Knox County Probate Court, Maine
Court
The Knox County Probate Court is one of 16 probate courts in Maine.[1]
Judges
See also
External links
Federal courts:
First Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Maine • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Maine
State courts:
Maine Supreme Judicial Court • Maine Superior Court • Maine Business and Consumer Court • Maine District Courts • Maine Family Division • Maine Juvenile Court • Maine Probate Courts • Maine Small Claims Court • Maine Treatment Court
State resources:
Courts in Maine • Maine judicial elections • Judicial selection in Maine
Elections
- See also: Maine judicial elections
Maine is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in Maine, click here.
- Maine local trial court judicial elections, 2025
- Maine local trial court judicial elections, 2024
- Maine local trial court judicial elections, 2023
- Maine local trial court judicial elections, 2022
- Maine local trial court judicial elections, 2021
- Maine local trial court judicial elections, 2020
- Maine local trial court judicial elections, 2019
- Maine local trial court judicial elections, 2018
- Maine local trial court judicial elections, 2017
- Maine local trial court judicial elections, 2016
- Maine judicial elections, 2014
- Maine judicial elections, 2012
- Maine judicial elections, 2010
Selection method
- See also: Partisan elections
The Maine Probate Courts fall under the jurisdiction of the counties, not the state court system. There are 16 probate judges, each elected in partisan elections to four-year terms. Judges of the Maine Probate Courts serve part-time.[2][3]
In order to serve on these courts, a candidate must be a resident of Maine and an attorney licensed to practice in the state.[2][4]
Election rules
Primary election
Candidates participate in partisan primary elections, with parties selecting one candidate who will compete in the general election. A candidate from each party will then move on to compete in the general election. Candidates who are unopposed in the primary must still appear on the general election ballot since write-in candidates are allowed for the general election.[5]
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Maine Probate, "Knox (Rockland)," accessed May 20, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 State of Maine Judicial Branch, "Probate Matters," accessed July 23, 2014
- ↑ Maine.gov, "Maine State Constitution – Article VI, Section 6," accessed May 29, 2016
- ↑ American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Maine; Limited Jurisdiction Courts," archived October 2, 2014
- ↑ Per e-mail received from Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, Division of Elections & Administrative Procedure Act, Melissa K. Packard, Director of Elections and APA, received June 12, 2014.