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to equity.
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The thing comes down therefore, it seems
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to me, to the question of, it is the same question in
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the city or county, that Melvin posed. It is simply
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this. How is the best method of mechanically handling
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the probate function that the court of general jurisdic-
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tion ought to handle with a judge of the same general
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qualifications, same tenure, same education, same
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salary, same pension, same everything, that the judge of
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general trial jurisdiction has?
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If you start with that premise, don't you
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then end up only with the question of; Should you have
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a separate deputy clerk handling probate matters?
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Should you have separate judge or judges handling probate
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matters and nothing else? Should they have separate
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masters? And should you create within the court of
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general jurisdiction a separate division that could
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handle probate matters, and finally what is the best
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code or mechanics of handling the part of the probate
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work you just mentioned, the contact with the public not
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through a lawyer but the person who has a child who has
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