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and having the same jurisdiction as the general court,
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what would be the difficulty in creating within that
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court a division to handle probate matters? Wouldn't
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that in effect be the same thing except for a name as
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the Orphans Court today except with broader powers and
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so forth?
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JUDGE FRIEDMAN: Again I can't argue with
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you or any of the Commission as to the set-up. I say
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being the Chief Judge, I an proud of what the court is
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doing today. But to lift it up and equal to the Supreme
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Bench or any raising of the caliber or anything else, of
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the court, I aia for it a hundred per cent.
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You got to realize in testamentary law,
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especially in Baltimore City, probate law, we are
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busier in the summer than in the winter. The members
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of big law firms understand this because must of their
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lawyers are trying cases in the winter in the Supreme
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Bench and Federal courts and when it comes to the
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summertime, they are cleaning up their estate work.
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Since I have been Chief Judge, we have as many hearings
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as lawyers want, formal or informal, in the summertime.
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