Amanda Colburn v. Nicholas Saykaly & a. (2020)

Citation: Amanda Colburn v. Nicholas Saykaly & a. (2020)
Parent Document: Amanda Colburn v. Nicholas Saykaly & a. (2020)
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire (state)
Effective Date: 2020-03-11
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4734583/amanda-colburn-v-nicholas-saykaly-a/ ↗

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Moreover, we decline to construe RSA chapter 490-F in a fashion that
would curb the flexibility afforded to the circuit court by the legislature. “The
legislature established the circuit court in 2011 by merging the former probate
and district courts and the former judicial branch family division.” In re
Search Warrant for Records of AT & T, 170 N.H. 111, 113 (2017); see Laws
2011, 88:1. It conferred the “jurisdiction, powers, and duties of these former
courts upon the circuit court, and divided the circuit court into three divisions:
a probate division, a district division, and a family division.” In re Search
Warrant for Records of AT & T, 170 N.H. at 113 (quotation omitted); see RSA
490-F:3. “Each circuit court location . . . [has] the authority to hear all cases
within the subject matter jurisdiction of the circuit court,” and the legislature
has expressly permitted “the reassignment of cases within the circuit court as
justice or efficiency require[ ] in the discretion of the administrative judge of the
circuit court.” RSA 490-F:2.

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