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# Robert Washburn

Somerset County Probate Court · Judge of Probate

## Profile

- Court: Somerset County Probate Court
- State: Maine
- Role: Judge of Probate
- Service status: active

## Summary

Robert Washburn — Somerset County Probate Court

## Biography

### Professional career

- Robert M. Washburn serves as Somerset County probate judge in Maine

### Education


### Additional information

- It lists him as the 2024 incumbent candidate, but does not supply that election’s result.
- The overview reports unopposed reelection in 2016 and reelection in 2020.
- His appointment followed the resignation of John Alsop in June 2014
- The collected biographical information identifies that he won the November 2014 election, succeeding John Alsop after Alsop’s resignation, with 30.1 percent of the vote in a four-candidate race.
- Public records list his judicial service and election history but do not provide details on prior education or legal employment.
- The collected overview offers judicial and election history without education or earlier legal employment.

## Sources

- [2026 Directory of Maine Counties](https://www.mainecounties.org/uploads/1/4/3/2/143228552/2026_directory_complete.pdf)

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## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Maine Rules of Probate Procedure, published compilation effective July 1, 2019](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-7035949b391933326f2d42fe) — Probate Court proceedings. This 2019 compilation is retained as dated source evidence; later amendments have not been exhaustively checked. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.courts.maine.gov/rules/text/mr_prob_p_only_2019-04-11.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.