Duties & Responsibilities

The primary areas over which the Probate Court has jurisdiction are:

• Trust proceedings
• Matters relating to the estate of a deceased person
• Guardianships and conservatorships
• Persons found to be mentally ill or developmentally disabled
• Condemnation and drain cases
• Juvenile delinquent cases
• Dependent and Neglect cases
• Adoptions
• Name changes
• Secret Marriages
• Emancipation
• Filing of wills and Codicils for safekeeping
• Acknowledgements of Paternity
• Recall petitions and hearings for such matters as school board members, township officials
• Clinton County Youth Home and the Child Care Fund