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NH lawmakers reject judicial power bills



CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire lawmakers have killed bills meant to speed up
the legal process for divorcing couples and to ease the backlog of jury trials by letting
retired judges hear them.

One bill would have expanded the powers of judges past the constitution's mandatory
retirement age of 70. The judges would have been allowed to hear jury trials and sign
orders without an active judge approving them. The House let it die.

The other bill would have allowed marital masters to sign final orders in divorce cases
without a judge's approval. The Senate voted unanimously to let the bill die.
The state Supreme Court requested both bills.
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