First Adopted: July 20, 2011
Most Recently Effective: July 01, 2012
Rule 2 | Canon 2 | A Judge Shall Perform the Duties of Judicial Office Impartially, Competently, and Diligently
2- 2.13 | Administrative Appointments
(A) In making administrative appointments, a 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 judge shall not approve compensation of appointees beyond the fair value of services rendered.
Comment
[1] Appointees of a judge include assigned counsel, officials such as referees, commissioners, special masters, receivers, and guardians, and personnel such as clerks, secretaries, and bailiffs. Consent by the parties to an appointment or an award of compensation does not relieve the judge of the obligations prescribed by paragraphs (A) and (B).
[2] Unless otherwise defined by law, nepotism is the appointment or hiring of any relative within the fourth degree of relationship by consanguinity or affinity. See Mo. Const. article VII, section 6.
(Adopted July 20, 2011, effective January 1, 2012.)