§ 451 - Family court - Vermont Statutes

§ 451. Family court

(a) One family court having statewide jurisdiction is created. The supreme court shall make and promulgate rules governing practice, procedure and administration in the family court, subject to review by the judicial rules committee.

(b) Employees of the family court shall be state employees who shall be appointed and removed pursuant to rule of the supreme court. Employees of family court shall be entitled to all fringe benefits and compensation accorded classified state employees who are similarly situated as determined by the court administrator, unless otherwise covered by a collective bargaining agreement that sets forth the terms and conditions of employment negotiated pursuant to chapter 28 of Title 3. Notwithstanding section 1181 of Title 32, the court administrator may increase the compensation of county clerks who are assigned additional duties and responsibilities in the family or district courts, consistent with the pay scale of district and superior court clerks. (Added 1989, No. 221 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1990; amended 1991, No. 245 (Adj. Sess.), § 94a; 1997, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)