Application of Chapter

The provisions of this chapter shall govern the procedure in matters, except dissolution of mar- riage or civil union, legal separation, annulment, and juvenile matters, referred to committees, state referees and senior judges, attorney trial referees, special assignment probate judges, and, so far as applicable, to auditors, appraisers or other per- sons designated to make reports to the court. (P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 428.) (Amended June 28, 1999, to take effect Jan. 1, 2000; amended June 26, 2006, to take effect Jan. 1, 2007; amended June 20, 2011, to take effect Jan. 1, 2012.)