The Judicial Nominating Board is seeking applicants for the Family Division Magistrate vacancy created by the retirement of Christine D. Hoyt. The Chief Superior Judge will assign this Magistrate primarily to Windsor and Windham Counties. The Supreme Court and the Chief Superior Judge expect Magistrates to both preside over child support and other family related proceedings and take an active role in the management of the child support, domestic and parentage dockets in each court to which the Magistrate is assigned.

The Coordinated Justice Reform Advisory Council is holding a meeting on 4/22/2024 from 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. The meeting agenda and Microsoft Teams meeting information can be found below. There will be in person attendance available at the Windsor County Courthouse, Vermont Superior Court, 12 The Green, Woodstock.

The Judiciary’s Case Management System, Odyssey (renamed Enterprise Justice with this upgrade), the Public Portal, the Attorney Portal, Vermont Digital Evidence Portal (VDEP), as well as some functions of Odyssey E-File and Serve will be offline and unavailable Friday April 26th 5 p.m. - Saturday April 27th 5 p.m. due to a planned upgrade. Sunday will be used as a contingency day only if required.

The Judicial Nominating Board is seeking applicants for the Superior Court Judge vacancy which will be created by the upcoming retirement of Judge Toor.  The Chief Superior Judge will assign this Judge to the Northwestern area of the North Region of the Superior Court, with primary assignments to the Chittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoille, and Washington units.

The Vermont Judiciary is pleased to announce the selection of D. Scott Acus as the state's first Mental Health and the Courts Project Director. This newly created position arose out of a recommendation by the Vermont Judiciary Commission on Mental Health and the Courts, established as a Tri-Branch effort to address the needs of court-involved individuals with mental health issues.

The Judiciary is currently utilizing the Executive Branch’s Information Technology network. Thanks to one-time funding allocated by the Legislative Branch last year, the Judiciary is Implementing a new independent network that will not contend with traffic from the other statewide agencies, thus increasing the available bandwidth and speed of the network for the Branch’s work. The results of this will be significantly increased reliability and performance of the Judiciary’s computer applications.

As of January 1, 2024, appellants will be required to file a printed case for most appeals even in cases where there is an appeal volume. The printed case is a compilation of relevant documents from the record on appeal. Traditionally, the appellate rules required appellants to provide the Supreme Court with a printed case so the Court could easily access relevant materials.