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I need access to the probate court system. How will COVID-19 affect this?

Posted 4/5/2020
GovernmentOfficial Guidelines

Executive Order No. 7K, dated March 23, 2020, suspends non-critical operations of the Probate Courts and associated deadlines and requirements. Watch for announcements from the Probate Courts in the coming days on any closures.

 

The Probate Courts will continue to conduct business connected to the following issues:

• administrative procedures;

• decedents’ estates;

• trusts;

• Uniform Transfers to Minors Act;

• disclaimer of property;

• protected persons including minors, conservatorships and guardians of adults with intellectual disability;

• termination of parental rights and adoption;

• Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act;

• emancipation;

• relating to paternity;

• commitment of mentally ill children;

• Interstate Compact;

• involuntary placement with DDS;

• adults with psychiatric disabilities;

• treatment of alcohol or drug dependent persons.

 

For the latest probate court information, visit here.