| Effective Date: | N/A |
State: |
Maine |
| Court Type: | Appellate |
| Implementing Authority: | N/A |
| Status: | N/A |
| Time Standards: | Although the Maine Supreme Judicial Court has not adopted specific time standards, the Court has identified priority case types that get the Court’s immediate attention. |
| Effective Date: | 2004 |
State: |
Maine |
| Court Type: | Trial |
| Case Type: | Civil |
| Implementing Authority: | Supreme Judicial Court Order |
| Status: | Mandatory |
| Time Standards: | General (Jury & Non-Jury): (filing to disposition) 50% within 12 months 75% within 18 months 99% within 24 months |
| Effective Date: | 2004 |
State: |
Maine |
| Court Type: | Trial |
| Case Type: | Criminal |
| Implementing Authority: | Supreme Judicial Court Order |
| Status: | Mandatory |
| Time Standards: | Superior Court: Felony and Misdemeanor with a Jury Request: (filing to disposition) 50% within 9 months 90% within 12 months 99% within 18 months District Court: Misdemeanor with Jury Waived: (filing to disposition) 90% within 6 months 95% within 9 months 99% within 12 months |
| Effective Date: | 2004 |
State: |
Maine |
| Court Type: | Trial |
| Case Type: | Domestic |
| Implementing Authority: | Supreme Judicial Court Order |
| Status: | Mandatory |
| Time Standards: | Family Matters: Original Actions: (filing to disposition) 75% within 9 months 90% within 12 months 99% within 18 months Family Matters: Post-Judgment (filing to disposition) 75% within 6 months 90% within 9 months 99% within 12 months |
| Effective Date: | 2004 |
State: |
Maine |
| Court Type: | Trial |
| Case Type: | Juvenile |
| Implementing Authority: | Supreme Judicial Court Order |
| Status: | Mandatory |
| Time Standards: | General: (filing to disposition) 90% within 3 months 95% within 6 months 99% within 12 months Child Protection: Jeopardy Determination: (filing to disposition) 99% within 120 days Child Protection: Termination of Parental Rights: (filing to disposition) 50% within 6 months 90% within 9 months 99% within 12 months |
| Monitoring Information: | The Director of Court Operations prepares a Quarterly Report on Trial Court Efficiency that provides the following types of data: number of filings, number of dispositions, clearance rates, number of active pending cases, average age of the pending caseload, and specific case aging information (for pending and disposed cases). It also provides some trend data. The case aging data is tied to the case completion standards set by statute or adopted by the Supreme Judicial Court. The report includes data on criminal, family, juvenile and child protection caseloads. Some data is provided on the civil caseload, although case aging reports are not yet available for that case type. The data is computer generated and is organized by judicial region and then broken down by court within each region. At this time the report is an internal Judicial Branch document that is provided to judges, magistrates, clerks and appropriate administrators. With respect to the monitoring of cases on appeal to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court sitting as the Law Court, every 30 days the Court reviews the status of all cases that are post-conference. Cases are prioritized by type, with family matters, child protection proceedings and time sensitive cases at the top of the list to receive judicial and law clerk resources. |
| Notes: | None. |