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MR. SYKES: Very back-handed way of doing
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it.
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JUDGE FRIEDMAN: "Since the judicial power
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of the state is exclusively vested in those four courts,
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the omission of reference to Orphans Courts, as the same
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are known today, means they will be abolished."
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THE CHAIRMAN: We can agree that is an
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unfortunate way of putting it.
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MR. ENEY: I think perhaps the Orphans
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Court has more purely ex parte matters than any other
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court in the area of guardianships where there is no
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lawyer and there is no other side. Does this, in your
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thinking, pose any particular problem? Isn't it just
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a matter of a judge exercising judgment and discretion?
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This doesn't require a plurality of judges , does it?
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JUDGE FRIEDMAN: No. I divide it up.
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In guardianship cases you usually get money into a
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guardianship case from an estate where there is property
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plus money. You get it from a settlement. We have a
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tremendous amount of settlements, accident work, damage
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settlements where there are minors. You can go up into
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