Rule 2-77. Review of Status of Fund

The client security fund committee shall periodically analyze the status of the fund, the approved claims and the pending claims, the cost to the fund of providing crisis intervention and referral assistance to attorneys, and the cost to the fund of funding the delivery of legal services to the poor, to ensure the integrity of the fund for its intended purposes. Based upon the analysis and recommendation of the client security fund committee, the judges of the Superior Court may increase or decrease the amount of the client security fund fee and the Superior Court executive committee may fix a maximum amount on reimbursements payable from the fund. The amount paid from the fund in any calendar year to the chief court administrator for the provision of crisis intervention and referral assistance to attorneys shall not exceed 25 percent of the amount received by the fund from payments of the client security fund fee in the prior calendar year. If less than the 25 percent maximum amount is paid from the fund in any calendar year for the provision of crisis intervention and referral assistance to attorneys, the remaining amount may not be carried over and added to the amount that may be paid from the fund for that purpose in any other year. By April 1 of each year, the client security fund committee shall recommend to the chief court administrator the amount of funds available to be paid for making grants-in-aid for the purpose of funding the delivery of legal services to the poor. The chief court administrator shall review the recommendation of the client security fund committee and any other relevant information and determine and advise the client security fund committee of the amount of funds to be used for making grants-in-aid for the purpose of funding the delivery of legal services to the poor.

Committee Notes

amended May 3, 2005, to take effect May 17, 2005; amended June 23, 2017, to take effect Jan. 1, 2018; amended June 12, 2025, to take effect June 24, 2025.) HISTORY—2026: In the first and second sentences of the second paragraph, ''15.9'' was deleted and replaced with ''25.'' COMMENTARY—2026: The change to this section increases the amount that may be paid from the client security fund in any calendar year for the provision of crisis intervention and referral assistance to attorneys from a maximum of 15.9 percent to a maximum of 25 percent of the amount received by the fund from payments of the client security fund fee in the prior calendar year.