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The only way you can do a good job for probate or testa-
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mentary work is to be experienced and stay in the court
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and administer that type work.
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MR. HARGROVE: As the Judiciary Act is
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set up, I suppose you almost have to have a probate
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section or division in many of the larger counties,
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Montgomery, Prince Georges, Baltimore County. Would it
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make any difference if a judge is assigned to probat-
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work there and is assigned to Baltimore City, because you
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refer to vacation, such as proposed under the judiciary
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act? That is, the Chief Judge has authority to assign
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a judge to virtually any section of the state really.
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JUDGE FRIEDMAN: No, again I say —
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MR. HARGROVE: In other words, you would
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be satisfied as long as the Judge coming in was
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competent in the field of probate?
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JUDGE FRIEDMAN: No, I still say I am
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personally against consolidating or merging the
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Orphans Court, not talking about counties, talking about
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the Orphans Court of Baltimore City, into the Supreme
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Bench as it is now. I say I am not against raising the
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