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Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 04, § 111 (2026)

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Subchapter 002 : SUPERIOR COURTS

(Cite as: 4 V.S.A. § 111)

§ 111. Superior court sessions

(a) When the business of a Superior Court cannot otherwise be disposed of with reasonable dispatch, by direction of the Chief Superior Judge, there may be held additional sessions of that Superior Court simultaneously with the regular session consisting of a presiding judge and one or more assistant judges, if available.

(b) A Superior Court may be temporarily recessed or adjourned from the place designated for holding a regular term or session to another place having adequate facilities when the regular facilities at the designated courthouse are not adequate.

(c) The Chief Superior Judge may assign assistant judges, with their consent, to a special assignment in a court where they have jurisdiction in another county when assistant judges of that county are unavailable or the business of the courts so requires. (Amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 11, eff. March 29, 1972; 1979, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 1981, No. 60; 1983, No. 201 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 27, 1984; 1999, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 73, eff. May 24, 2000; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 13; 2021, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 14, eff. May 31, 2022.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 16 cases, 1970–1991 · leading case: Soucy v. Soucy Motors, Inc., 471 A.2d 224 (Vt. 1983).

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Soucy v. Soucy Motors, Inc., 471 A.2d 224 (Vt. 1983). · cites it 7× “Because the judge was without statutory authority to hear the cause, his purported order [was] without basis in law.”

Vermont Union Sch. Dist. No. 21 v. H. P. Cummings Constr. Co., 469 A.2d 742 (Vt. 1983). · cites it 5× “Just prior to trial, the court consisted of one presiding judge and two assistant judges as required by 4 V.S.A. § 111 (a). See Suitor v. Suitor, 137 Vt.”

Behn v. Ne. Appraisal Co., Inc., 483 A.2d 604 (Vt. 1984). · cites it 4× “Plaintiffs cite 4 V.S.A. § 111 (a) and Vermont Union School District No.”

Vermont Nat'l Bank v. Dowrick, 481 A.2d 396 (Vt. 1984). · cites it 2× “[*] Under legislation recently enacted by the legislature, 4 V.S.A. § 111(a) and § 219, assistant judges may participate in cases involving equitable issues.”

State v. Willis, 494 A.2d 108 (Vt. 1985). “Similarly, at the time of the trial below, 4 V.S.A. § 111(a) (Supp. 1981) stated that superior courts would consist of a presiding judge and one or two assistant judges, if available.”

Bennett Est. v. Travelers Ins., 438 A.2d 380 (Vt. 1981). · cites it 2× “Absent compliance with 4 V.S.A. §§ 111(a), 112, a superior court has no authority to hear and decide a matter.”

Lewandoski v. Vermont State Colleges, 457 A.2d 1384 (Vt. 1983). “As there had been no showing that the assistant judges were disqualified, we held that the presiding judge alone did not constitute a statutory court, that the court therefore lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the cause, and thus that the order was without basis in law.”

Solomon v. Atlantis Dev., Inc., 483 A.2d 253 (Vt. 1984). “Section 5 states: After [April 27, 1984], no court shall set aside any judgment, decree or order entered before December 12, 1983 by the superior court in an action, appeal or other proceeding on the grounds that the participation or non-participation of assistant judges was…”

Miller v. Ladd, 437 A.2d 1105 (Vt. 1981). “4 V.S.A. § 111 (a). Excusable neglect requires, at a minimum, some reasonable basis for noncompliance within the allotted time period.”

Suitor v. Suitor, 400 A.2d 999 (Vt. 1979). “§ 112, as in effect when this cause was heard on January 19,1978, authorized one judge to try and determine a pending cause only when the other judges were disqualified. No showing has been made here that the assistant judges were disqualified.”

Davis v. Manning, 465 A.2d 1352 (Vt. 1983). · cites it 3× “83(1) defines the word “court” as a majority of the judges of a superior court, except in those cases involving equity or in which a superior judge is authorized by law to act alone.”

Winooski Urban Renewal Agency v. GREEN MOUNTAIN POWER Corp., 365 A.2d 514 (Vt. 1976). “4 V.S.A. §§ 111(a), 112. Under V.R.C.P. 83(1) close scrutiny of the issues presented in a superior court action is required, so that actions which would have been at law prior to July 1,1971, are tried by the appropriate tribunal.”

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— Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 04, § 111(a) — 14 cases

Soucy v. Soucy Motors, Inc., 471 A.2d 224 (Vt. 1983). “Because the judge was without statutory authority to hear the cause, his purported order [was] without basis in law.”

Vermont Union Sch. Dist. No. 21 v. H. P. Cummings Constr. Co., 469 A.2d 742 (Vt. 1983). “Just prior to trial, the court consisted of one presiding judge and two assistant judges as required by 4 V.S.A. § 111 (a). See Suitor v. Suitor, 137 Vt.”

Vermont Nat'l Bank v. Dowrick, 481 A.2d 396 (Vt. 1984). “[*] Under legislation recently enacted by the legislature, 4 V.S.A. § 111(a) and § 219, assistant judges may participate in cases involving equitable issues.”

Behn v. Ne. Appraisal Co., Inc., 483 A.2d 604 (Vt. 1984). “Plaintiffs cite 4 V.S.A. § 111 (a) and Vermont Union School District No.”

State v. Willis, 494 A.2d 108 (Vt. 1985). “Similarly, at the time of the trial below, 4 V.S.A. § 111(a) (Supp. 1981) stated that superior courts would consist of a presiding judge and one or two assistant judges, if available.”

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