The Superior Court clerk or court operations manager, in consultation with the Probate judge, and following the approval of the Court Administrator, shall hire a register of probate for each unit. The Probate judge may request that the Court Administrator designate one or more staff persons as additional registers. (Amended 1969, No. 125, § 4; 1971, No. 191 (Adj. Sess.), § 9; 1973, No. 106, § 3, eff. May 25, 1973; 1977, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), eff. March 30, 1978; 1981, No. 76; 1997, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 22; 2017, No. 28, § 1, eff. May 10, 2017.)