 approved at the February 8, 1994, Special Election.
1202. - Qualifications.#
The judge of probate shall be an attorney-at-law in good standing who has been admitted to the practice of law in this state at least three (3) years prior to appointment and who is a qualified elector of the town.
1203. - Clerk.#
The town clerk shall be the clerk [of] the probate court. The clerk shall pay all fees and other revenue received by the probate court to the finance director on the same day as received for the use and benefit of the town.
1204. - Vacancies.#
Whenever the judge of the probate court is a party to or interested in any proceeding about to be heard in his or her court or is absent or unable to perform the judge's duties, or there is a vacancy in such office, the duties shall be temporarily performed by the town solicitor, and the fact of such interest, absence, inability, or vacancy shall be recorded in the records of said court. If the vacancy has been more than ninety (90) days, the town council shall appoint another judge of probate. Editor's note— This section was amended by Question 1 approved at the February 8, 1994, Special Election.