· 3/23/2022
in Re: Sammy Rios
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- phrase \any member\ in pension forfeiture statute not silently limited to members still in service
- pension forfeiture where register of probate embezzled funds in violation of Code of Professional Responsibility for Clerks of Courts
- forfeiture required where register of probate's convictions violated code as well as at least one law plainly applicable to public officers
- Supreme Judicial Court has \the authority by rule to establish standards of conduct for judicial employees and officials\
- Legislature expanded applicability of forfeiture to “broader range of circumstances” with St. 1987, c. 679, § 47, in response to Collatos v. Boston Retirement Bd., 396 Mass. 684, 687-688 [1986], which interpreted predecessor statute narrowly
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