Susan Longley to retire from seat as Waldo County Judge of Probate

Mon, 05/13/2019 - 1:00pm

    Waldo County Judge of Probate Susan Longley is stepping down from her judicial role in Belfast, and has submitted her retirement letter to the public:

    Dear Citizens of Waldo County,

    In announcing my judicial retirement, first and foremost, I wish to thank the citizens of Waldo County for your constant support.  

    I have been honored to serve as your probate judge these past 15 years.

    With your steady support and encouragement, we have been able to build not only a well-run and well-organized, quality judicial system but also one with well-established, family-friendly innovations. 

    With all now well in place, I consider this an opportune time also because of upcoming changes.  One is the court’s exciting move upstairs into the former District Court’s spaces.  Another is the court’s move into a new statewide legal probate code.

    In short, with your steady support, we have built a family-friendly probate court.  These quality improvements are now well in place for our move upstairs and into a new code.  In turn, we have the opportune time for the next judge to begin anew and take our probate system to the next level. 

    Again, I sincerely thank the citizens of Waldo County for all your support.  I have been honored to serve you.

     

    Respectfully,

    Susan W. Longley, Esq.