SHEPPARD SWORN AS SECTION CHIEF OF SURROGATES IN NJ

M. Susan Sheppard, Cape May County Surrogate was sworn as the Section Chief of the Surrogates of the Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey. Sheppard was elected to this position by the 20 other County Surrogates throughout the State of New Jersey. She will serve as the Section Chief for a one year term. The Surrogate’s Court is a Department of County Government as well as a branch of the Superior Court of New Jersey, in the Chancery Division. The Surrogate is a Constitutional Officer who is elected to the position every five years. The Surrogate serves as Deputy Clerk of the Superior Court, Chancery Division, Probate Part as well as Judge of the Surrogate’s Court.