Rule 2.13. Administrative Appointments.
(A) In making administrative appointments and hiring decisions, a magisterial district judge or President Judge:
(1) shall exercise the power of appointment impartially and on the basis of merit; and
(2) shall avoid nepotism, favoritism, and unnecessary appointments.
(B) A magisterial district judge or President Judge shall not approve compensation of appointees beyond the fair value of services rendered.
Comment: (1) The concept of ‘‘appointment’’ includes hiring decisions. Appointees of a magisterial district judge or President Judge include personnel such as clerks and secretaries. Consent by the parties to an appointment or an award of compensation does not relieve the magisterial district judge or President Judge of the obligation prescribed by paragraph (A).
(2) Nepotism is the appointment of a magisterial district judge’s or President Judge’s spouse or domestic partner, or any relative within the third degree of relationship of either the magisterial district judge or President Judge, or the magisterial district judge’s or President Judge’s spouse or domestic partner, or the spouse or domestic partner of such relative.
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